Lucy Flores, a Democratic politician from Nevada, has denied claims that former vice president Joe Biden inappropriately touched her in her first television interview since her public broadcast.
Flores detailed an incident with Biden in a New York Magazine article published on Friday, in which she stated that the former vice president had grabbed her shoulders and kissed her at an event in 2014.
In response to Biden's statement in which he said he did not believe that he had acted inappropriately, Flores said that she wanted him to "change his behavior, and I want him to". 39, he acknowledged that [the alleged encounter] was wrong. "
The story of Flores has resurfaced years of photos and videos capturing Biden in very close contact with various women.
Lucy Flores, a Democratic politician from Nevada, denied former Vice President Joe Biden's response to the statement that he had inappropriately touched her, while asking to be recognized in her first TV interview since the publication of his story.
Flores detailed the incident in a Article from New York Magazine published Friday, where she wrote that Biden had shook his shoulders from behind and kissed the back of his head without his consent at a campaign event in 2014.
In a statement released Sunday, Biden denied the tone of the meeting, saying that he did not believe that he had acted inappropriately and that putting Flores uncomfortably was "never my intention".
Flores rebuffed this statement, saying that CNN's "state of the union" wanted the former vice president to recognize his alleged acts and "change of behavior".
"Says he never thought it was inappropriate, so frankly, I think it's a bit of a mismatch," she said. . "I want him to change his behavior and I want him to recognize that it was wrong."
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WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 18: US Vice President Joe Biden (right) swears in with Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro (left) in front of his wife Erica and his daughter Carina during the ceremony. a swearing-in ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, August 18, 2014 in Washington, DC. Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio, Texas, was officially sworn in on July 28. (Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images)
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The published story of the incident included a number of other images and videos that capture Biden in close contact with women in Washington and during the election campaign, including a part of him knotting his neck. the wife of an official and whispering closely to women.
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"What I'm saying is that it's totally inappropriate, that it does not belong to any kind of professional framework, let alone policy, and that we should take it into account when we're talking about a person's context who plans to run for the presidency, "she said Sunday after repeating her account of the alleged incident.
In response to Biden's statement, Flores said his intentions had no relevance to the power dynamics that exist between a person in power such as vice president and other less powerful women.
"I just can not imagine that there was never a situation where someone said to him, 'Mr Vice President, you should probably stop doing it.' You should probably stop touching women that way. You should probably keep your hands for you. , & # 39; "she said.
Echoing calls from other Democratic politicians, Flores said she hoped for a "bigger discussion" on women's security in politics.
"I want a broader discussion about the lack of accountability structure in our policy space," she added. "We are not protected in politics, and frankly, on a much larger scale, we also need to have a conversation about powerful men believing that they have the right to invade the world." space of a woman when they wish it. "
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made a similar call Sunday, telling Margaret Brennan of CBS that he had "Face the Nation" "no reason not to believe"Flores and hopes of a change of culture around the treatment of women.
"This underscores the need to fundamentally change the culture of this country and create environments in which women feel comfortable and safe," said Sanders. "It's something we have to do."
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