58% of independent women voters 'strongly' agreed the U.S. needs to continue making changes to improve workplace equality compared with 45% of Republican women and just 25% of GOP men
on Friday, “I don't see Joe Biden as a threat. … I think he is only a threat to himself.”)
So far, no prominent Democrat has suggested Biden not run because of all this. Former would-be Georgia governor Stacey Abrams, whom Biden’s team has floated as a potential running mate but who is alsoher own presidential run, said in an interview, “We cannot have perfection as a litmus test. The responsibility of leaders is to not be perfect but to be accountable … and I think we see Joe Biden doing that.
Politico Magazine asked some incisive women what they make of Biden’s behavior: Does it bother them? Is it disqualifying for 2020? Read all the responses in the full roundup here:-- Danielle Pletka, senior vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute: “I have ... known Joe Biden since I joined the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee more than a quarter century ago. Whatever the terms of disapprobation of the moment — ’inappropriate touching?’ — the notion that Biden is an aged pervert is beyond ridiculous. He is a warm, kind individual who believes he has more charm than he does. Socially, this is his worst sin.
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