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Anonymous ID: 3d8f9b April 2, 2019, 2:16 p.m. No.6021617   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Pro-Trump PAC Trolls Biden With Clinton’s Anti-Trump Ad

A conservative PAC lifted the format of a Clinton campaign ad to highlight the former vice president’s handsy approach to women

 

Though Joe Biden is polling well against the still-growing field of Democratic primary contenders, a storm is brewing over the former vice president’s potential 2020 candidacy. Last week, former Nevada state assemblywoman Lucy Flores recalled in a piece for New York magazine an incident in which the infamously handsy Biden approached her from behind, smelled her hair and kissed her on the back of her head. On Monday, a second woman, Amy Lappos, came forward, writing on Facebook that Biden “did something similar” to her while she was a congressional aide for Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT).

 

Conservatives are already seizing on the news. On Tuesday, the pro-Trump Great America PAC posted an ad highlighting other instances of Biden laying his hands on women and girls. Audio of Flores recounting her experience with Biden on CNN plays on top of the footage. Strewn through the minute-long spot are stock clips of children watching television, the idea being that Biden’s behavior is setting a bad example for the nation’s youth. “Our children are watching,” reads the copy at the end of the ad. “What example will we set for them?”

 

Biden has long been known for his physicality when interacting with female constituents, and it was inevitable that the issue would come into focus as he attempts to mount a presidential campaign in the heart of the #MeToo era. Though he recently made a joke about his how his “tactile” approach to politics could get him into trouble, it’s unlikely he’ll continue to make light of it now that it actually has.

 

Biden defended himself on Sunday. “In my many years on the campaign trail and in public life, I have offered countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of affection, support and comfort,” he wrote in a statement. “And not once — never — did I believe I acted inappropriately. If it is suggested I did so, I will listen respectfully. But it was never my intention.”

 

Flores wasn’t satisfied. “He should apologize and acknowledge the way his behavior makes people feel — makes women feel,” she told HuffPost.

 

Great America PAC took the concept for its ad — and a good portion of the stock footage — from a 2016 Hillary Clinton spot pointing out Trump’s bullying tactics. Clinton’s ad, titled “Role Models,” features children watching footage of the future president inciting violence, bashing immigrants, mocking a disabled person and more. “Our children and grandchildren will look back at this time, at the choices we are about to make, the goals we will strive for, the principles we will live by and we need to make sure that they can be proud of us.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-biden-ad-816904/

Anonymous ID: 3d8f9b April 2, 2019, 2:34 p.m. No.6021868   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1880 >>1881 >>1883 >>1896

Alyssa Milano accused of having 'double standards' after supporting Joe Biden over #MeToo claims

 

Alyssa Milano has been a vocal supporter of the #MeToo movement — the former child star is often credited with popularizing the hashtag, though activist Tarana Burke is the movement’s true founder. And while the actress has spoken out against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct, she’s switching gears in the case of Joe Biden.

 

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The former vice president and potential 2020 candidate has been accused by former Nevada state assemblywoman Lucy Flores of making her feel uncomfortable by touching her shoulders and kissing the back of her head at an event five years ago, saying she felt “powerless” at his “intimate behavior.”

 

While his opponents have seized upon the allegations, Biden has received support from the likes of Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski as well as The View‘s Whoopi Goldberg. Brzezinski called Biden “extremely flirtatious in a completely safe way,” while Goldberg described him as a “hands-on guy” and suggested that Flores should have said something to him before making her discomfort public years later.

 

Now Milano has added her two cents. In a series of tweets posted late Monday evening, the star called Biden a “friend” and a “leader and a champion on fighting violence against women for many years.”

“In my many years on the campaign trail and in public life, I have offered countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of affection, support and comfort. And not once — never — did I believe I acted inappropriately,” Biden said in a statement. “If it is suggested I did so, I will listen respectfully.

 

“But it was never my intention. I may not recall these moments the same way, and I may be surprised at what I hear. But we have arrived at an important time when women feel they can and should relate their experiences, and men should pay attention. And I will.

 

“I will also remain the strongest advocate I can be for the rights of women. I will fight to build on the work I’ve done in my career to end violence against women and ensure women are treated with the equality they deserve.

 

“I will continue to surround myself with trusted women advisers who challenge me to see different perspectives than my own. I will continue to speak out on these vitally important issues where there is much more progress to be made and crucial fights that must be waged and won.”

 

According to Milano, Biden’s statement is “exactly the leadership we need to build a culture where women are heard and are equal.”

She went on to discuss Flores herself.

“I respect Lucy Flores’s decision to share her story and agree with Biden that we all must pay attention to it,” Milano tweeted. “But, just as we must believe women that decide to come forward, we cannot assume all women’s experiences are the same.”

 

But Milano’s defense of Biden in light of her activism has critics accusing her of having “double standards” because of politics. Many pointed to the Kavanaugh hearings and Milano’s support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

 

https://news.yahoo.com/alyssa-milano-accused-double-standards-supporting-joe-biden-metoo-claims-141151340.html