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Headline Roundup April 2nd, 2019

Joe Biden Accused of Inappropriate Behavior Towards Women

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Joe Biden has come under scrutiny in light of an op-ed by former Nevada lawmaker Lucy Flores, who accused the ex-vice president of smelling her hair and kissing the back of her head without her consent during a 2014 campaign rally. Some have condemned Biden amid the claims and pointed to his long-documented history of being touchy toward women, men, and children, while others have defended his character and criticized the negative reaction as a mob mentality.

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An Awkward Kiss Changed How I Saw Joe Biden
An Awkward Kiss Changed How I Saw Joe Biden

New York Magazine

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In 2014, I was the 35-year-old Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in Nevada. The landscape wasn’t looking good for my party that year. There were no high-profile national races to help boost turnout, and after the top candidate bowed out of the governor’s race, “None of the Above” ended up winning the Democratic primary.

So when my campaign heard from Vice-President Joe Biden’s office that he was looking to help me and other Democrats in the state, I was grateful and flattered. His team offered to bring him to a...

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Sean Hannity: Don't expect 'Creepy' Joe Biden's friends in the media to hold him to the Kavanaugh standard
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Creepy, crazy Uncle Joe Biden is facing a serious backlash for -- you guessed it -- being creepy.

He hasn't yet formally entered the race, but already, "Creepy Uncle Joe" is facing two separate allegations of inappropriate touching and a lot more. Just a short time ago, a Connecticut woman named Amy Lappos told "The Hartford Courant", "He put his hand around my neck, he 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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Joe Biden needs to cut it out. So does the mob.
Opinion

Joe Biden needs to cut it out. And so does the mob that is after him.

The former vice president — and presumed front-runner-to-be in the 2020 Democratic primary — has a long history of putting his hands all over pretty much anyone who comes within reach. Women. Men. Children. Longtime friends. Perfect strangers.

He calls it the trait of a “tactile politician.” Longtime aides say it is simply “Biden being Biden.” But a quick Google search of “creepy Uncle Joe” finds an avalanche of video proof that his space-invading...

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