Two more names late Tuesday alleging that the former vice president’s overly familiar touching made them uncomfortable, further muddying Joe Biden’s predicament as he considers a third presidential run in 2020.
The controversy surrounding Joe Biden’s past physical behavior with women seemed to have stopped metastasizing after a team of Democratic defenders fanned out in his defense, seeking to knock down the notion that his tendency to be touchy with women was anything more than innocent affection.
Prominent female voices including former Biden staffers, former Obama White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, actress-turned-activist Alyssa Milano and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi publicly voiced their support during the day, providing a degree of encouragement to Biden backers, supporters and possible staff hires who have watched with dread as his team struggled with the accusations of the first two women who said he made them feel uncomfortable in unrelated instances.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. “He reaches out through the human touch to connect and express those feelings,” she continued before quoting Mother Teresa: “People have forgotten what the human touch is, what it is to smile, for somebody to recognize them, somebody to wish them well.”
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