Biden apologizes for saying radio host 'ain't black' if undecided about U.S. election


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  • Saturday, 23 May 2020

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden is seen in an image captured from video participating in a remote video interview with "The Breakfast Club" radio co-host "Charlamagne tha God" from Biden's home in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., May 22, 2020. THE BREAKFAST CLUB ON POWER 105.1/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Former Vice President Joe Biden apologized on Friday for telling a black radio host that he "ain't black" if he was still weighing whether to support him or incumbent Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election.

The likely Democratic nominee's remarks to “The Breakfast Club" co-host Charlamagne tha God in an interview broadcast on Friday drew a swift rebuke from the Trump campaign and Republican supporters, as well as some black Democrats on Twitter.

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