Democrats want White House hopefuls to cool it on Biden attacks
By Alexander Bolton - 06/21/19 06:00 AM EDT
Democratic lawmakers warn that Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and other White House hopefuls taking shots at front-runner Joe Biden are playing with fire and could wind up helping President Trump win reelection.
While there are disagreements about the former vice president in the Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic senators are rising to his defense after Booker demanded Biden apologize for recounting his collegial relationship with two segregationist former senators, James Eastland (D-Miss.) and Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.).
Lawmakers fear the 2020 Democratic presidential primary field is becoming a circular firing squad, with Trump winding up as the beneficiary of internecine fighting.
“I think everybody is picking on him, press as well as others. He’s the front-runner so he’s the one to shoot down, so to speak,†said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who served with Biden for years in the Senate.
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