Saturday, May 29, 2021

Feeding the Fire

The fringe conspiracy group QAnon is known, among other things, for its belief that the government is run by a bipartisan cabal of pedophiles. Now come reports that yesterday President Biden made inappropriate sexualizing comments about a pre-pubescent girl present with her family at a meeting at a military base (video here).

You would hope our President would avoid doing things which clearly add fuel to this salacious conspiracy theory, but you’d be wrong. The New York Post reminds us:

Biden has a long history of awkward encounters with girls and young women. In February, he told an Arizona nurse during a video conference that she looked “like a freshman” in college.

During his time as vice president, Biden became notorious for getting too close to women for comfort. During Ash Carter’s swearing-in ceremony as defense secretary in 2015, Biden stood behind Carter’s wife Stephanie, held her by her shoulders and occasionally whispered in her ear. Earlier that year, Biden whispered to the then-13-year-old daughter of Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and gave her a kiss on the head after swearing in his fellow First Stater.

If you voted for Biden  you share the responsibility for this, and things like it, happening. Biden’s predilection for making inappropriate approaches to women and girls were well-known before the election.