Biden began his remarks by referring to a speech made on the Senate floor by Sen. Howell Heflin (D-Ala.), who was speaking in support of efforts by Sen. [[Carol Moseley Braun]] (D-Ill.) to deny renewal of a Confederate flag design patent to the UDC.
Biden began his remarks by referring to a speech made on the Senate floor by Sen. Howell Heflin (D-Ala.), who was speaking in support of efforts by Sen. [[Carol Moseley Braun]] (D-Ill.) to deny renewal of a Confederate flag design patent to the UDC.
{{quotebox-float|“I, too, heard that speech and, for the public listening to this, the senator made a very moving and eloquent speech. As a son of the Confederacy, acknowledging that it was time to change and yield to a position that Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun raised on the Senate floor, not granting a federal charter to an organization made up of many fine people who continue to display the Confederate flag as a symbol."<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/12/10/nolte-watch-joe-biden-defend-kkk-linked-confederate-group-as-fine-people/</ref>}}
{{quotebox-float|“I, too, heard that speech and, for the public listening to this, the senator made a very moving and eloquent speech. As a son of the Confederacy, acknowledging that it was time to change and yield to a position that Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun raised on the Senate floor, not granting a federal charter to an organization made up of many fine people who continue to display the Confederate flag as a symbol."<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/12/10/nolte-watch-joe-biden-defend-kkk-linked-confederate-group-as-fine-people/</ref>}}
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====2019 debates====
====2019 debates====
Biden attempted to clarify some of his positions on segregation and race relations during the Democratic pre-primary Third Debate for the 2020 Presidential nomination, when questioned by Linsey Davis. By the time he finished obfuscating, he insinuated that black parents didn't know how to raise their children.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2019/09/13/bidens-answer-inequality-one-explicitly-racist-moments-time-democratic-debate/</ref>
Biden attempted to clarify some of his positions on segregation and race relations during the Democratic pre-primary Third Debate for the 2020 Presidential nomination, when questioned by Linsey Davis. By the time he finished obfuscating, he insinuated that black parents didn't know how to raise their children.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2019/09/13/bidens-answer-inequality-one-explicitly-racist-moments-time-democratic-debate/</ref>