Huff Post reports, "Joe Biden Said Hillary Clinton Faced Sexism, But ‘That’s Not Going To Happen With Me’"
Christina Reynolds, a top aide to Clinton 2016 and current VP at Emily's List, responded, “I hope Vice President Biden clarifies what he means here and pushes back on any hint of this false narrative. After watching women win in 2018 and 2019 in red, blue, and purple states, it’s clear that women can face sexism AND get elected."
She also Tweeted, "Yes, there was sexism. And yes, it was unfair. But I hope he's not arguing we should vote for a man to avoid it."
In 2018, it was women candidates who fueled the blue wave that flipped the House. Can you tell Joe Biden that in 2020 electability does NOT mean old, white, male, and conservative?
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We believe Elizabeth Warren is the most electable Democrat precisely because she merges a strong anti-corruption, anti-Trump, populist platform with the excitement of electing the first woman ever as president.
It's also worth noting that the two top vote getters in American presidential history were a woman and a black man.
Sadly, this is just one of many out-of-touch comments we've seen from Joe Biden this past year. He is clearly the worst contrast with Trump and our worst foot forward if we want to defeat Trump.
- On Thursday, Biden said Clinton should have taken the high road on the Access Hollywood tapes. Really?
- To relate to racial strife last year, Biden made up a "gang leader" he once knew named Corn Pop. Many black leaders mocked him.
- Biden got criticism for calling women candidates "angry"
- In response to a debate question about the legacy of slavery, Biden's rambling answer included an old racist idea about how parents of color don't know how to raise their kids: "It’s not that they don’t want to help -- They don’t know what quite what to do" he said. His answer? “Leave the record player on at night” to teach kids more words...
- When fondly recalling days of greater civility in the Senate, Biden invoked memories of working with two staunch segregationists to "get things done."
- Biden has been recorded making old fashioned, sexist jokes to young women, like saying "I'll bet you're as bright as you are good-looking" to a 10-year-old, and telling men they have "great taste" while looking their wives up and down.
- After immigrants confronted Biden at a recent campaign event about Obama's record of deportations, Biden told the speaker, "You should vote for Trump."
- And Biden's verbal stumbles might reveal more than he intends about his views: "Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids... (lengthy pause) ...w-wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids..."
Do you want this to be representing you in 2020?
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