“I’ve served with Strom Thurmond ... Mr. Biden faced fierce criticism from Democratic opponents for invoking two Southern segregationist senators, James O. Eastland of Mississippi and Herman ...

Eastland,” Biden said at the time ... for lunch with “real segregationists” such as Eastland and Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.). “At least we’d end up eating lunch together.

President Biden appeared to attempt to rehabilitate the image of notorious late pro-segregation Sen. Strom Thurmond on Monday during one of the final speeches of his presidency. Biden made the ...

Strom Thurmond, continuing a theme throughout ... “I was in a caucus with James O. Eastland,” Biden said, referring to a segregationist senator from Mississippi. “He never called me ...

Biden talked about the eulogy he was asked to give for Strom Thurmond, the one-time segregationist ... he served -- most notably former Sens. Jim Eastland and John Stennis of Mississippi and ...

Sen. Strom Thurmond took a long steam bath to dehydrate his body for what he was about to do on a sticky August night in 1957. The Civil Rights Act was about to pass and Thurmond, a Democrat from ...

Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he is “concerned about national security” after President Biden’s debate performance ... “My predecessor, Sen. Strom Thurmond, was a very vigorous man, but ...

“I’ve been a senator since ’72. I’ve served with real racists. I’ve served with Strom Thurmond,” Biden said, referencing the South Carolina Republican senator who died in 2003.