Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-N.J.) said in an interview airing Sunday that comments made last week by former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE about working with segregationist senators were “hurtful” to many African Americans.

“This is about him evoking a terrible power dynamic that he showed a lack of understanding or insensitivity to by invoking this idea that he was called son by white segregationists who, yes, they see in him their son,” Booker said while appearing on ABC’s “This Week.”

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“I heard from many, many African Americans who found the comments hurtful,” he added.  

Booker said that he has “a lot of respect for Joe Biden” but that this gives him a responsibility to “be candid with him” and “to speak truth to power.” 

Sen. Cory Booker says Joe Biden’s comments about finding consensus with segregationists in Congress evoked “a terrible power dynamic” and “showed a lack of understanding.”

“I heard from many, many African-Americans who found the comments hurtful,” he adds https://t.co/o03zUl66as pic.twitter.com/PVRrDaEmLU

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 23, 2019

Biden was criticized last week after he touted his work with two segregationist senators as an example of “civility.” Booker called upon Biden to apologize for the remark. 

Both Biden and Booker are among two dozen people competing for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Biden has consistently polled as the frontrunner of the crowded field. 

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