Biden adviser Symone Sanders bristles at question about 'you ain't black' remarks: 'I'm not going to do this'
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One of former Vice President Joe Biden's top advisers appeared bristled Friday by NBC anchor Chuck Todd's question about the presumptive Democratic nominee's comments on black Trump supporters.
“I tell you, if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black," Biden had told Charlamagne tha God during an interview for "The Breakfast Club" on Friday morning.
Later Friday, Todd played a clip from Patrick Gaspard, a former aide to then-President Barack Obama, saying that Biden was in no position to determine who was "black enough."
Following the clip, Todd asked Biden adviser Symone Sanders: "Symone, let me put the question to you this way -- I know, you have Joe Biden's record and you have a long list of when he goes off the cuff, he seems to speak with sort of an older generation stereotype at times in some of this stuff. When you've been around him, what would be your explanation for to someone --"
"Chuck, I'm not going to do this," Sanders interrupted. "Chuck, I'm not going to do this. I'm not going to do this. Chuck, I'm not going to do this because let me just be really clear."
Sanders then offered a lengthy answer claiming that Biden respects various demographics and said she wouldn't "traffic" in a conversation about Biden's sensitivity on racial issues.
"And so this isn’t a question about whether -- this isn’t a que... (Read more)
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