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Joe Biden’s Al Franken problem

By Philip Klein
Published March 30, 2019 3:48pm ET
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Joe Biden’s Al Franken problem
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, center, who has declared himself the interim president of Venezuela, greets supporters as he arrives at a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela. | (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Hernandez)

Joe Biden has an Al Franken problem.

Though he hasn’t even officially announced he’s running for president, on Friday Biden was hit with the first of what could be more #MeToo accusations. Lucy Flores, a former Nevada assemblywoman, wrote that in 2014, when she was seeking office and Biden was still vice president, he smelled her hair and then planted an unwanted kiss on the back of her head.

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