'The thing that will fundamentally change things is with Donald Trump out of the White House. Not a joke. You will see an epiphany occur among many of my Republican friends.'
Joe Biden's Tuesday remarks that he thought Republicans would work with Democrats toward a consensus after President Donald Trump left office swiftly prompted incredulity, with commentators questioning whether the former vice president had forgotten the GOP's conduct during Barack Obama's tenure.
CNN Politics reporter David Wright later released the 76-year-old's full comments."If you notice, most Republicans -- leaders, don't lose from the left. They lose on the right. And so, for example, when we -- anyway. So I think there is not a middle ground. I wish I had been known as a moderate, middle guy when I was running in Delaware all those times.
In 2011, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also touted GOP efforts to impede Obama's agenda."We worked very hard to keep our fingerprints off of these proposals," he said."Because we thought—correctly, I think—that the only way the American people would know that a great debate was going on was if the measures were not bipartisan."
Biden's remarks and policy statements have generated backlash from left-leaning Democrats, who consider his views too centrist.
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