"I think very highly of him," the former Texas congressman said of the ex-vice president.
DUBUQUE, Iowa — The first time Beto O’Rourke praised Joe Biden, it could have been dismissed as an act of diplomacy.
O’Rourke could have let the comment hang in the air, but he came immediately to Biden’s defense. And Biden was still on his mind several hours later.Sign Up Asked in Dubuque how Democratic candidates could “stay together … instead of attacking each other,” O’Rourke went directly — and unprompted — to Biden.
“And this was a point on which I and the person who made the statement disagree,” he said. “I think we’d be very lucky to have Vice President Biden in this race. I think he has a lot of perspective and experience to bring to bear.”
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