Former Vice President Joe Biden defended Republican lawmakers in DC as “decent people” during a campaign fundraiser held at Cape Cod.

“There’s an awful lot of really good Republicans out there,” Biden argued, according to Washington Post reporter Matt Viser.

“I get in trouble for saying that with Democrats, but…every time we ever got in trouble with our administration, remember who got sent up to Capitol Hill to fix it? Me,” he said.

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”Because they know I respect the other team. I do. They’re decent people,” Biden claimed. “They ran because they care about things, but they’re intimidated right now.”

Biden at a Cape Cod fundraiser tonight: “There’s an awful lot of really good Republicans out there. I get in trouble for saying that with Democrats, but…every time we ever got in trouble with our administration, remember who got sent up to Capitol Hill to fix it? Me.” — Matt Viser (@mviser) August 18, 2019

”Because they know I respect the other team. I do,” Biden added. “They’re decent people. They ran because they care about things, but they’re intimidated right now.” — Matt Viser (@mviser) August 18, 2019