Month: September 2020

Biden pledges to be 'more mindful about respecting personal space'

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Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE on Wednesday pledged to be more mindful of women’s personal space as he sought to stem a growing political crisis around his presidential campaign-in-waiting.

In a two-minute video, the former vice president responded to allegations from four women who said he made them uncomfortable by touching them inappropriately at public events.

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Biden did not directly apologize to his accusers in the video, but he acknowledged that times have changed and that he would adjust his behavior.

“Social norms have begun to change, they’ve shifted, and the boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset, and I get it,” Biden said in the video. “I hear what they’re saying. I understand it. I’ll be much more mindful. That’s my responsibility, and I’ll meet it.”

Still, Biden defended his actions as innocent, saying his displays of public affection are how he connects with people. He said he acted the same with men and women.

“I’ve found that scores, if not hundreds of people, have come up to me and reached out for solace or comfort, something, anything that might help them get through the tragedy they’re going through, and so it’s just who I am,” Biden said.

“And I’ve never thought of politics as cold or antiseptic, I’ve always thought about it as connecting with people, shaking hands, a hand on the shoulder, a hug or encouragement.”

Four women have come forward over the past week to say that the former vice president’s public touching made them deeply uncomfortable. One of the women was 19 years old when she says she tried to squirm away after Biden rested his hand on her thigh and hugged her “just a little bit too long” at an event on sexual assault.

ADVERTISEMENTBiden issued a statement after the first allegations came to light, saying it was not his “intent” to make anyone uncomfortable. His remarks were dismissed by some as tone-deaf.

Some prominent Democratic women, such as Sen. Dianne FeinsteinDianne Emiel FeinsteinHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Democrats demand Republican leaders examine election challenges after Georgia voting chaos GOP votes to give Graham broad subpoena power in Obama-era probe MORE (Calif.) and MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski, have come to Biden’s defense, warning that Democrats risk tearing down a candidate who many believe has the best shot at defeating President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE.

They said Biden’s propensity for public affection is innocent and characteristic of his authenticity.

The former vice president is expected to officially launch his campaign after Easter, and the two-minute video included language that would seem to make his entry inevitable.

“In the coming month I expect to be talking to you about a whole lot of issues, and I’ll always be direct with you,” he said.

But the drip of allegations has threatened to derail his candidacy before it ever gets off the ground, and Biden is clearly hoping that Wednesday’s video allows him to move forward.

There are no signs that Biden’s donors or core supporters are fleeing his campaign. Joseph Falk, a top bundler for the Obama-Biden campaign in 2012, said he’s all in for Biden in 2020.

“I am a Biden loyalist. I will support him,” Falk said. “I have had many interactions with him and welcomed his caring and empathetic approach.”

Some Democrats reached by The Hill following the release of the video described it as “sincere” and predicted it would put the controversy behind Biden.

Still, others predicted the allegations would dog him throughout the race, potentially giving political ammunition to those on the left advocating for a more progressive candidate.

“Why not apologize?,” said Shaunna Thomas, the cofounder and Executive Director of the women’s rights group UltraViolet.

The 2020 Democratic contenders are being asked about the controversy at every turn. None of them have called the allegations disqualifying, but they’re also not absolving Biden of guilt.

“I think we need to listen to those who are raising their stories, who have the courage to come forward … to be part of the conversation about either his candidacy or how he fares as a contender for the nomination,” said former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (Texas), a top Democratic contender.

Biden, who has strong union support, will address the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Washington, D.C., on Friday, while many of his rivals are in New York addressing the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network.

Meanwhile, Trump and his GOP allies, who view Biden as a top threat to the president’s reelection efforts, are also seizing on the controversy to batter Biden while he’s down.

A top pro-Trump super PAC released a digital ad this week called “Creepy Joe,” which features children watching images of Biden touching women. The group says it will run the ad on television once Biden gets into the race.

“I’ll always believe, governing, and life for that matter, is about connecting with people, that won’t change,” Biden said Wednesday.

“But I’ll be more mindful and respectful of people’s space, and that’s a good thing. That’s a good thing. I worked my whole life to empower women, I’ve worked my whole life to prevent abuse, and so the idea that I can’t adjust to the fact that personal space is important, more important than it’s ever been, is just unthinkable. I will. I will.”

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Report Exposes Right-Wing Effort to Ban Criticism of Israel in US Schools

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Human rights and free speech advocates responded with alarm Thursday to a Guardian report revealing that pro-Israel and right-wing lobbyists are encouraging Republican state lawmakers to pass legislation that could outlaw discussions about the Israeli government’s human rights abuses and occupation of Palestinian territory at all levels of the U.S. public education system under the guise of fighting anti-Semitism.

Concerns about the legislation relate to its wide definition of anti-Semitism that goes beyond protecting Jewish people from hate speech. According to The Guardian:

The report stems from a pair of emails (pdf) that David Armiak, research director for the watchdog Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), obtained under a Freedom of Information request and shared with The Guardian.

ALEC, which did not reply to the newspaper’s request for comment, has a record of churning out right-wing model legislation on a variety of issues, from criminalizing environmental and animal rights activism to promoting the privatization of schools, gerrymandering, and union-busting.

Alluding to the organization’s history, writer Regina Schrambling shared The Guardian‘s report on Twitter with the introduction, “Today in ‘all evil leads to ALEC.'”

The emails reveal that Republican state lawmakers from Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and South Carolina met with representatives from pro-Israel lobbyist groups at ALEC’s August conference in Austin, Texas.

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Florida Republican Randy Fine reportedly led a private meeting at the conference after pushing through the first anti-Semitism state law earlier this year.

Critics say Fine’s law “goes too far,” the Sun-Sentinel explained in an editorial in May. “Some of its provisions confuse anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel. That has profound constitutional problems, as the bill is plainly meant to be enforced throughout Florida’s public schools, colleges, and universities.”

Liz Jackson, a staff attorney with the group Palestine Legal, is Jewish and a critic of certain components of Florida’s law, which was passed amid rising rates of anti-Semitism attacks in the United States and around the world.

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“It’s riding off the universally agreed idea that anti-Semitism is bad and must be stopped at a time of a frightening resurgence in white supremacist violence,” Jackson told The Guardian about the state law. “It’s extremely cynical to masquerade as fighting anti-Semitism when you are, in fact, shutting down criticism of Israel.”

The week after the ALEC meeting, Fine sent an email to state lawmakers; A.D. Motzen, national director of state Relations at Agudath Israel of America; and Joseph Sabag Israeli-American Coalition (IAC) for Action. Fine briefly outlined the Florida measure and encouraged the lawmakers to reach out to him and Sabag with questions about pursuing similar legislation in their states.

Sabag wrote in a response to the group that “my legal team has now taken Randy’s bill and refined it into a model that can be brought everywhere.” Sabag urged the lawmakers to contact him or Republican South Carolina state Rep. Alan Cemmons, who is ALEC’s national chairman and sponsored anti-Semitism legislation in his state, “and take advantage of our policy support if you are considering filing a bill.”

Contacted by The Guardian, Sabag said the emails “emerged out of an after-hours private gathering of friends and colleagues, not an ALEC function and ALEC held no such forum or discussion at its conference.” He also pushed back against the suggestion that IAC for Action was encouraging lawmakers to adopt the definition of anti-Semitism that’s provoked criticism, saying that his organization “provides legal analysis and policy resources in response to requests from legislators who wish to draw upon our subject matter expertise.”

Summarizing The Guardian‘s report, Palestinian-American journalist Ali Abunimah wrote in a series of tweets that “fanatical Zionists are pushing U.S. state legislatures to pass sweeping new restrictions on free speech, including a ban on ‘demonizing Israel’ and investigating Israeli human rights abuses.”

“There is no doubt whatsoever,” Abunimah added, “that the Israel lobby is the greatest direct threat to free speech in the United States.”

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'What Fascism Looks Like': Israeli High Court Upholds Expulsion of Human Rights Watch Director Omar Shakir Over Alleged BDS Support

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The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the deportation and permanent expulsion of Omar Shakir, the Human Rights Watch representative in Israel and Palestine, over Shakir’s alleged support of the Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions movement, a move that drew criticism from peace advocates and progressives around the world. 

“This is what fascism looks like,” tweeted Palestinian rights advocate Diana Buttu.

“The perpetuation of the occupation continues to mean the silencing of criticism,”
—J-Street

The court gave Shakir 20 days to leave the country.

As Common Dreams reported, Interior Minister Arye Dery decided in April to expel Shakir, a U.S. citizen, from Israel over Shakir’s alleged support of the BDS movement.

The high court on Tuesday ruled that decision was legal due to a controversial 2017 Israeli law banning proponents of the boycott movement from entering or remaining in Israel. Dery said the ruling affirms his position that “anyone who works against the state should know that we will not allow him to live or work here.”

Shakir’s attorney Michael Sfard told Haaretz that the ruling made clear Israel is joining what he described as other repressive regimes in barring those who would expose misbehavior from their countries.

“Today, the State of Israel joined the list of countries like Syria, Iran, and North Korea, which have expelled Human Rights Watch representatives in an attempt to silence criticism of human rights violations taking place within their borders,” said Sfard.

But, according to The New York Times, Human Rights Watch believes Shakir was expelled for his work against Israeli settlements in the West Bank rather than any advocacy in favor of BDS:

Critics of the move sounded off on social media.

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“The perpetuation of the occupation continues to mean the silencing of criticism,” liberal U.S. Israeli advocacy group J-Street said on Twitter. “Democracies should not expel human rights organizers.”

In a statement, Amnesty International deputy Middle East and North Africa director Saleh Higazi said the decision made it “explicitly clear that those who dare to speak out about human rights violations by the Israeli authorities will be treated as enemies of the state.”

“Human rights defenders play an essential role in exposing the government’s wrongdoing and fostering public debate,” said Higazi. “Today’s decision is a cowardly move that confirms Israel’s oppressive intent on silencing independent human rights organizations at any cost.”

“Israel, by definition, isn’t a democracy.”
—Hagai El-Ad, B-Tselem

“The world must not stay silent in the face of this travesty of justice,” Higazi added. “The international community, including Israel’s allies such as the U.S.A., have a responsibility to press Israel to reverse this reprehensible decision and make clear to them that this kind of blatant repression is completely unacceptable and will have consequences.”

Israeli human rights group B’Tselem’s executive director Hagai El-Ad said that while the expulsion was personally shocking, the decision by the high court was in line with Israeli efforts to restrict dissent over the occupation. 

“From a personal perspective, it’s shocking and unsettling, to see Omar ordered to leave within 20 days,” said El-Ad. “But from a professional/legal perspective, there’s nothing in the ruling which isn’t in line with earlier rulings by Israel’s HCJ. The only novelty is the application of current Israeli legal dogma in order to deport Omar.”

“Israel, by definition, isn’t a democracy,” El-Ad continued, adding that he hoped the decision would make that clearer to the international community.

“Either way,” said El-Ad, “the fight continues.”

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Warren Suggests Corporate Media Ask Working People, Not Just the Very Rich, About Her Wealth Tax

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday evening called out the news media for focusing their coverage of her proposed Ultra-Millionaires Tax largely on wealthy CEOs’ and investors’ negative views of the plan rather than those of the working families the senator says would benefit from the redistribution of wealth.

At a town hall attended by 200 SEIU members in Concord, New Hampshire, Warren asked the crowd, “How many billionaires have you seen interviewed in just the last week about this wealth tax?”

“Okay, I get it, we have now done the billionaires,” she continued. “How many of the 43 million Americans who are struggling with student loan debt have you seen interviewed?”

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Warren’s comments followed her campaign’s release of an ad Wednesday targeting powerful political donors like Goldman Sachs chairman Lloyd Blankfein, investor Leon Cooperman, and Trump contributor Peter Thiel—all of whom have been given significant airtime by cable news networks to decry Warren’s plan to tax all household assets over $50 million at 2% per year.

Last week, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’s well-publicized comments about Warren’s proposal inspired the Massachusetts Democrat to add a page to her website showing Gates, Cooperman, and potential 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg exactly how much they would pay under her plan.

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“How many of the people who are struggling to pay childcare around this country have you seen interviewed?” Warren asked Wednesday. “How many of the teachers who are working second and third jobs to try to make ends meet and try to pay off their student loans have you seen interviewed?”

“I am sick of an America that works for the billionaires and doesn’t work for anyone else,” she added.

Warren’s point on Wednesday echoed a remark made by author Anand Giridharadas earlier this week.

“I’ve seen many interviews with billionaires about the candidacies of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders,” Giridharadas tweeted. “Has anyone done a similarly well-publicized, primetime interview with a person on food stamps or in suffocating debt about their candidacies?”

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Bill Moyers: Nixon 'Never Admitted His Crimes' While 'Trump Announced His in Public'

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Following a week of public impeachment hearings in the House Intelligence Committee, renowned public broadcast journalist Bill Moyers on Friday expressed alarm at President Donald Trump’s attacks on the witnesses who came forward to inform the public about the president’s misconduct in office—and the complicity of top administration officials.

“For President Trump to vigorously denigrate them, to malign them, with [Trump’s personal attorney Rudy] Giuliani leading a smear campaign against these fine public servants, is disgusting, it’s repulsive, it’s abominable,” Moyers said in an interview with MSNBC‘s Chris Hayes late Friday.

As Common Dreams reported, Trump tweeted attacks on former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch as she testified last Friday, sparking accusations of “witness intimidation in real time.”

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In a lengthy “Fox & Friends” interview Friday, Trump accused David Holmes, political counselor to the top American diplomat in Ukraine, of fabricating a phone call between Trump and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland. The president went on to say he “hardly” knew Sondland, who donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee in 2017.

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Moyers, whose public broadcast career began with PBS in the 1970s, has witnessed and covered impeachment proceedings against three presidents—Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and now Donald Trump.

In partnership with his long-time collaborator and Common Dreams senior writing fellow Michael Winship, Moyers launched a campaign earlier this month urging PBS to carry the Trump impeachment hearings live and re-air them in primetime, as the network did with the Nixon hearings.

While noting that there are differences between the current impeachment proceedings and those of the past—Nixon “never admitted his crimes,” Moyers pointed out, and “Trump announced his in public”—the legendary journalist told Hayes Friday that there are also significant similarities.

“Republicans did not rush to get rid of Nixon,” Moyers said. “That’s basically where the Republican Party is today. Partisanship is a great insurance policy against impeachment. If the Republican Party members don’t fold, don’t see the light, go to the other side, vote against Trump, I doubt that there will be an impeachment.”

“If Republicans hang tough… if they cling to their false defense of the president, ignoring the evidence with their lies,” added Moyers, “it’s going to be a long, drawn-out fight.”

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Bernie Sanders Tops New California Poll—But You Wouldn't Have Known It By Reading This LA Times Headline

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A new poll released Thursday found that Sen. Bernie Sanders is leading the 2020 Democratic presidential field in California—but you wouldn’t have known it by reading the Los Angeles Times‘ original headline on the survey, which mentioned Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden, but not the senator from Vermont.

“Warren and Biden lose ground in California’s shifting 2020 Democratic race,” read the newspaper’s initial headline which, in the face of backlash, was later changed to, “Warren and Biden lose ground, Sanders moves ahead in California’s shifting 2020 Democratic race.”

While the Times changed its headline, it did not alter the body of the story, which doesn’t mention Sanders until the third paragraph.

“The Democratic presidential contest in California remains extremely fluid—but not enough, at least so far, to provide an opening for Michael Bloomberg,” reads the story’s lede paragraph.

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The poll, conducted for the Times by the U.C. Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, found that Sanders is leading the California presidential primary race at 24% support and has gained 5% since September.

Warren polled in second place at 22% (down 7% since September), Biden in third at 14% (down 6% since September), and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg in fourth at 12% (up 6% since September). The survey’s margin of error is plus or minus 4%.

“The person who gained ground is not allowed to be in the headline,” Faiz Shakir, Sanders’ campaign manager, tweeted in response to the Times original headline.

Despite Sanders’ jump since September, the Times framed the survey solely around Warren and Biden’s fall.

“That erosion has benefited Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who narrowly tops the primary field,” the Times reported.

The new survey, the Times noted, also found that Sanders is leading 2020 Democratic field in California “on three other attributes—being the candidate who would bring the right kind of change to Washington (28%), the one who comes closest to sharing voters’ values (27%) and the candidate who best understands the problems of ‘people like you’ (28%).”

The newspaper’s treatment of Sanders on this poll was for many observers just the latest example of a trend by many mainstream outlets of ignoring, sidelining, or otherwise downplaying the Sanders presidential campaign—a phenomenon some refer to as the #BernieBlackout.

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'Haters Gonna Hate and Deniers Will Deny': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Greta Thunberg Hit Back at Mnuchin

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After U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday dismissed youth climate activist Greta Thunberg’s call for global leaders to address the climate crisis by telling the teenager to come back to him after she “studies economics,” Thunberg and other progressives including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back, calling attention to the environmental issues the secretary was trying to ignore. 

“It doesn’t take a college degree in economics to realize that our remaining 1.5° carbon budget and ongoing fossil fuel subsidies and investments don’t add up,” tweeted Thunberg, linking to a video of a graph by the group Carbon Brief showing the catastrophic, continual rise in global emissions that has exacerbated the climate crisis. 

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“Either you tell us how to achieve this mitigation or explain to future generations and those already affected by the climate emergency why we should abandon our climate commitments,” Thunberg added.

Mnuchin made his remarks on Tuesday morning, replying to a reporter’s question on Thunberg’s call for world economies to divest from fossil fuels.

“Is she the chief economist? Who is she? I’m confused,” said Mnuchin. “After she goes and studies economics in college, she can come back and explain that to us.”

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Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, said the secretary’s remarks were an example of how elites attempt to crush dissent.

“If you don’t have an economics degree like Greta, they’ll mock you for not having one,” said Ocasio-Cortez. “If you DO have one, as I do, they’ll claim it’s illegitimate.”

Eric Holthaus, climate reporter for the Correspondent, found Mnuchin’s attack ridiculous on its face.

“You know who has college degrees?” said Holthaus. “The thousands of scientists of the IPCC who wrote the report Greta quoted from.”

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Schumacher to demo father’s F2004 at Mugello

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Mick Schumacher will offer Ferrari fans a trip down memory lane before next Sunday’s Tuscany GP when the young German charger takes to the Mugello track onboard his father’s title-winning Ferrari F2004.

Schumacher has previously demoed the car that seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher steered to his final F1 title, showcasing the machine at last year’s German Grand Prix at Hockenheim.

Sunday’s run – which Ferrari described as “a fitting tribute to the Scuderia’s most successful car and its incomparable driver” – will take place ahead of the Italian outfit’s 1,000th Grand Prix, a historical track record that started at Monaco in 1950.

As part of the Scuderia’s landmark celebrations, the teams cars will be decked out in a burgundy livery that will salute their glorious ancestor, the Ferrari 125 that raced in Monaco in 1950.

Mick Schumacher, who won last Saturday’s F2 feature race at Monza, is earmarked for a potential promotion to F1, likely with Alfa Romeo.

The 21-year-old is currently second in the FIA Formula 2 Championship’s standings, six points behind fellow FDA member Callum Ilott and three points ahead of Robert Shwartzman, another FDA charger.

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Brzezinski on Biden allegations: 'I don't think there is bad intent on his part at all'

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MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski on Monday defended former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE against claims by a former Democratic candidate in Nevada that the potential presidential candidate inappropriately touched her at a campaign rally in 2014.

Lucy Flores, a former Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor in Nevada, on Friday accused Biden of inappropriate touching.

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Brzezinski said an “extensive and careful conversation” may be necessary about the appropriateness of such gestures regardless of intent, but said that she had known Biden for many years and did not think there was any “bad intent on his part at all.”

“There’s a lot of things I know about Joe Biden — I’ve known him for a long time — he is extremely affectionate, extremely flirtatious in a completely safe way,” Brzezinski said on Monday. “I am sure that somebody can misconstrue something he’s done. But as much as I can know what’s in anyone’s heart, I don’t think there is bad intent on his part at all.”

Last week, Flores, a former Nevada assemblywoman, wrote that Biden made her deeply uncomfortable by sniffing her hair and kissing the back of her head at a 2014 event.

White House counselor Kellyanne ConwayKellyanne Elizabeth ConwayGeorge Conway group hits Ernst in new ad George Conway group contrasts Trump, Eisenhower in battleground states ad Sunday shows preview: Protests against George Floyd’s death, police brutality rock the nation for a second week MORE on Sunday pointed to the incident as a “big problem” for Biden should he decide to run for the White House in 2020. 

Brzezinski also pointed to a viral photo of Stephanie Carter, the wife of Obama-era Defense Secretary Ash Carter, that shows Biden leaning into her with his hands on her shoulders. Carter has said that the photo is misleading and that he did not make her feel uncomfortable.

“Democrats, you really have to ask yourself, what is the ‘Me Too’ line you’re going to draw?” Brzezinski, the co-host of “Morning Joe,” asked.

While Biden has yet to announce a White House bid, he has consistently led polls of the 2020 Democratic field and has been widely expected to enter the race.

If he jumps in, he would be joining a crowded field that includes Sens. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.), Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former Rep. Beto O’RourkeBeto O’RourkeBiden will help close out Texas Democrats’ virtual convention: report O’Rourke on Texas reopening: ‘Dangerous, dumb and weak’ Parties gear up for battle over Texas state House MORE (D-Texas).

Several Democratic candidates have responded to Flores’s allegations, with Warren and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro both expressing support for her.

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Buttigieg: I'm a capitalist, but 'democracy is more important' than capitalism

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Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegScaled-back Pride Month poses challenges for fundraising, outreach Biden hopes to pick VP by Aug. 1 It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process MORE, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., and likely 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, said Sunday that he is a capitalist but added that “democracy is more important” than capitalism.

During an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Buttigieg warned that “democratic capitalism” is “slipping away” from the U.S.

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“America is a capitalist society. But it’s got to be democratic capitalism. And that part’s really important. And it’s slipping away from us. In other words, when capitalism comes into tension with democracy, which is more important to you? I believe democracy is more important,” he said.

Democratic presidential candidates have faced questions over whether they consider themselves capitalists as some popular members of the party have identified as democratic socialists. 

Buttigieg on Sunday also pointed to Russia as an example of a country that has allowed capitalism to overwhelm democracy, something he described as “crony capitalism.”

“When you have capitalism capturing democracy, when you have the kind of regulatory capture where powerful corporations are able to arrange the rules for their benefit, that’s not real capitalism. If you want to see what happens when you have capitalism without democracy, you can see it very clearly in Russia,” he said.

“It turns into crony capitalism. And that turns into oligarchy,” Buttigieg added.

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