Joe Biden tells 13-year-old's brothers to 'keep the guys away from your sister'
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Joe Biden faced criticism after telling a teenage girl’s brothers to “keep the guys away from your sister”.
The former US vice-president, who is leading the race to become the 2020 Democratic nominee, is said to have made the remark while campaigning in Iowa on Wednesday.
Liz Goodwin, a political reporter at the Boston Globe, tweeted: “Joe Biden meets a voter’s granddaughter in an Iowa coffee shop and asks her age.
She says she’s 13. He addresses her brothers. ‘You’ve got one job here, keep the guys away from your sister.’”
The tweet has since been shared and commented on hundreds of times, with many criticising the Democrat hopeful’s comments
Twitter user Brian Hurn suggested someone should “tell Joe it’s not the 1950s”, while another wrote: “Where would women be without brothers choosing who they are allowed to date.”
Meanwhile, Mangy Jay wrote: “Oh dear god I wish he would stop.”
Several people jumped to Mr Biden’s defence, however, saying they could not see the harm in his comment.
Twitter user Ginger B Soapbox said “asking a brother to keep a sister safe isn’t that big of a deal,” adding: “We gotta stop it with the candidate purity stuff.”
Freudian slip much?
As for the subject raised in a perfect world that attitude would be a historical footnote but in 2019 it is still good advice because there are still people like Creepy Joe and worse around.
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