The Senator that Biden spoke of affectionately during this story he told today?

It's noted segregationist James Eastland

Eastland is one of the two segregationist senators Biden praised last year for their "civility"
Here's Biden telling the story in 2012, where he names Eastland
Biden spoke more positively today about a segregationist than he did about a majority of the American people https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1315862097188859909?s=19
Kamala Harris eviscerated Biden last year for invoking Eastland

"To coddle the reputations of segregationists... [is] misinformed and wrong"

Harris said Eastland "made and built [his] reputation on segregation."
Even Biden's own advisors admitted he shouldn't invoke Eastland https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/1141405149073760258
https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio/status/1141371930915803136
https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/1141394548851171328
https://twitter.com/WaPoSean/status/1141435208807407616
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