Article snippet: Former Vice President MORE, accused of inappropriately touching and kissing a former Nevada lawmaker in 2014, is facing his own #MeToo moment ahead of a likely 2020 run. After the ex-state official, Democrat Lucy Flores, came forward with the allegations on Friday, a number of Democrats raised concerns about Biden's campaign on the Sunday shows circuit, with many saying they believe her accusation. "If it is suggested I did so, I will listen respectfully. But it was never my intention,” he added. But in the #MeToo era, Biden is likely to face ongoing questions over the alleged incident, which serves as an early test for a campaign that has yet to officially launch. Flores said in an essay published Friday in New York Magazine's The Cut that Biden touched her shoulders and kissed the back of her head before a Nevada campaign event in 2014. "As I was taking deep breaths and preparing myself to make my case to the crowd, I felt two hands on my shoulders. I froze. 'Why is the vice-president of the United States touching me?'" she wrote. "I felt him get closer to me from behind. He leaned further in and inhaled my hair. I was mortified. I thought to myself, 'I didn’t wash my hair today and the vice-president of the United States is smelling it. And also, what in the actual fuck? Why is the vice-president of the United States smelling my hair?' He proceeded to plant a big slow kiss on the back of my head," she added. Appearing Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” F... Link to the full article to read more