BIDEN - FOOT IN MOUTH IS PERMANENT CONDITION

Joe Biden name drops Packwood

By JONATHAN TOPAZ | 9/19/14 2:06 PM EDT

Vice President Joe Biden on Friday offered praise at a Democratic National Committee women event for retired Sen. Bob Packwood, who resigned amid multiple sexual harassment allegations.

Appearing at the DNC’s Women’s Leadership Forum in Washington, the vice president suggested that the modern Republican Party is out of touch with its principles, citing a previous generation of GOP lawmakers who worked with Democrats on issues like voting rights. “It’s Republicans that were involved. Guys like [former Maryland Republican Sen.] Mac Mathias and Packwood and so many others. It wasn’t Democrats alone,” he said.

In 1992, former Republican Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon was accused of sexual harassment by 10 female ex-staffers. Three years later, after the Senate Ethics Committee unanimously voted to recommend his expulsion from the chamber, Packwood resigned.

Biden’s comments at the women’s event came the same day the White House announced the “It’s On Us” campaign targeting sexual assault on college campuses.

The vice president made headlines for misspeaking earlier in the week, using the term “Shylocks” and “the Orient” while speaking at an event in Iowa.


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