Some conservatives praised an Iowa farmer after an image of him snubbing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden made the rounds on social media.
The picture, shared by Politico reporter Natasha Korecki, shows a man focused intently on a college football game as the former vice president approaches his table during a campaign stop.
“That time when former VP @joebiden is standing right next to you at the Corn Stalk Cafe and you just don’t care,” Korecki said of the image. The man was not moved by Biden’s presence and also seemed uninterested in the activity of reporters and flashing cameras.
That time when former VP @joebiden is standing right next to you at the Corn Stalk Cafe and you just don’t care. pic.twitter.com/YFr7J6eY87
— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) December 1, 2019
“I ask the guy if he just wasn’t a fan of Biden’s and he says ‘who?’ I say the former VP. The man, who farms in the Missouri Valley says he’s never heard of Joe Biden.” The farmer then learned that Biden had been vice president under President Barack Obama. “Are you serious?” he said. “Ohhhhh. I’m not an Obama fan. This is Republican country.”
He says “are you serious?” When I say he was Obama’s veep, I get an “ohhhhh. I’m not an Obama fan. This is Republican country.”
— Natasha Korecki (@natashakorecki) December 1, 2019
Biden, who is in Iowa on his “No Malarkey!” campaign tour, has raised eyebrows for nibbling his wife’s fingers while she was giving a speech. On Sunday, Biden also shared a story about children touching his leg hair that left some uneasy.
“By the way, you know, I sit on the stand and it’d get hot. I got a lot of — I got hairy legs that turn blonde in the sun,” he said. “And the kids used to come up and reach in the pool and rub my leg down so it was straight and then watch the hair come back up again … I love kids jumping on my lap.”
