I absolutely think biden’s too old, but in this specific clip it kind of seems like he is making fun of Trump’s “I am the least racist person ever” response.
I’m 100% confident that at the time that’s how this was interpreted. After the guy talked about how he was the least racist person in the room (lol), calling him Abraham Lincoln doesn’t seem like much of a stretch.
By mid 19th Century standards (the Civil Rights movement wouldn’t come until roughly a century later), wasn’t Lincoln progressive? Not only for leading the US through a civil war brewed partially over slavery, but also abolishing it?
I absolutely think biden’s too old, but in this specific clip it kind of seems like he is making fun of Trump’s “I am the least racist person ever” response.
Definitely a sarcastic jab at trump.
I’m 100% confident that at the time that’s how this was interpreted. After the guy talked about how he was the least racist person in the room (lol), calling him Abraham Lincoln doesn’t seem like much of a stretch.
By mid 19th Century standards (the Civil Rights movement wouldn’t come until roughly a century later), wasn’t Lincoln progressive? Not only for leading the US through a civil war brewed partially over slavery, but also abolishing it?
Yes, that’s the point.