Pollak: Joe Biden's Fifty Years of Flip-Flops

Former vice president Joe Biden faces an opponent possibly even more formidable than President Donald Trump: himself. In a half-century in Washington — spanning 36 years in the Senate and eight in the Obama administration — Biden has flip-flopped on most major issues. On other issues, his former positions are no longer viable within the Democratic Party. Here is a list of Biden’s reversals: 1. Abortion: Biden used to pride himself on a “middle of the road[1]” approach, supporting the pro-choice movement but maintaining that Roe v. Wade went too far. He also supported[2] the Hyde amendment, which prevents federal funding for abortion, and voted to ban partial-birth abortions. He even voted[3] to allow states to overturn Roe. Recently, however, Biden reversed[4] his position on the Hyde amendment, and condemned[5] efforts by states like Alabama to overturn Roe. 2. Iraq War: Biden voted against the Gulf War in 1991, but voted in favor of the Iraq War in 2002. Like Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, Biden regretted that vote later. Rather than backing a U.S. troop “surge” — which ultimately worked — Biden’s proposed alternative for Iraq was to partition the country into separate religious enclaves. 3. Immigration: As recently as 2006, Biden told[6] Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball that the U.S. should not grant “amnesty” to illegal aliens in the country, and that aspiring immigrants ought to be required to learn English. He also voted for a border fence — and told voters that he was proud of it[7]. All of these positions are now broadly described as “racist” by Democrats, and Biden has revised his positions on amnesty (it is unclear[8] where he stands on a border wall). 4. Women: Biden has taken criticism from Anita Hill and other women about how he treated her during the 1991 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Though he said[9]

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