Joe Biden and the Democratic presidential contender's campaign deny he called retired Iowa farmer Merle Gorman 'fat' at a campaign event where Gorman raised the topic of his son Hunter Biden.
And he challenged Gorman to do push-ups or go running with him after suggesting that the farmer led a "sedentary" lifestyle in contrast to Biden himself.Former VP Joe Biden responds to the allegation by calling the man a "damn liar" after the man accuses him of sending his son to Ukraine to work for Burisma., who had already challenged the man to a push-up contest, paused after saying that, as if he realized he had gone too far by remarking on Gorman's girth.
A number of children in the audience seemed stunned and then laughed when they heard the "fat" crack. Biden's campaign quickly reacted to the incident after Twitter users gleefully noted Biden's use of the word fat, the candidate's spokeswoman posting a tweet of her own that disputed that claim, arguing that Biden said "Look, facts."
Campaign spokeswoman Symone Sanders wrote Thursday: "To be clear: Any assertion VP Biden said a word about the gentleman's appearance is making this something it is not. In the latter part of the exchange, the VP began to say 'Look, facts' then said 'here's the deal.' If you've been to a Biden event, you've heard this before."
Sanders also tweeted that the man was "flat-out wrong" with his claim about Hunter Biden, and also was a supporter of the Democratic presidential candidacy of Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts."No, I didn't," Biden answered when asked by a reporter if he had said "fat."
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