De Blasio takes aim at ‘out of touch’ Joe Biden

Mayor de Blasio on Thursday fired a broadside at frontrunner Joe Biden, asserting that he was the better candidate to take on President Trump because the ex-veep was “out of touch” with today’s progressive Democrats.

“I respect him, but he’s out of touch with today’s Democratic party,” the mayor told MSNBC, the morning after the first Democratic primary debate in Miami.

“It has nothing to do with age,” he responded when asked if he meant that the 76-year-old, longtime lawmaker was too old for the pressure-packed White House gig.

“Go over the issues. Until a few weeks ago he was in favor of the Hyde Amendment, which is saying to millions of American women you don’t get to have choice if you don’t have enough money in your pocket,” he said in some of his most critical comments about Biden to date.

The amendment barred federal funding for abortions unless the life of the mother was at stake or the pregnancy was caused by rape or incest.