‘Don’t Screw Around With Me’: Biden Defends ‘Rape’ Comments, Gets into Heated Exchange With Reporter
- Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:30pm by
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Vice President Joe Biden got into a heated exchange with a reporter who questioned him on his assertions that rapes and murders will rise if President Barack Obama's jobs bill is not passed. (Media credit: Human Events)
Vice President Joe Biden defended and repeated assertions he made last week that rape and murder rates will continue to rise if President Barack Obama’s jobs bill is not passed, and had a testy moment with a reporter who questioned the appropriateness of his comments.
Speaking at a Capitol Hill rally Wednesday to promote the jobs bill, Biden repeated his earlier remarks that police layoffs in cities like Flint, Mich. have resulted in higher crime rates.
“In many cities, the result has been, and it’s not unique, murder rates are up, robberies are up, rapes are up,” Biden said.
Biden made similar remarks Tuesday as well, saying he wished legislators who dismiss the jobs bill as “temporary” could feel for themselves what it’s like to be the victim of a crime.
“It’s not temporary when that 911 call comes in and a woman’s being raped if a cop shows up in time to prevent the rape, it’s not temporary to that woman,” Biden said. “I wish these guys that thought it was temporary, I wish they had some notion what it’s like to be on the other side of a gun or a 200 pound man standing over you telling you to submit. Folks, it matters. It matters!”
Human Events reporter Jason Mattera questioned Biden on his comments after Wednesday’s event, asking whether he regretted “using a rape reference to describe Republican opposition to the president’s bill.”
“I didn’t use, no no no,” Biden said. “What I said, let’s get it straight, guy, don’t screw around with me….I said rape is up three times in Flint. There are numbers, go look at the numbers. Murder’s up, rape is up and burglary’s up,” Biden said.
“And if Republicans don’t pass this bill, rape will continue to rise?” Mattera pressed.
“Murder will continue to rise, rape will continue to rise, all crimes will continue to rise,” Biden answered.
“Do you think it’s appropriate for the vice president to use language in such a way?” Mattera asked as aides interrupted him and hustled Biden away.
The Republican National Committee issued a statement blasting Biden’s remarks, saying “nothing could be more irresponsible and mean-spirited.”
“No victim of violent crime would ever wish that others were forced to experience the same trauma they went through — especially to make a brazen political point. So why would the sitting Vice President of the United States?” RNC co-chairman Sharon Day said.
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Comments (605)
whatthecrazy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:51pmcould hurl just listening to him……..
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:57pmDidn’t know Joe had female bodyguards..cool
Report Post »She threw a pretty good block there….
copatriots
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:10pmWho the heck was that chick? She was recording the whole thing. I‘m thinking she’s in charge on recording his lunacy for replay later when Biden is in a more stable state of mind.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:49pmSays it like it is. Like Christie.
Report Post »Theleftisda
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:56pmDo not respond to this troll
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:58pmWhat flavor kool-aid you be drinkin?,YO???
Report Post »woodrowsux
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:04pmAs an EX- DEMOCRAT who voted Clinton,Clinton,Gore,Kerry- until the marxist showed up in 2008 – I say let’s blame Biden for the antisemitism in the OWS movement( as in bowel movement) just as the sheep in the democrat/socialist party tried to blame Sara and Rush for Gabby Giffords in Arizona. By the way thanks to your guy Obama people like me are now TEA Party folks as far to the right as the pendulum can swing!!
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:35pmwoodrowsux
Report Post »Well, welcome to the group!! The 44th president has moved lots of people to the right!! People who probably considered themselves moderate before have gone one way or the other. It seems that the moderates, or the middle is the position that has been or is being vacated.
drago
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:51pm@Theleftisda
Report Post »Thats no troll, thats encinom, hes lower on the food chain…..
BetterDays
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:55pm@VENNOYE
Report Post »It does appeare the lines are being drawn does it not?
watching Babylon fall, a singular joy.
We are Americans
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:57pmThis country hasn’t been the same since
Report Post »Woodrow Wilson. I wish we could go back
to 1910. Could woman vote back then?
LookTowardsTheLight
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 1:51pm@woodrowsux
You don’t even need to be completely right of center. You just need to realize (which you already have) that the knuckleheads you named in your post are pretty disastrous in their thought processes when it comes to running the country.
Report Post »neocon1
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:47pmOh yeah, and black assaults,flash mobs, riots, looting, mayhem all to the drumbeat of the kenyan muslim who YOU shill for biteme.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:37pmand 20 million border hoppers that don’t get deported unless they kill someone…… other than that every law is meaning less. They can drive, forgery, tax evasion, welfare, vote …. all okay
Report Post »TurboCat
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 3:54amUnfortunately, even illegals who kill in drunk-driving accidents are protected by Patrick Duvall, over in Massachusetts.
Report Post »unsafe
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:47pmThoses punks in the white house will be taken down hard when they are out of office. They should be run out of the country.
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:15pmGotta Love this Administration..Bama’s has some real winners..
Biden, Geitner, Napolitano, (send my job to China) Immelt,and
all his Commie Czars…
NOBAMA-2012…. KUDOS Georgia and Arizona on Immagration..
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:10pminogawd……..they keep talking about not being able to deport 10 million elligals..in alabama they are doing it on there own………..when you have a law like that and enforce it it will work they leave……and for romney and perry in the debate last nite, it seemed that romney was hiring elligals and perry was educating them on taxpayer dime…………………….
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:47pmSo much for toning down the inflammatory rhetoric…
Report Post »cayenne523
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:47pmWhat an ignorant SOB. How in the hell is this happening in our country? What a damn laughing stock this SOB and every damn person in DC has become. March everyone of these bastards out of DC.
Report Post »mule creek ridge
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:45pmJoe Biden is a pretentious POS,just like his bossman.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:50pmRemember Joey said his boss was clean? Joe’s mind is clean too, not a thought in his head worth expressing,an epic moron.
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:51pmWouldn’t it be priceless to see that reporter smash him in the mouth and knock those false teeth right down his throat……
Report Post »Tired-of-fools
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:59pmyeah it would motto
Report Post »jimtrees
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:59pmBeing from Philly myself, i guess chaining your relatives up in the basement will go up. The sad fact is, they all believe this nut-job.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:28pmThey wouldn‘t screw with him if he weren’t such an easy target I love how someone walks around with Joe to monitor what he says and push reporters away when they know Joe is about to go off script.
Report Post »Zoe
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:45pmDon’t screw around with me? Does this guy even know he’s the vice president?
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:51pmNo …he is just another puppet
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:13pmChicago thuggery. Come say that to me when you are not surrounded by the Secret Service Uncle Joe!
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:45pmThey are RAISING THE STAKES!!! NOW the DC Mayor can sign an EXECUTIVE ORDER to make DC a sanctuary city? ARE THEY SERIOUS? How far can they push tax paying Americans, anyway? I think they may actually WANT a revolution so BO can be A DICTATOR for REAL!!!!
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:47pmIt won’t last long, if he is ever crowned a dictator.
Report Post »BluifoxEd
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:35pmWelcome aboard.
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:44pmUncle Joe…What happened to yesterdays Inside voice you used on the 4th graders?? I Hope they get to see the real “Uncle Joe” just sayin
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:44pmAlinsky style tactics and if they do rise, its because the Democrat dominated Flint city government has spent into oblivion for all of Flints life as a city. Joe is a crook as are most Dems(marxists).
Report Post »flyboy8584
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:44pmThey should explain the job bill piece by piece and then the American people would see what is really in it…..
Report Post »Lt_Taz
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:21pmAs said by the “Wicked Witch” of the west, you have to pass the bill before you can find out whats in it.
Report Post »ColdDeadHands
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:43pmThis guy makes me ill….
Report Post »unsafe
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:43pmThat he sure does and every one of those librals right along with him..They really do believe that they are are above the LAW…
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 4:45amEvery time I see a politcal figure overstep their authority
TO ACT MORE AS IF… THEY ARE ABOVE EVERYONE ELESE
It take me back to the movie,“WITH HONORS”
Where ..Joe Pesci plays (JOE WILDER) a harvard bum and gets into a argument with a
harvard professor (PROFESSOR PITKANNAN ),in a classroom,at harrvard.
PESCI..PLAYING… SIMON WILDER:
You asked the question, sir, now let me answer it. The beauty of the Constitution is that it can always be changed. The beauty of the Constitution is that it makes no set law other than faith in the wisdom of ordinary people to govern themselves.
Profesor , Pitkannan:
Faith in the wisdom of the people is exactly what makes the Constitution incomplete and crude.
Simon Wilder:
Crude? No, sir. Our “founding parents” were pompous,
white, middle-aged farmers, but they were also great men
. Because they knew one thing that all great men should know:
that they didn’t know everything. Sure, they’d make mistakes,
but they made sure to leave a way to correct them.
The president is not an “elected king,”
no matter how many bombs he can drop.
Because the “crude” Constitution doesn’t trust him.
He’s just a bum, okay Mr. Pitkannan? He’s just a bum.
In my opinion….That goes for the rest of Washington too…
Report Post »They get hand outs FROM…. “WE THE PEOPLE”..
Not the other way around…
the wrong person was doing the finger pointing.
It should have been the man asking the question.
Kelly Ann
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:40amCarrot? (please ignore if not)
I totally agree with you…
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:43pmAnd Joe Biden is WHO???
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:51pmFubar
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:41pmthe more influence the democrat party gets, the higher the crime rate, and the lower the living standards of that city become
WITH OUT ANY EXCEPTIONS
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:47pmFlint and Detroit Michigan are two cities controlled by progressives for many years and they’re dead,and they’ll stay dead.Progressives destroy everything they come in contact with,they have a twisted ideology
Report Post »and are enemies of the constitution.
lillymckim
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:50pmThe FBI proves Biden lied.. rapes are down not up.. but just look at useful idiots standing behind Biden grinning, and nodding.
The Unions have destroyed this state city, by city and yet they still vote Democrat ..
Michigan deserves what they get… Ghost Towns.
The people of Michigan only have themselves to blame they keep voting in Big Union and
Democrats
jsDway
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:34pmThe cities controlled by the progressive democrat party should be called PLANTATIONS!
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:41pmHey Biden, why don’t you bring your punkass to SR 39 in Ohio. I’ll do more than fool around with your dumbass.
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:41pmThats Jason Mattera. Glad to see him back!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:40pm“Help! Help! I‘m being raped by Obama’s muslim agenda”. Where’s a cop when you need one?
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:46pmBusy watching a pissed off guy knife a homeless bum on the street.
Report Post »lapua338shooter
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:04pmMaybe obuttnugetts jobs bill includes an individual police officer for each person that may be prone to or subject to the crimes mentioned. It wouldn’t surprise me if these idiots DID put a clause in their so – called jobs bill.
Report Post »Considering the pieces & parts I’ve taken the time to read, it’s like everything else these guys have attempted to shove on us. It’s real simple actually…. We give – They take.
perdew
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 1:31pmThe Rape Joe is talking about is the Rape our government is gving to Citizen America. You have stole our Taxes, SS retirement fund. Don’t talke to me about rape when you are the raper. Theft you have stolen our Constitution and are trying to murder it. Joe you best sit down and shut up. Americans are verry much aware of what is going on.
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:40pmI think him being chosen as VP was life insurance for the ONE. Anyone would have second thoughts when they saw who was second in line.
Report Post »diablosho
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:44pmBut look at who’s THIRD in line…
Report Post »Anamah
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:40pmIncredible how disgraceful has been and still is, this time for America.
Report Post »unsafe
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:39pmthose hair plugs has gone to his brain what a fool..
Report Post »Tired-of-fools
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:39pmAnother brilliant comment from Joe Biteme. He has such a way with words. What a moron.Just think, he is next in line to sit in the oval office. God save us!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:38pmWell I guess Biden is right .. wasn’t an Occupy 19 year old protester allegedly Raped in a tent at the protest site? .. these people are dangerous … but that is no reason to give in to these TERRORISTS!
TEA!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:36pmJoe, check yourself before you wreck yourself,oh wait it’s too late.Sounds like the dry drunk could use a drink.This moron is the gift that keeps on giving,keep talkin you tool.
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