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Injecting racial politics into an election that already turned ugly, Vice President Joseph R. Biden told a largely black audience Tuesday in Virginia that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would put voters “back in chains” with a plan to loosen regulations on Wall Street.
Read more: Biden tells Va. supporters that Romney would put blacks 'back in chains' - Washington Times
“Romney wants to, he said in the first 100 days, he’s going to let the big banks again write their own rules, unchain Wall Street,” Mr. Biden said at a campaign rally in Danville, Va.
The vice president then lowered his voice and said, “They’re going to put y’all back in chains.”
Some in the audience laughed, but Republicans said the Obama campaign lowered itself to new depths of gutter politics.
Read more: Biden tells Va. supporters that Romney would put blacks 'back in chains' - Washington Times