Biden: ‘I know I’ve made mistakes’

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday attended a campaign event in Delaware and addressed criticism by saying, “I know I’ve made mistakes.”

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JOE BIDEN: I'm going to be-- in the next couple of weeks-- making some-- what I hope to be very serious national speeches about what I think we got to go, what we have to do. And I am-- I know I'm going to make mistakes. But I know it's [INAUDIBLE] familiar expression-- what comes from the heart goes straight to the heart. And it's going to come from the heart, but I need help.

I don't need help to elect me. I'm not asking for-- to-- that's not what I'm-- I need help and advice to go along as to what I think I should and shouldn't be doing. And by the way, when I decided to decide-- when I made the decision, Jill and I-- that was Jill and I made the decision that it was important that there be a woman vice president.

By the way, I promise you there are multiple African-American candidates being considered. As well-- well, as Latino, as well as white Caucasian. But one of the things that I realized is that, if you take a look at my campaign-- my campaign looks like the country. It's represented by leading African-American-- Cedric is my national co-chair. I mean, [INAUDIBLE], you know. Anyway, it's represented by African-American leadership-- men and women, and an awful lot of young folks.