Clyburn cringed at Biden's 'you ain't black' remarks

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the highest-ranking African American lawmaker, said Tuesday he “cringed” when he heard former Vice President Joe Biden’s remark that “you ain’t black” if people vote for President Trump..But Clyburn, a top Biden surrogate, defended the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, saying no one — including himself — is perfect.

“I cringed, no question about that,” Clyburn said during an appearance on ABC’s “The View” when co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked about Biden’s gaffe. 

“In this instance, Joe did not do as well as I had hoped in responding, but I will say this: I go about my business every day comparing Joe Biden to the alternative — not the almighty,” Clyburn continued. 

“He is not a perfect person, none of us are, so my decision now is to determine who I feel should be the next president of the United States, and I do that by comparing the candidates to each other, not to the almighty.”

Biden was forced to apologize last week after telling Charlamagne tha God during his "The Breakfast Club" radio show that "if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black."