Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Swalwell's point when he quoted Biden's 1980-something "pass the torch" statement... [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)You just have a different opinion. He opposed a federal mandate of busing as a procedure to effect integration. Much of the population agreed with that at the time.
So you thought busing should have been mandated. I get that. But to make the leap that not mandating it is the same as preventing it is a false narrative. He did not. No one did.
BTW, the southern states were already well under way integrating their schools. Many of them, like in my city, did not need to bus because we were small enough that black and white kids could take REGULAR BUSES to local schools, or walk, or have their parents drop them off.
Maybe you grew up in a metropolis, where busing for miles in the dark was necessary, in your view. Most of America was not a metropolis. Busing wasn't really necessary.
But that's a different discussion. He did not oppose and prevent "busing in America." Period. That is a false statement. I'm not going to tell you these facts again, so you go on ahead and try to argue. I'm done with this and am moving on.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided