Pelosi to Biden: 'Join the straight-arm club'
By Mike Lillis - 04/02/19 09:51 AM EDT
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday offered some gentle advice to her friend and ally Joe Biden, encouraging the former vice president to adopt a more hands-off approach to his interpersonal associations, particularly with women.
"I'm a member of the straight-arm club. … I just pretend that you have a cold and I have a cold," Pelosi said during a public interview with Politico in Washington.
"I've known Joe Biden a long time. My grandchildren love Joe Biden. He's an affectionate person — to children, to senior citizens, to everyone, that's just the way he is," she continued.
"But that's just not the way — join the straight-arm club with me, if you will."
Pelosi emphasized that she doesn't think the allegations facing Biden make him unfit for a run at the White House.
"I don't think it's disqualifying," she said, adding that any one of the Democratic contenders would be an improvement over President Trump.
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