Democrats tend to eat their own…
Will they try to beat down the guy that is polling AHEAD of Donald Trump in a lot of places for 2020 right now?
The forced resignation of Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) in 2017 had always seemed likely to loom over the 2020 Democratic presidential race. The role of one of the candidates, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), in getting the whole thing started has, to this day, made her persona non grata with some key Democratic donors and activists.
But the Franken imbroglio’s more appreciable impact may be in how the party handles a new accusation against Joe Biden.
The parallels between the Franken and Biden situations are limited but real. Franken faced multiple women, including broadcaster and model Leann Tweeden, who accused him of groping her and of an unwanted kiss while rehearsing a sketch for a USO tour. A number of other women, including a few who were named, alleged that Franken touched them inappropriately. Two unnamed women also alleged attempted forcible kisses by Franken.
Biden faces only one accusation. On Friday, former Nevada lieutenant governor candidate Lucy Flores (D) accused Biden of inappropriate physical conduct that she has clarified does not qualify as sexual assault. She said Biden came up behind her, smelled her hair and kissed the back of her head in a way that made her uncomfortable. Since then, the media and Biden opponents have pointed to a number of examples of Biden doing somewhat similar things in public…..
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I told ya so…
They are gonna start coming out of the wood work…
None saying they want to go legal….
“A Connecticut woman says Joe Biden touched her inappropriately and rubbed noses with her during a 2009 political fundraiser in Greenwich when he was vice president, drawing further scrutiny to the Democrat and his history of unwanted contact with women as he ponders a presidential run,” the Hartford Courant reports.
Said Amy Lappos: “It wasn’t sexual, but he did grab me by the head. He put his hand around my neck and pulled me in to rub noses with me. When he was pulling me in, I thought he was going to kiss me on the mouth.”….
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Former Obama administration official Susan Rice on Monday defended former Vice President Joe Biden amid accusations that he has inappropriately touched women, calling him “a dedicated ally, champion and defender of women and all of our rights.”….
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The ex-press secretary to former Vice President Joe Biden defended him in an op-ed on Monday, saying that he has “always has been a champion for women and equality.”…
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Monday that a pair of allegations of inappropriate kissing and touching against former Vice President Joe Biden should “not at all” disqualify him from the 2020 race.
“No. No, I do not,” Pelosi told reporters when asked if she thinks the allegations from two women are disqualifying. …
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Anyone notice that within 24 hours there has been a pushback against shit canning Joe Bide because of his ‘handsy’ history….
Even Don Lemon is up in arms against Democrats possibly ‘eating one of their own’….
Senate Democrats are keeping their distance from Joe Biden as he undergoes new scrutiny over his interactions with women — with one potential presidential rival warning he will have to explain behavior that “demeaned” a woman if he enters the 2020 race.
Biden was hit with the second allegation of inappropriate physical contact with a woman on Monday, with Amy Lappos of Connecticut joining Lucy Flores of Nevada in describing untoward conduct by the longtime Delaware Democratic senator and two-term vice president…
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There will even more….
Two additional women came forward Tuesday to say former Vice President Joe Biden touched them in ways that made them uncomfortable.
The women, Caitlyn Caruso and D. J. Hill, recounted their experiences to The New York Times.
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As you may remember, I have said for a long time that this will be a major problem for Joe Biden if he seeks the nomination. Clearly, forces in the party are trying to prevent him from even getting in. Time will tell how bad the damage is if he goes forward. His opponents in the large primary field are certainly not going to give up on this, let alone Trump being quiet about it.
Every day that Biden is avoiding a television interview on this topic though is one he is losing. He is going to have to deal with this sooner or later and it’s hard to see how he can give an effective answer that is not basically different from. “hey, I’m an old white guy and this is just how people like me operated for years.”
No one has said the hands where sexual in nature….
And YES that IS Joe Biden….
I’m gonna wait for the polling to see if there is any effect on his support…
Like Trump and others just because the front pages are running crazy does NOT mean you’ve lost ur support….
The media LOVES this…
As with Bill Clinton this could also solidify his support…
I, for one, have NO problem with supporting the guy that consistently beats Trump’s in early polling in several states….
I have been listening on the cable channel’s and there IS a undercurrent against the Democrats ‘eating their own’ thing with this….
A President and a Supreme Court justice got thru this….
Certainly Joe Biden can
And Should…
And Biden DOES need to declare….
And get out and defend himself….
This isn’t gonna be the last thing thrown in his way….
He’s been around for a long time….
THAT same reason is one of the many that I would like to see him as the President…
It IS gonna bee a BIG job putting thing back together after Trump leaves…..