Biden 'an Obama-Biden Democrat' and proud of it
Biden resisted labels Friday as he talked to reporters about whether he could win a 2020 presidential primary in a Democratic Party drifting left.
Biden says he considers himself a liberal and points to his record on gay rights as an example. He says when he ran for the U.S. Senate in Delaware he never ran as a moderate. He says, "I'm an Obama-Biden Democrat, man, and I'm proud of it."
Biden dismisses the idea a Democrat has be "socialist" to be considered progressive. He says the party should welcome the debate within it and needs a range of views to beat the Republican Party.
Biden says, "show me the really, left, left, left winger who beat a Republican" in 2018.
Biden spoke to an electrical workers union conference Friday, his first time speaking publicly since several women started telling their stories about how his behavior made them uncomfortable.
