Rep. Seth Moulton complained Friday about Congress being full of "old white men," but was quick to praise 77-year-old former Vice President Joe Biden as a "unifying leader" who can defeat President Donald Trump.
“I’m pretty new to politics, but everything I see every single day in Washington is majority old white men,” the Massachusetts Democrat said on CNN's "New Day," while commenting on Sen. Elizabeth Warren's decision to back out of the race for the Democrats' nomination. "I mean, you go into Congress, you can’t even tell them apart, there’s so many of them. So, the reality is that this is a change to politics that’s taking some time."
Meanwhile, Biden, at 77, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at 78, are the two left to battle for the nomination, but Moulton said he had been hoping for someone younger or a more diverse candidate.
"Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Kamala Harris, all these amazing leaders brought something unique and distinct to this presidential contest," said Moulton. "I was certainly hoping that we would see younger, more diverse voices end up in the final mix.”
But still, he said he has faith in Biden.
"I've always had tremendous confidence in Vice President Joe Biden," said Moulton. "He is that unifying leader that we need right now. And you know, so what if he’s a little bit older? I know he can do the right thing for this country, and I know that he can beat Trump."
He added that he thinks Warren was right when she complained about there being sexism in the 2020 race, and he finds that to be a "huge disadvantage" that women have, even if they are not running for president.
"There's not just sexism in politics," said Moulton. "There's sexism in America. There is racism in America today. We are not yet the amazing country that we aspire to be...a country where truly everybody is created equal. We got some work to do."
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