Biden Ripped for 'Creepy' Comment About 12 Year Old Girl
For decades now, the American electorate has had some serious questions about Joe Biden’s behavior, and he hasn’t exactly put us at east during his presidency either.
Biden has long been known for his embarrassing, (and often confusing), gaffes, many of which have been so severe that there are legitimate concerns about the Commander in Chief’s mental capabilities.
But, on top of that, Biden has been criticized time and again for his behavior toward women and young girls, with plenty of YouTube videos available to demonstrate what the nation is concerned about.
This week, Biden again upped the ante on his bizarre antics.
During a speech to the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers’ union, and other Democrats on Friday, Biden momentarily interrupted his remarks on climate change to address a woman in the crowd he apparently knew long ago.
Biden said, “And everybody found out, there’s not a lot of total climate deniers anymore after they’ve seen what happened this year. But guess what, we got a lot to do.” He then pointed into the crowd, and in a low voice said, “You gotta say hi to me.”
Advertisement - story continues belowThe crowd laughed and Biden said, “We go back a long way. She was 12 and I was 30, but anyway. This woman helped me get an awful lot done. Anyway.”
The crowd laughed again, though not everyone who heard Biden’s off-the-cuff remark found it so endearing.
The adverse reactions came quickly.
“As dementia progresses, patients lose more of their filter and tend to blurt out the truth. Biden: ‘She was 12, I was 30.’” wrote conservative podcast host Monica Crowley.
NewsBusters executive producer Tim Graham remarked, “Why Biden frustrates handlers. (‘You know the right-wingers are going to tweet ‘did he sniff her hair then?’)”
Advertisement - story continues below“Oh my gosh,” tweeted Steve Guest, Special Adviser for Communications for Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Biden has previously explained away some of his creepy “touchiness” as a relic of his upbringing, but that explanation has not been satisfactory for many.