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Do you not understand that your reading of the message isn't entirely correct or what a majority of people will think?
Neither is any damaging statement. Trump says dumb shit all the time that his sycophants just ignore, that doesn't mean you want to be doing damage control for the gettable voters who you're turning off by reminding them of your weaknesses.
Do you not understand that some voters do hear "I was in the Senate in 1972" and think "man, you're old"? Or that some people might be uncomfortable about a statement that says "the hardcore racists weren't as bad as anti-democratic chaos agents"? Or would rather forget that Biden supported some racist stuff in the past? People have lost family members to the crime bill and his anti-bussing stance was the most effective attack on him during the primary. These aren't made up issues and this Democratic instinct to say "actually there are no negatives, and if something made you feel less good about Biden you're wrong" isn't an effective way to influence politics. Spin isn't a cure-all remedy and carries meaningful risk of sounding insincere or out of touch.