Joe Biden took heat for a comment he made at a campaign event when he called a voter “fat” and “sedentary.”
The outburst from the former vice president came Thursday at a campaign event in Iowa. The voter initially asked Biden about his son, Hunter Biden, and his connection with Ukraine before the Delaware Democrat attacked him.
“You’re a damn liar, man. That’s not true,” Joe Biden responded before calling the man “fat” and “sedentary.”
“And if you wanna check out my shape on, let’s do push-ups together, man, let’s run, let’s do whatever you want to do,” Biden added.
His attack was met with swift condemnation online from people who said a candidate should not be attacking voters.
[Opinion: The Bidens don’t get a free pass]
This voter acknowledges Trump’s misdeeds wrt Ukraine before asking Biden about Burisma/his son. Biden calls him a “damn liar” and “fat.” If this is how he responds to q’s from someone who thinks Trump’s guilty, how is he going to make it through a general election? Some Malarky! https://t.co/qxr4IlwQim
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) December 5, 2019
BREAKING: Biden lashes out at Iowa voter, calls him fat
I think that Iowa voter might just vote for Trump in 2020 thank Joe!!!
pic.twitter.com/XkrPTTmirz— Mark Kennedy ?? (@RealMarkKennedy) December 5, 2019
Joe Biden fat shaming. Pathetic pic.twitter.com/nR9B8f1k8R
— Frances (@frances0707) December 5, 2019
am i mishearing things or does biden call this guy fat before stopping himself from going further towards the end https://t.co/A5Gu2pvyCI
— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) December 5, 2019
Wow, @JoeBiden has to cut himself off from calling this guy “fat” and really is losing it. #Biden https://t.co/S97wZVwvG3
— MarkMizzou ???♂️??? (@MMS5833) December 5, 2019
Joe Biden nearly calls a guy asking him a question “fat ass”.
…but Trump is the only one acting un-presidential https://t.co/N3hWeknnxS
— DChamps (@DChampsGC) December 5, 2019
What’s interesting is Biden calling him fat wasn’t a slip of the tongue, earlier in the exchange he had looked down at the voters stomach and called him sedentary. (32 seconds) https://t.co/6mfuAXbNQz
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) December 5, 2019
