House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered some advice to former Vice President Joe Biden, who has been under heightened scrutiny for his intimate physical style with women: 'Join the straight arm club' and shake hands with people as if you both have colds.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday offered some advice to former Vice President Joe Biden, who has been under heightened scrutiny for his intimate physical style with women:"Join the straight arm club" and shake hands with people as if you both have colds.
"I'm a member of the straight arm club," she said, extending a stiff arm out to demonstrate. She added that she pretends both parties have colds and suggested Biden do the same. In recent days, two women have come forward to say they were uncomfortable and offended by episodes in which the then-vice president touched them without their consent.
In a statement Monday, a former congressional aide, Amy Lappos, said she was speaking out about her own experience at a 2009 fundraiser because she was disappointed in the"ridiculously dismissive" way that Democrats, including Biden, have responded to Flores' account.Biden has said he believed he never acted inappropriately but will"listen respectfully" to women who have been offended.
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