Watching Joe Biden continue to make gaffe after gaffe is so enjoyable yet not surprising. He was a horrible candidate in 1988 and 2008, he was a disaster as Senator and Vice President and is an all around nasty person. This weekend at a “pride event” in Seattle, Biden told an audience how just five years ago, it was ok to “make fun of a gay waiter.” Someone angered in the crowd yelled back at Biden “Not in Seattle!”
I don’t remember in 2014 it ever being “acceptable” or funny to make fun of a gay anything. As is the case today, you’d be instantly labeled a homophobe if you did anything like that. Biden has a short memory doesn’t it?
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Biden claimed that just five years ago, it would have been acceptable for a businessman to make “fun of a gay waiter,” the Washington Examiner reported. Those in attendance at the event, which took place at the home of public relations executive and gay rights activist Roger Nyhus, made it clear that was not the case – at least not in their city.
“Not in Seattle!” people called out, claiming that homophobic comments would not have been condoned in 2014.
The point of Biden’s remarks, delivered as the LGBT community and their allies celebrated Pride Weekend, was that the United States has made progress. He said the hypothetical businessman he spoke of “would not be invited back” today.
Biden also spoke about how he supported same-sex marriage when he was vice president, according to the Seattle Times, telling White House officials that the American people were in favor of this, even if leadership was lagging behind on the issue.
This latest misstep comes soon after Biden tried to rehabilitate his image when it comes to race relations, only to be called out by opponent Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.
“That kid wearing a hoodie may very well be the next poet laureate and not a gangbanger,” Biden said, illustrating the dangers of stereotyping while invoking the image of Trayvon Martin, a black teen who was shot in 2012.