Biden, mulling White House run, seeks to stem fallout from women's complaints.
WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden attempted on Wednesday to tamp down a controversy over allegations of unwanted physical contact with women, releasing a video in which he pledged to be “more mindful" of respecting"personal space."
"The boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset and I get it. I get it. I hear what they're saying," Biden said in the two-minute video posted on Twitter. Three more women followed suit with similar complaints. Biden’s political team has tried to contain the damage, encouraging women who have known him to come forward with positive accounts of their interactions with him.
President Donald Trump poked fun at Biden on Tuesday over the allegations. On Wednesday, the Republican president, who during his 2016 campaign faced multiple accusations from women of unwanted sexual contact, wished his potential rival luck, saying it was up to Biden to decide if he should apologise.
“I don’t think there is anything to change the work we are doing,” one source connected to the putative campaign said. Public opinion polls have consistently shown Biden to be atop the 2020 field, which features more than a dozen candidates. There is yet to be any evidence that he has suffered lasting political damage from the accusations.
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