Bernie Sanders said he has 'no reason' to doubt Lucy Flores' inappropriate touching allegation against Joe Biden but did not call for ousting the former vice president from the 2020 campaign.
Senator Bernie Sanders said he has"no reason" to doubt Lucy Flores' allegation that former Vice President Joe Biden touched her inappropriately in 2014, but stopped short of saying this incident alone should disqualify Biden from seeking the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential election.
"I have no reason not to believe Lucy and I think what this speaks to is the need to fundamentally change the culture of this country," Sanders told CBS' Margaret Brennan Sunday."And to create environments where women feel comfortable and feel safe and that's something we've got to do." "I think that's a decision for the vice president to make," replied Sanders."I'm not sure that one incident alone disqualifies anybody. But her point is absolutely right that this is an issue not just of Democrats and Republicans, the entire country has got to take seriously. It is not acceptable that when a woman goes to work or is any kind of environment that she feels anything less than comfortable and safe. And this is an issue the entire country has got to work on.
Sanders endorsed Flores during her unsuccessful 4th Congressional District seat campaign in 2016 and Flores endorsed Sanders that January amid his hotly contested Democratic presidential campaign against Hillary Clinton. Flores' opponent and ultimate winner of that election, Ruben Kihuen, backed Clinton during her campaign but he announced he would not seek re-election after allegations of sexual misconduct were revealed against him in December 2017.
Sanders' response Sunday echoed several political and Beltway media reactions from colleagues of Biden and those who have covered him. Former Ronald Reagan speechwriter and journalist Peggy Noonan said Biden"came from the fleshy world of '60s and '70s politics."
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