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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Off mic scenes from Joe Biden's wild road trip through Iowa
PoliticoMASON CITY It happens organically, without prompting: Joe Bidens event wraps up and they line up to talk to him.
A young woman struggling with the demons of domestic violence. A parent grieving a lost child. A daughter carrying a message from her 99-year-old mother. Most are meeting the former vice president for the first time, but its as if theyre finally seeing an old friend.
They lean in and talk into his ear. They take his hands or he takes theirs. The former vice president adopts a priest-like persona: Appearing to block out everything around him, he places his hands atop their shoulders, looks them in the eye, then dispenses words of comfort theyve skipped work or traveled from another state to hear.
He told me to remember that its not my fault, said Theresa Hanley, 34, crying as she walked away from their exchange. Hanley said she approached Biden to thank him for his work on the issue and to urge him to help strengthen a domestic violence law in Iowa. It meant the world to me. I wish more people would think that way.
A young woman struggling with the demons of domestic violence. A parent grieving a lost child. A daughter carrying a message from her 99-year-old mother. Most are meeting the former vice president for the first time, but its as if theyre finally seeing an old friend.
They lean in and talk into his ear. They take his hands or he takes theirs. The former vice president adopts a priest-like persona: Appearing to block out everything around him, he places his hands atop their shoulders, looks them in the eye, then dispenses words of comfort theyve skipped work or traveled from another state to hear.
He told me to remember that its not my fault, said Theresa Hanley, 34, crying as she walked away from their exchange. Hanley said she approached Biden to thank him for his work on the issue and to urge him to help strengthen a domestic violence law in Iowa. It meant the world to me. I wish more people would think that way.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Off mic scenes from Joe Biden's wild road trip through Iowa (Original Post)
brooklynite
Dec 2019
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Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)1. brooklynite, Thanks for posting this. :)
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
UncleNoel
(864 posts)2. Thanks, Brooklynite, for this heartwarming glimpse of Joe's tour.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)3. Humanity on display. A good thing.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Bayard
(22,196 posts)4. Its real
He does feel their pain.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden