Article snippet: Former Vice President MORE (I-Vt.) demanded Biden apologize for the comment. “You don’t joke about calling black men ‘boys,’” Booker said in a statement. “Men like James O. Eastland used words like that, and the racist policies that accompanied them, to perpetuate white supremacy and strip black Americans of our very humanity. “I have to tell Vice President Biden, as someone I respect, that he is wrong for using his relationships with Eastland and Talmadge as examples of how to bring our country together. And 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.” Sanders added that Biden's comments were particularly damaging "at a time when the Trump administration is trying to divide us up with its racist appeals.” Other 2020 candidates, including Sen. MORE (D-Mass.) condemned Biden's position. Biden stressed that he intended to make the point that "you don't have to agree" in order to pass major legislation. "Here’s the deal. I could not have disagreed with them more. I ran for the United States Senate because I disagreed with the views of the segregationists," Biden said, adding that many of them were in the Senate when he first joined the body. He went on to say that, despite those major differences, the Senate was able to pass an extension to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. "You don’t have to like the people in terms of their views," Biden said. "But you just simply make th... Link to the full article to read more