President Joe Biden initiated one of his trademark strange interactions with young children on Friday, asking “lovely young ladies” if they’re “not hot, are you?” and beckoning “All the kids under the age of 15, come on up here.”
Biden made the remarks on the White House lawn.
“Well I’ll tell you what,” Biden said. “Looking at the guys up front here, having to put on ties when you’re on a school day, that’s a hard thing to do. And all you lovely young ladies, you’re not hot, are you?”
BIDEN: "Looking at the guys up front here, having to put on ties when you're on a school day, that's a hard thing to do. And all you lovely young ladies, you're not hot, are you?" pic.twitter.com/g0Hu8KV85j
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“All the kids under the age of 15, come on up here,” Biden later ordered young members of the audience at the end of his speech.
Biden at the end of his speech: “All the kids under the age of 15, come on up here”
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Biden met with small children on the White House lawn last April, and there were numerous awkward moments of the sort that have become the 80-year-old President’s trademark.
“Well, what’s it like in the White House?” Biden asked a young girl. “Come here. You hang here with me for a minute and I – you don’t wanna go in the White House? Oh, okay. Alright.”
The crowd gathered around Biden then laughed politely.
The incident was captured on camera and quickly made its way to social media, where it has been widely shared and commented on. Many conservatives have been quick to criticize Biden’s behavior, citing his previous odd interactions with small children.
Some conservatives have speculated that Biden’s interactions with children are a sign of something more sinister at play. They point to previous incidents where Biden has been overly familiar with young girls, including multiple instances where he has been caught on camera touching their hair and whispering into their ears.
Others have simply dismissed the incident as yet another example of Biden’s wacky behavior. They argue that his tendency to ramble and say inappropriate things is just part of his larger pattern of gaffes and missteps.
