“The state the nation is today will not be sustained by the American people,” Biden told party activists during a speech in Hollywood, Fla. “We are better than this.”…

“We can’t get bogged down – and I hope I don’t offend anyone here – in this phony debate in the Democratic Party,” he said, according to the Herald. “There is no need to choose. They are not inconsistent.”

Speculation has swirled that Biden could potentially seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.