A spokesperson for former Vice President Joe Biden has issued a statement responding to the allegation of inappropriate behavior from former Nevada assemblywoman Lucy Flores.

Flores wrote today about a 2014 event when Biden inappropriately touched and kissed her. She also noted examples of similar uncomfortable behavior from Biden towards women in public.

A spokesperson for Biden responded in a statement earlier tonight:

Vice President Biden was pleased to support Lucy Flores’s candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada in 2014 and to speak on her behalf at a well-attended public event.

Neither then, nor in the years since, did he or the staff with him at the time have an inkling that Ms. Flores had been at any time uncomfortable, nor do they recall what she describes.

But Vice President Biden believes that Ms. Flores has every right to share her own recollection and reflections, and that it is a change for better in our society that she has the opportunity to do so. He respects Ms. Flores as a strong and independent voice in our politics and wishes her only the best.

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