JOE Biden excused his controversial “you ain’t black” comments about undecided voters, saying he was being “a wise guy” with host Charlamagne Tha God.
The presumptive Democratic nominee acknowledged the statement he made on “The Breakfast Show” was a “mistake” last Friday, but Biden claimed the radio presenter was also being “a wise guy.”
He said Charlamagne Tha God was also being a ‘wise guy’ during their chat[/caption]
He was discussing undecided black voters who don’t know whether to support him or President Donald Trump this November when he made the remark.
Biden said he should not have been so “cavalier,” but he insisted that he wasn’t the only “wise guy” last week.
“First of all, it was a mistake, No. 1. And I was smiling when he was asking the question. I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy to him,” Biden told CNN.
“He was being a wise guy, and I responded in kind. I shouldn’t have done that. It was a mistake.”
Biden reiterated that he would “never, never” taken the black vote for granted and has “worked like the devil for it and have to earn it every time.”
Last weekend, he told The Breakfast Club listeners “if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”
Tha God has since dismissed Biden’s “lip service” apology, saying “the best apology is actually a black agenda.”
Biden’s comments prompted widespread backlash across the political divide in the US.
Trump eagerly lambasted his opponent on Twitter and ex-NFL star Jack Brewer slammed Biden, saying America can see the “real” him.
BET co-founder Robert L. Johnson issued a scathing critique of Barack Obama’s former Vice President, demanding he apologize to “every black person he meets.”
Speaking to Fox News, Johnson raged: “Vice President Biden’s statement today represents the arrogant and out-of-touch attitude of a paternalistic white candidate who has the audacity to tell Black people, the descendants of slaves, that they are not Black unless they vote for him.
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“This proves unequivocally that the Democratic nominee believes that Black people owe him their vote without question; even though, we as Black people know it is exactly the opposite.
“He should spend the rest of his campaign apologizing to every Black person he meets.”
Biden doubled down on his gaffe during a later meeting with black leaders on Friday and has effusively apologized for his comments.
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