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JOE BIDEN'S REMARK TO LITTLE GIRL GOES VIRAL

Published Nov 20, 2023 at 8:44 AM EST Updated Nov 21, 2023 at 9:54 AM EST

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A clip of Joe Biden talking to a child about her ears at a Thanksgiving event
has gone viral, with one critic calling him a creep.

The president interacted with the child while making a speech at the Naval
Station Norfolk in Virginia. There, Biden met military families, served them
dinner for Friendsgiving and watched an advance screening of Wonka, a film about
a young Willy Wonka.



Joe Biden (center) alongside chef Robert Irvine (right) serves service members
and military families during a Friendsgiving dinner event at the Norfolk Naval
Station on November 19, 2023 in Norfolk, Virginia. Comments the president
made... Joe Biden (center) alongside chef Robert Irvine (right) serves service
members and military families during a Friendsgiving dinner event at the Norfolk
Naval Station on November 19, 2023 in Norfolk, Virginia. Comments the president
made to a child at the event have gone viral. More Photo by Alex Wong/Getty
Images

During Biden's speech, he approached the child, named Catherine, who was wearing
cat-costume ears. "I love your ears!" Biden said. "I love 'em. They're really
cool! What's your name?"

The girl replied "Catherine" and Biden said: "What a beautiful name. That's my
mommy's name. How old are you? 17?"



"Six," Catherine replied.


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RNC Research, a social-media account managed by the Republican National
Committee, posted a clip of the conversation on X, formerly Twitter. People said
Biden's words were inappropriate. Newsweek has contacted representatives for
Biden to comment on this story.

One X user wrote: "Biden is a freak and should never be near children."



Collin Rugg, the co-owner of the Trending Politics news website, called the
President a creep. And a third X user posted that the interaction was "not
appropriate behavior for the President of the United States."

However, others pointed out that Biden was referring to her costume. One X user
wrote: "Let's keep it real please: he is referring to the costume ears the
little girl is wearing, and he is clearing joking about her age. It's fine if
you do not like him, but at least reflect what is happening fairly."

Nevertheless, it is not the first time the Democrat's interactions with children
have been questioned.

In July, he was criticized after he was filmed pretending to bite a child during
a trip to Finland.



Biden also sparked backlash for making a comment to a young teenager in
California in October 2022 about not dating "serious guys until you're 30."



"Now a very important thing I told my daughters and granddaughters—no serious
guys until you're 30!" Biden said to the unknown young woman at an event.

In 2021, during a speech to military families in Virginia ahead of Memorial Day,
Biden told a young girl that she looked 19.

"I love those barrettes in your hair," Biden said to the girl. "Man, I'll tell
you what, look at her. She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a
little lady with her legs crossed."



Meanwhile, the Friendsgiving event included service members and military
families associated with the Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Gerald R. Ford
aircraft carriers. They are currently deployed in the eastern Mediterranean in
response to tensions from the Israel-Hamas war.

"You literally are the spine, the sinew, the backbone of this operation," Biden
said. Of the family members of those deployed abroad, he added: "You family
members are the heart of this operation."


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