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.

“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 ...

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 ...

Haley slammed Biden during a town hall moderated ... The president named former segregationist Sens. James Eastland (D-Miss.) and Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) as the lawmakers he “used to fight ...

President Biden on Monday claimed to have "literally" convinced South Carolina Democrat-turned-Republican Senator Strom Thurmond to vote for the Civil Rights Act — when he was just 21 years old.

Strom Thurmond's funeral in 2003 as an example. "Even by the time he left, he had the most racially diverse staff in America," Biden said of Thurmond. "My generic point is people change ...

“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.