President of the United States Donald Trump ridiculed former vice president Joe Biden over claims that the former VP kissed and touched women inappropriately.
Trump made the remarks at a fundraiser for the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Is Trump’s attack a classic case of kettle calling pot black?
The current president has faced a host of similar allegations which threatened to spoil his presidential ambition.
Speaking at a dinner put on by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), Trump took a broad shot at the candidates seeking the presidential nomination for the Democratic Party.
“We’re going to war with some socialists… and it looks like the only non-sort of heavy socialist, he’s being taken care of pretty well by the socialists.”
That was clearly a veiled jab at the former vice president, who has been accused by two women of inappropriately touching them: Lucy Flores, a former lawmaker in the state of Nevada, and Amy Lappos, an ex-aide to a Democratic congressman.
Flores alleged that Biden kissed her on the back of her head without her consent in 2014, and Lappos alleged that he rubbed noses with her at an event in Greenwich, Conn.
Biden has circulated a statement saying he doesn’t believe he acted inappropriately with women at any time in public life.
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has warned Biden to keep his distanceamid the allegations.
Earlier this year, Trump faced allegations from Alva Johnson, an Alabama woman who had worked on his presidential campaign.
She said in a federal lawsuit that Trump had “grasped her hand and did not let go,” and that he had kissed her on the corner of her mouth as she turned away.
“The forced and unwanted kiss was deeply offensive to Ms. Johnson,” the lawsuit read in part.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders responded to the lawsuit by saying that the “accusation is absurd on its face. This never happened and is directly contradicted by multiple highly credible eyewitness accounts.”