Trump Mocks Joe Biden Over Groping Scandal And Sexual Misconduct Claims
President Donald Trump on Tuesday mocked former Vice President Joe Biden facing allegations of misconduct by a slew of women on inappropriate touches with sexual undertones.
Trump, speaking at the National Republican Congressional Committee Annual Spring Dinner made fun of Biden and Democrats in general.
Noting that Biden can be no threat to him if he entered the 2020 presidential fray, Trump said already “socialists” are on the job to pull him down.
“It looks like the only non-sort-of-heavy socialist, he's being taken care of pretty well by the socialists. They got to him. Our former vice president,” Trump said.
Trump says Biden having a good time
In a lighter vein, Trump said, “I was going to call him, I don't know him well, and I was going to say, 'Welcome to the world, Joe. Having a good time, Joe?'"
Trump again poked at the former VP while discussing his re-election by telling the crowd an anecdote about a general who told him ISIS could be defeated within a week.
“Give me a kiss,” Trump told the general.
He said it was a Biden moment. “I felt like Joe Biden,” Trump quipped, evoking laughter in the crowd.
Many allegations about ‘Biden’s touch’
The fountain of allegations against Biden started from Lucy Flores, a former Nevada legislator. She called Biden “demeaning and disrespectful” while writing a column in a magazine and accused him of trying to kiss the back of her head.
Flores said the incident was in 2014 in Nevada where he was speaking to boost voter turnout for Democrats.
“I felt him get closer to me from behind. He leaned further in and inhaled my hair. I was mortified,” Flores wrote.
She said Biden then kissed on the back of her head.
“I was embarrassed. I was shocked. I was confused,” she expressed.
Then came the revelations by Amy Lappos of Connecticut who accused Biden of having touched her and rubbed his nose on hers during a 2009 fundraiser event in Greenwich.
In Lappos words, “Biden 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.”
Embarrassing Biden further, media disclosures by two more women said Biden's overtures were uncomfortable.
One woman named Caitlyn Caruso told the Times that Biden slipped his hand on her thigh during a Las Vegas event in 2016. She was 19 that time and Biden’s action came when she finished telling her story of an assault.
“It doesn’t even really cross your mind that such a person would dare perpetuate harm like that. These are supposed to be people you can trust,” Caruso added.
D.J. Hill, another woman shared her ‘Biden touch’ that happened in 2012 at a fundraising event in Minneapolis. Hill said Biden’s hand explored her back and started probing deep on her back.
Hill, 59, said she became "very uncomfortable" and her husband also noticed it. But he cracked a joke and patted on Biden's shoulder.
Biden denies any wrongdoing or bad intent
Meanwhile, Biden denied any wrongdoing and justified his behavior citing his long public life where he had countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of affection and gestures of comfort.
“And not once – never – did I believe I acted inappropriately. If it is suggested I did so, I will listen respectfully. But it was never my intention,” Biden added.
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