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Crisis hits Biden as new allegation emerges | TheHill

posted onApril 2, 2019
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Article snippet: Former Vice President MORE is facing a crisis before the launch of his expected White House campaign after a second woman on Monday accused him of inappropriate touching. The allegations have shined the spotlight on Biden’s interactions with women, leading to new questions about the appropriateness of his behavior and testing his relationships with Democrats in the “Me Too” era. Amy Lappos became the second woman in four days to accuse Biden of inappropriate behavior when she told the Hartford Courant that Biden had touched her inappropriately and rubbed noses with her during a 2009 fundraiser in Greenwich, Conn. “When he was pulling me in, I thought he was going to kiss me on the mouth,” Lappos, 43, told the Courant.  On Friday, former Nevada state legislator Lucy Flores, a Democrat, accused Biden of inappropriately kissing the back of her head while putting his hands on her shoulders. Flores was a candidate for lieutenant governor of the state at the time. The stories have drawn new attention to dozens of pictures that show Biden in hugs and other embraces with different women, photos that political opponents of the vice president have used over the years to denigrate him. The conservative Drudge Report for most of Monday led its page with a collection of 10 photos of Biden and the headline “Out of touch?” Biden’s staff on Monday pushed back hard against the narrative, describing a “cottage industry of lies” and right-wing smears. Biden spokesman Bill Russo hig... Link to the full article to read more

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