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(AP) – Former Vice President Joe Biden is defending his interactions with women, saying he doesn’t believe he’s ever acted inappropriately.
But a Nevada politician’s assertion that Biden’s kiss on the back of her head in 2014 made her feel uncomfortable has prompted some Democrats to question whether the 76-year-old is too out of step with his own party to run a successful 2020 presidential campaign.
In a statement on Sunday, Biden said it was never his intention to make women feel discomfort. The woman, Lucy Flores, wrote about the encounter for New York Magazine.
Flores tells The Associated Press that she had been mulling coming forward for years. She says the tipping point for her was Biden’s meeting in March with 2018 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams.
