Biden Has Testy Exchange With Reporter Over Attacks on Sanders

Former Vice President Joe Biden got a little heated with a reporter after he was asked about his feud with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

After a campaign event in Iowa on Wednesday, CBS News reporter Ed O’Keefe asked Biden why he was attacking Sanders — after the Vermont senator apologized for a campaign surrogate calling him corrupt.

“Yesterday, you said you accepted Bernie’s apology now you’re attacking him. Why are you doing that? Wasn’t his apology enough, Mr. Vice President?” O’Keefe asked.

Determined to get an answer, O’Keefe asked again, “Why attack Sanders?”

“Why, why, why, why, why, why, why?” Biden shot back, seemingly irritated that O’Keefe pressed him to answer.

“You’re getting nervous, man. Calm down. It’s okay,” Biden said as he put his hand on O’Keefe’s shoulder.

“He apologized for saying I was corrupt. He didn’t say anything about whether or not I was telling the truth about Social Security,” He added.

Biden made a fist and gently tapped O’Keefe on the chest before walking away.

Watch the exchange below:

The apology O’Keefe referenced was in response to an op-ed written by a Sanders campaign surrogate that called Biden corrupt.

Sanders apologized and said it was “absolutely not my view” that the former vice president is corrupt and called on his supporters to engage in civil political discourse, as