Biden: “There’s homophobes still left. Most of them are running for president, I think.”

The vice president gave the keynote address at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner, during which he honored past civil rights leaders and commended current ones for working to fulfill the principles embodied the Declaration of Independence.

“We become more of what America was meant to be,” Biden said. “All men created equal, all have a right to liberty, pursuit of happiness. We say it so often that it loses its meaning. The very fact that we finally recognize that love is not a political matter, it’s a basic human right — the fact that we’ve recognized that is because of you.”

The vice president, who is considering running for president, took a jab at Republican presidential candidates.

“There’s homophobes still left,” Biden said. “Most of them are running for president, I think.”

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