Former Vice President Joe Biden caused some confusion on Friday when he told a crowd that he was looking forward to appointing the first African-American woman to the U.S. Senate.
“I’m looking forward to appointing the first African-American woman to the United States Senate," Biden, a former U.S. senator, said. Senators are only appointed by state governors in special cases. Otherwise, they're chosen by voters in statewide elections.
The first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate was Democrat Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois. When Harris was still in the race, Biden touted Braun's support, saying he received the backing of "the only African-Ameriacan woman that's ever been elected to the U.S. Senate."
"My name is Joe Biden. I'm a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate," he said at a Democratic Party dinner on Monday. During Tuesday's debate, Biden also puzzlingly suggested that 150 million gun deaths had occurred since 2007.