{"id":5935,"date":"2020-11-09T22:32:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T05:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayharvey.org\/?p=5935"},"modified":"2020-11-10T14:25:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T21:25:49","slug":"sexualharassment-sexual-assault-racism-a-few-things-about-joe-biden-that-may-have-slipped-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/sexualharassment-sexual-assault-racism-a-few-things-about-joe-biden-that-may-have-slipped-your-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"SexualHarassment, Sexual Assault, Racism: A Few Things About Joe Biden That May Have Slipped Your Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>And I&#8217;m not just referring to his distressingly obvious cognitive decline, nor to the allegations of voter-fraud, which are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buffalobuffs\/status\/1325539472621101059\">not going away<\/a> any time soon.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V4PLSPvJ9BY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p id=\"650d\">\u201cYou got the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that\u2019s a storybook, man.\u201d &#8212; Joe Biden, in reference to Barack Obama<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"55b3\">\u201cUnlike the African-American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly diverse attitudes about different things.&#8221; &#8212; Joe Biden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"eb2b\">\u201cIn Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin\u2019 Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.&#8221; &#8212; Joe Biden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s also Joe Biden\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=pst.000012017447&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=41\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">liberal use of racial slurs<\/a> and his unequivocal downplaying of civil rights as he prepared to run for president back in 1986 and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/bidens-tough-talk-on-1970s-school-desegregation-plan-could-get-new-scrutiny-in-todays-democratic-party\/2019\/03\/07\/9115583e-3eb2-11e9-a0d3-1210e58a94cf_story.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in a speech to black leaders of the NAACP<\/a>&nbsp;pushed for the group to \u201cmove beyond\u201d busing as an issue to integrate American schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"e5c9\">Remember also, clear back to 2019, when someone named Kamala Harris had the unmitigated gall to call out Joe Biden for \u201ccoddling the reputations of segregationists\u201d? This was before she was in his hip-pocket, of course, but do you know why she said that? It was largely for Joe Biden&#8217;s unapologetic and decades-long friendships with&nbsp;Democrat Senator James Eastland, an arrant racist with whom Joe Biden was extremely chummy for years, as well as his famous friendship with the Republican senator and segregationist Strom Thurmond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"0928\">I will not bother to list here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2020\/04\/joe-biden-accuser-accusations-allegations.html\">all the sexual harassment allegations<\/a>, nor the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanluisobispo.com\/news\/politics-government\/article242527331.html\">sexual assault<\/a>, nor the infamously <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/441408-timeline-a-history-of-the-joe-biden-anita-hill-controversy\">disgusting Anita Hill debacle, which Biden led<\/a> &#8212; all of which things I have very little doubt a corrupt prevaricating career politician like Joe Biden is guilty of. Why should I bother listing it all here? It doesn&#8217;t matter, unless, of course, the allegations are leveled at someone who&#8217;s not a progressive-liberal-democratic. <\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wcpX2wYUr88\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p id=\"0928\">Nor will I delve into Joe Biden&#8217;s appalling record on LGBT issues, as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/getoutspoken.com\/fact-check\/the-complete-truth-about-joe-bidens-lgbt-record\">documented so accurately<\/a>&nbsp;by (for instance) Outspoken Magazine, which is a thoroughly left-wing publication. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But upon second thought, I guess I will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"843\" height=\"686\" src=\"http:\/\/rayharvey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-10.45.53-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-10.45.53-PM.png 843w, https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-10.45.53-PM-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-09-at-10.45.53-PM-768x625.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>In the Workplace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4>Biden suggested that gay federal employees were \u201csecurity risks\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1973, As a senator Joe Biden said gay people could not receive security clearances because they would be a \u201csecurity risk.\u201d &nbsp;\u201cBiden also agreed to answer later by mail a series of questions on U.S. Civil Service and military job discrimination which Robert Vane, a gay activist, presented him. \u2018My gut reaction,\u2019 Biden told Vane, \u2018is that they [homosexuals] are security risks but I must admit I haven\u2019t given this much thought\u2026I\u2019ll be darned!\u2019\u201d according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/The_Morning_News_Tue__Sep_25__1973_.pdf\"><em>The Morning News<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Biden voted for Don\u2019t Ask Don\u2019t Tell, which kicked 14,500 service members out of the U.S. Military<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>As a U.S. senator, Joe Biden supported Don\u2019t Ask Don\u2019t Tell.&nbsp;In 1993, Joe Biden voted in favor of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_lists\/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=103&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">H.R. 2401<\/a>&nbsp;(National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1994) which codified the military\u2019s Don\u2019t Ask Don\u2019t Tell policy concerning gays in the military.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 14,500 service members were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2011\/sep\/20\/us-military-lifts-ban-gay-troops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discharged<\/a>&nbsp;from the military for violating the \u201cDon\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell\u201d policy between 1994 and 2011, according to the non-profit watchdog and lobby group, the Service members Legal Defense Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>In Schools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4>Biden voted for an amendment to cut off federal funding for schools that taught \u201cacceptance of homosexuality as a lifestyle\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In August 1994, Biden was one of 23 Democrats to vote for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_lists\/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=103&amp;session=2&amp;vote=00244\">&nbsp;S.Amdt. 2434<\/a>.&nbsp;The amendment \u201ccut off federal funds to any school district that teaches acceptance of homosexuality as a lifestyle.\u201d&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/9a8cdd525ecc1c2123bdf4314c3db431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">63-36 vote<\/a>&nbsp;came during debate on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which provides $12.5 billion in federal funds to the nation\u2019s public schools.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>In Representation&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4>Biden\u2019s home state newspaper described him as being relatively silent on gay rights<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1998, Delaware Pride board member Vicki Morelli said that \u201cnone\u201d of Delaware\u2019s congressional delegation, including Biden, stood up for gay rights and instead stayed quiet. \u201cThey\u2019re all good enough politicians that they know not to make hateful comments against gays, yet not to fight so vigorously for gay rights that alienate voters,\u201d she said to&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/53660524\/1998-delaware-pride-board-member-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The News Journal<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;on Jul. 26, 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Biden never acknowledged the historic appointment of Richard Grenell to the Cabinet<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Grenell became the highest ranking openly gay federal official when he was confirmed by the Senate for the prestigious ambassadorship to Germany. He was then appointed by President Trump to serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence, the only openly gay man to serve in a presidential Cabinet. Biden never once acknowledged or congratulated Grenell on the historic appointment and the watershed moment for gay representation in government.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>In Children and Families&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4>Biden voted for the Defense Of Marriage Act<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1996, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/104th-congress\/house-bill\/3396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Defense Of Marriage Ac<\/a>t defined marriage \u201cas only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife\u2026&nbsp;The measure defined marriage as between a man and a woman and allowed states not to recognize same-sex marriages. Same-sex couples could not claim federal benefits,\u201d according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2019\/apr\/26\/justice-democrats\/biden-draws-barbs-progressive-democratic-organizat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PolitiFact<\/a>. DOMA \u201camends the Federal judicial code to provide that no State, territory, or possession of the United States or Indian tribe shall be required to give effect to any marriage between persons of the same sex\u2026 Establishes a Federal definition of: (1) \u2018marriage\u2019 as only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.\u201d Biden was one of 85 senators to vote in favor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>In the 2000s, Biden called same-sex marriage a \u201cstate issue,\u201d repeatedly saying \u201cmarriage is between a man and a woman\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden repeatedly reiterated his support for the Defense Of Marriage Act. As a senator in 2004 he stated, \u201cThis has long been a state issue, and it should remain that way.\u201d In February 2004, Biden said he opposed President Bush\u2019s proposed marriage amendment, but did so by describing it as unnecessary and touting his prior vote for the Defense Of Marriage Act.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs President Bush said on a previous occasion, this issue should be left to the states. I agree. That\u2019s why I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a \u2018union between one man and one woman\u2019 and does not require any state to recognize a same-sex union sanctioned under the laws of another state,\u201d he said, according to&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/46791128\/in-february-2004-joe-biden-re-iterates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The News Journal<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later that year, Biden said, \u201cthis has long been a state issue, and it should remain that way,\u201d according to&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/46791128\/in-february-2004-joe-biden-re-iterates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The News Journal<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2006, Biden said he did not oppose a federal marriage constitutional amendment on substance, but that he opposed \u201cthe timing\u201d of the amendment. Appearing on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/0606\/05\/acd.01.html\">Anderson Cooper 360<\/a>, host John Roberts asked, \u201care you more against the amendment itself or the timing of it?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m against the timing of it. Look, marriage is between a man and a woman. Tell me why that has to be put in the Constitution now?\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden said he did not know whether a federal marriage amendment would be \u201cwriting discrimination into the Constitution\u201d as Mary Cheney had characterized it. \u201cYou also have Mary Cheney and Russ Feingold both saying that, to pass this amendment, would be to write discrimination into the Constitution. Is this really writing discrimination into the Constitution?\u201d Roberts asked on Anderson Cooper 360.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLook, I don\u2019t \u2014 I don\u2019t know whether it would be writing discrimination into the Constitution\u2026 marriage has always been something we left to the states\u2026 We don\u2019t pass a federal law telling you the conditions on which you can get married, who can marry you, how you can get married.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That same year, on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:sRxwofwNbw0J:www.nbcnews.com\/id\/13085904\/ns\/meet_the_press\/t\/transcript-june\/+&amp;cd=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us#.Xm-qqqhKhyw\">Meet The Press<\/a>, Biden defended DOMA once again. Host Tim Russert asked Biden, \u201cThe president used his radio address yesterday, and tomorrow in the Rose Garden, to talk about a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou know, think about this. The world\u2019s going to Hades in a handbasket\u2026 and we\u2019re going to debate, the next three weeks, I\u2019m told, gay marriage, a flag amendment, and God only knows what else\u2026 We already have a law, the Defense of Marriage Act. We\u2019ve all voted\u2014not, where I\u2019ve voted, and others have said, look, marriage is between a man and a woman and states must respect that. Nobody\u2019s violated that law, there\u2019s been no challenge to that law. Why do we need a constitutional amendment? Marriage is between a man and a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>During the 2008 presidential campaign, Biden refused to back gay marriage&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked at a July 2007 campaign event if \u201cin the next five years, you\u2019re president, do you see gay marriage in the future?\u201d Biden responded \u201cI don\u2019t.\u201d \u201cI have to ask you this because it does affect me and my family directly\u201d an attended asked in Iowa. \u201cBut if, in the next five years, if you\u2019re president, do you see gay marriage in the future?\u201d Biden responded: \u201cI don\u2019t. Here\u2019s what I do see. I see an absolute guarantee of civil union with the exact same rights. Now, here\u2019s the dilemma. Here\u2019s the dilemma. The truth of the matter is states have made legal, through licensing, the performance of marriage what religions have essentially consecrated. That\u2019s how they view it,\u201d according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/in-his-own-words-vice-president-bidens-evolving-view-on-gay-marriage\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the 2008 vice presidential debate when asked if he would support gay marriage, then-Senator Biden said \u201c[Neither] Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage,\u201d referring to his running mate, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-politics-gaymarriage\/palin-biden-agree-on-gay-rights-at-debate-idUSTRE49212F20081003\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/elections\/2008\/president\/debates\/transcripts\/vice-presidential-debate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debate<\/a>&nbsp;that year, moderator Gwen Ifill asked Biden, \u201cLet\u2019s try to avoid nuance, Senator. Do you support gay marriage?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Biden responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Biden has falsely claimed he was the first major leader to support same-sex marriage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>At the February 7, 2020&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/blog\/transcripts\/new-hampshire-democratic-debate-transcript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrat debates,<\/a>&nbsp;Biden claimed \u201cI was the first major leader holding public office to call for same sex marriage. So I don\u2019t know what about the past of Barack Obama and Joe Biden was so bad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/2003\/15\/se.03.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March 15, 2020<\/a>&nbsp;Democrat debate, Biden repeated the false claim that he was the first person of any administration \u201cto go on national television\u201d in support of gay marriage. \u201cAnd by the way, I might add, I\u2019m the first person to go on national television in any administration and say I supported gay marriage. I supported gay marriage when asked. And so it started a ripple effect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Other prominent officials, including Republicans, voiced support and openness to same-sex marriage long before Biden did<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2000, vice presidential nominee Dick Cheney \u201cspoke out in favor of gay marriage and rights.\u201d \u201cDick Cheney spoke out in support of gay marriage and rights during the 2000 vice presidential debate, breaking with his running mate George W. Bush and earning the support of the progressive Human Rights Campaign.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jrp3wihDrXQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiple prominent Democrats came out in support of gay marriage long before Biden. \u201cBeyond Cheney, many Democrats also supported gay marriage before Biden. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., opposed DOMA in 1996, when 14 senators voted against the legislation. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., supported gay marriage in 2011, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., also came out for gay marriage in 2009\u2026 before Biden,\u201d according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-gay-marriage-record\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2011, Obama HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan \u201cbecame the first sitting Cabinet secretary to announce support for marriage equality\u201d nearly a half-year before Biden\u2019s endorsement. \u201cU.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan became the first sitting cabinet secretary to announce support for marriage equality, saying on Nov. 15 that he \u2018absolutely\u2019 supports marriage equality in an exclusive interview with Metro Weekly\u2026 We\u2019ve got more work to do in the Obama administration in a second term.\u2019 Asked if that included marriage equality, Donovan confirmed it did, saying, \u2018Like marriage equality,&#8217;\u201d according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111116172612\/http:\/www.metroweekly.com\/news\/?ak=6772\">Metro Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2011, the Obama White House was already looking at how Obama could announce support for same-sex marriage, nearly a year before Biden endorsed it.&nbsp;\u201cThe White House would not comment on whether Mr. Obama was ready to endorse same-sex marriage\u2026 And Representative Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat who is gay, said in an interview that a top adviser to Mr. Obama, whom he would not name, asked him this year, \u2018What would be the effect if he came out for same-sex marriage?\u2019 \u2018My own view is that I look at President Obama\u2019s record, he was probably inclined to think that same-sex marriage was legitimate, but as a candidate for president in 2008 that would have been an unwise thing to say,\u2019 Mr. Frank said,\u201d according to&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/19\/us\/politics\/19marriage.html\">The New York Times<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden and Obama White House aides insisted Biden did not endorse gay marriage during his 2012 Meet The Press interview. In May 2012, after Biden signaled support for same-sex marriage on Meet the Press, top Obama White House officials immediately sought to walk back Biden\u2019s comments.&nbsp;\u201cDespite his record, in several presidential debates this year, Biden questionably claimed that he was the first major political leader to support gay marriage\u2026 top Obama administration officials immediately sought to walk back Biden\u2019s comments in the interview\u2026\u2018Chaos \u2026 erupted inside the West Wing after an e-mailed transcript of the interview landed in the in-box of the White House press team,\u2019 according to an insider account by investigative reporter Jo Becker,\u201d reports&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-gay-marriage-record\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden\u2019s office then gave a statement to NBC saying Biden was speaking on his own, not on behalf of the administration, and that Biden \u201chad not fully endorsed\u201d same-sex marriage. \u201cBiden\u2019s office, however, would tell NBC\u2019s Chuck Todd, shortly after the \u2018Meet the Press\u2019 interview concluded, that he was speaking on his own and not on behalf of the administration. A spokesperson for the vice president further clarified the \u2018Meet the Press\u2019 remarks, stating in part that Biden had not fully endorsed same-sex marriage\u2026 Beyond that, the Vice President was expressing that he too is evolving on the issue, after meeting so many committed couples and families in this country.\u2019 Biden never explicitly said that he backed marriage equality, but he implied it,\u201d according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/vice-president-biden-gay-marriage_n_1489235?guccounter=1\">The Huffington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>In the World<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4>Biden voted to block the immigration of HIV+ individuals into the United States<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden voted for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_lists\/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=103&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an amendment<\/a>&nbsp;in 1993 to codify the Department Of Health And Human Services\u2019 prohibition of the permanent immigration of HIV+ individuals.&nbsp;\u201cVote on Senator Don Nickles\u2019 (R-OK) amendment to codify the Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 prohibition of the permanent immigration of HIV+ individuals. The amendment passed by a vote of 76-23: R 42-1, D 34-22. The Human Rights Campaign opposed this amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden claimed he was \u201cambivalent on the issue\u201d but voted for the amendment, saying the issue was \u201cbigger than whether HIV should be on the list or off the list.\u201d&nbsp;According to&nbsp;<em>The Washington Times&nbsp;<\/em>on Feb. 19, 1993, \u201cSen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., Delaware Democrat, said he was ambivalent on the issue but ultimately sided against Mr. Clinton. \u2018One side of me says just let the public health officials make the decision, and both Republican and Democratic officials have agreed on it [to drop the ban],\u2019 he said. \u2018But it seems to me the policy is bigger than whether HIV should be on the list or off the list.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Biden supports sending aid to nations that murder and imprison homosexuals&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Obama-Biden administration spent two years crafting the Iran Nuclear Deal that eased sanctions on the Iranian regime and allowed the nation to enrich uranium and plutonium that could be used to make a nuclear weapon. Iran is one of eight nations that puts homosexuals to death and one of 69 nations where homosexuality is criminalized. A year after the Iran Nuclear Deal, the Obama-Biden administration secretly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-sent-cash-to-iran-as-americans-were-freed-1470181874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sent $400 million in cash<\/a>&nbsp;to the Iranian government. The Trump administration withdrew from the Iranian Nuclear Deal. Biden says he will reinstate the deal if elected president.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFormer Vice President Joe Biden, for one, has said he will return to the agreement only once Iran is in compliance. But he\u2019s also pledged to find a way to \u2018strengthen and extend it.\u2019 A senior Biden campaign adviser said the former vice president knows a lot can change by 2021, but he sees pledging a return to the 2015 agreement as, among other things, an important signal to send to U.S. allies in Europe who are furious over Trump\u2019s abandonment,\u201d according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/07\/20\/iran-nuclear-deal-democrats-1424113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Politico<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/getoutspoken.com\/fact-check\/the-complete-truth-about-joe-bidens-lgbt-record\">Link to Outspoken Magazine<\/a> whose work here is accurate and important.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s also<a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/joe-biden-the-architect-of-america-s-disastrous-war-on-drugs\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Joe Biden (and Barack Obama\u2019s<\/a>) sickening \u201cWar-On-Drugs\u201d &#8212; Biden, as you of course know was the driving force behind the so-called Drug Czar &#8212; and (like Obama) is <em>directly<\/em> responsible for the mass incarceration and destruction of countless innocent lives, many minorities among them, costing American taxpayers 182 <em>billion<\/em> annually, all because of this utterly pointless war-on-drugs (so-called) and the belief in this mythical thing known as a victimless crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so it goes, the propaganda machines rolling on and on and on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And I&#8217;m not just referring to his distressingly obvious cognitive decline, nor to the allegations of voter-fraud, which are not going away any time soon. \u201cYou got the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that\u2019s a storybook, man.\u201d &#8212; Joe Biden, in reference to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/sexualharassment-sexual-assault-racism-a-few-things-about-joe-biden-that-may-have-slipped-your-mind\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SexualHarassment, Sexual Assault, Racism: A Few Things About Joe Biden That May Have Slipped Your Mind&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5935"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6296,"href":"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5935\/revisions\/6296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}