Biden tells crowd he’d beat up the president
Displeased Americans have found myriad ways to show that they are not particularly pleased with the words President Donald Trump has used when talking about women.
But on Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden told a crowd of thousands how he would share his discontent with Trump. It does not involve words.
“A guy who ended up becoming our national leader said, ‘I can grab a woman anywhere and she likes it,’ ” Biden said during a speech at the University of Miami on Tuesday, according to ABC News. “They asked me if I’d like to debate this gentleman, and I said ‘No.’ I said, ‘If we were in high school, I’d take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him.’ “
Biden was speaking at the University of Miami’s ‘It’s On Us’ rally, aimed at “creating an environment where sexual assault and gender-based violence is unacceptable.” But he’s made similar statements about Trump-based violence before.
Biden’s statements weren’t the first time a prominent Democrat has spoken about being assertive with Trump.
In her book about the campaign, Clinton said Donald Trump’s actions during the second debate — days after the Access Hollywood tapes was released — made her skin crawl.
Trump roamed the stage as she spoke, and made faces at her, in what pundits said was an attempt to assert his dominance over the situation.
“Do you stay calm, keep smiling and carry on as if he weren’t invading your space?” Clinton wrote. “Or do you turn, look him in the eye and say loudly and clearly, ‘Back up, you creep. Get away from me. I know you love to intimidate women, but you can’t intimidate me, so back up.’ ”