Biden calls new Republican ad 'return of Willie Horton'
EDISON, N.J. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday weighed in on the race to succeed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, criticizing a new campaign ad from Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno as the "return of Willie Horton" and casting the election as an opportunity to rebuke President Donald Trump.
"What's going on right now is the new ad I just saw," Biden told a crowd in Edison while campaigning with Democrat Phil Murphy. "The return of Willie Horton," he said, referring to an explosive 1988 anti-Michael Dukakis ad .
Horton, a convicted killer, raped a woman while out of prison on a weekend furlough.