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''The New York Times'' published a lengthy story on Biden's advocacy of segregation. In a 1977 congressional hearing related to anti-desegregation orders, Biden emphasized,
''The New York Times'' published a lengthy story on Biden's advocacy of segregation. In a 1977 congressional hearing related to anti-desegregation orders, Biden emphasized,
{{quotebox-float|"Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/us/politics/biden-busing.html</ref>}}
{{quotebox-float|"Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle."<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/us/politics/biden-busing.html</ref>}}
[[File:Carter_Biden.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden]]
Republican Sen. [[Edward Brooke]], the first black senator ever to be popularly elected, called Biden's amendment “the greatest symbolic defeat for [[civil rights]] since 1964.” Brooke accused Biden of leading an assault on integration.
Republican Sen. [[Edward Brooke]], the first black senator ever to be popularly elected, called Biden's amendment “the greatest symbolic defeat for [[civil rights]] since 1964.” Brooke accused Biden of leading an assault on integration.
Sen. [[Cory Booker]] of [[New Jersey]] condemned the [[2020 Democrat primary]] frontrunner at the [[Juneteenth]] annual commemoration of [[Republican]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] ending [[slavery]] in the United States.
Sen. [[Cory Booker]] of [[New Jersey]] condemned the [[2020 Democrat primary]] frontrunner at the [[Juneteenth]] annual commemoration of [[Republican]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] ending [[slavery]] in the United States.
{{quotebox-float|You don’t joke about calling black men 'boys'...frankly, I’m disappointed that he hasn’t issued an immediate apology for the pain his words are dredging up for many Americans. He should.<ref name="zerohedge.com">https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-20/biden-doubles-down-after-reminding-everyone-democrats-owned-slaves</ref>}}
{{quotebox-float|You don’t joke about calling black men 'boys'...frankly, I’m disappointed that he hasn’t issued an immediate apology for the pain his words are dredging up for many Americans. He should.<ref name="zerohedge.com">https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-20/biden-doubles-down-after-reminding-everyone-democrats-owned-slaves</ref>}}
===Influence peddling as Senator===
===Influence peddling as Senator===