"I don't have to atone": Biden dismisses busing controversy

Describing himself as an “overwhelming supporter of civil rights and civil liberties,” he said, “My record stands for itself.”

“I don’t have to atone,” Biden told reporters after darting through an Independence Day parade in Iowa…

When asked if Harris’ view of busing now was similar to the position she challenged him for holding decades ago, Biden said, “Look, she’s a good person, she is smart as can be, and she feels strongly.”

He said Harris’ criticism “came out of nowhere” and “didn’t seem to be something at all consistent with anything I’d been accused of before.”