This was coming sooner or later….
The sooner is b better for Joe Biden who IS a hands ‘on’ guy….
Has aways been….
We’ll see how Biden’s campaign and other Democrats handle this….(And women?)
I doubt it will hurt his poll numbers…
But Democrats DO so tend too eat their own…
Oh?
Didn’t Donald Trump put his ‘hands ‘ issues behind him?
Biden’s problem is the media IS gonna run this as a ‘gotcha’ against Biden….
Former Nevada Assemblywoman Lucy Flores published an op-ed in New York Magazine’s The Cut on Friday alleging that Joe Biden inappropriately kissed and touched her after he offered to help her with her 2014 campaign.
Flores, who was running for Nevada lieutenant governor at the time, described her encounter with the former vice president as making her feel “uneasy, gross, and confused.” During a Las Vegas campaign rally, she alleges he approached her from behind, put his hands on her shoulders, smelled her hair and kissed the back of her head.
“I froze. ‘Why is the vice-president of the United States touching me?’” she wrote.
She detailed the unwanted encounter with the likely 2020 candidate, which took place right before she was set to go onstage and speak.
I thought to myself, “I didn’t wash my hair today and the vice-president of the United States is smelling it. And also, what in the actual fuck? Why is the vice-president of the United States smelling my hair?” He proceeded to plant a big slow kiss on the back of my head. My brain couldn’t process what was happening. I was embarrassed. I was shocked. I was confused. There is a Spanish saying, “tragame tierra,” it means, “earth, swallow me whole.” I couldn’t move and I couldn’t say anything. I wanted nothing more than to get Biden away from me. My name was called and I was never happier to get on stage in front of an audience.”
The way he touched her, she wrote, was in “an intimate way reserved for close friends, family, or romantic partners — and I felt powerless to do anything about it.”
Flores explained that she’s sharing the story now because she feels it’s important information to know about the character of someone running for president ― something Biden is imminently expected to announce he’s doing….
Note….
There WILL be more negatives coming out for ALL of the Democratic contenders before this is finished …..
image…Vox
Right Now?
This story is NOT a big deal in the top media outlets….
Flores.…
“I’m not suggesting that Biden broke any laws, but the transgressions that society deems minor (or doesn’t even see as transgressions) often feel considerable to the person on the receiving end,” she added. “That imbalance of power and attention is the whole point — and the whole problem.”
The Hill…
Oooops!
Seems Flores was a Bernie Sanders outside organization staffer in 2016….
Also?
Seems the Biden incident was out on the open not just two people in close contact…
Flores is also interested in the O’Rourke campaign?
The Atlantic…