In an op-ed published Friday, Flores accused Biden of touching and kissing theback of her head without her consent in 2014
Former Nevada Assemblywoman Lucy Flores responded Sunday to Joe Biden’s defense of his behavior around women, arguing that she is not the first person the vice president has acted inappropriately toward.
“I’m glad that he’s clarifying his intentions,” Flores told host Jake Tapper. “Frankly, my point was never about his intentions, and they shouldn’t be about his intentions. It should be about the women on the receiving end of that behavior, and this isn’t the first time and it wasn’t the only incident where he was acting inappropriately with women.”
Biden has a documented history of close contact with women, which is evident in photos showing him touching shoulders and, in one infamous instance in 2013, a White House reporter’s waist. “I just can’t imagine that there was never a situation where someone said to him ― ‘Mr. Vice President, you probably should stop doing that. You should probably stop touching women in that way. You should probably keep your hands to yourself.’”
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