A former aide to Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida Hillicon Valley: Productivity, fatigue, cybersecurity emerge as top concerns amid pandemic | Facebook critics launch alternative oversight board | Google to temporarily bar election ads after polls close Trump pledges to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, designate KKK a terrorist group in pitch to Black voters MORE said former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE “has had a number of issues in using somewhat gendered language" toward his fellow candidates in the Democratic primary.

Jess McIntosh, a former director of communications for Clinton’s presidential campaign, told CNN Tuesday that Biden’s comments that Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenOvernight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds On The Money: Half of states deplete funds for Trump's 0 unemployment expansion | EU appealing ruling in Apple tax case | House Democrats include more aid for airlines in coronavirus package Warren, Khanna request IG investigation into Pentagon's use of coronavirus funds MORE (D-Mass.) had an “angry” opinion on policy with a “my way or the highway” attitude appeared gendered.

“When you call a woman angry, it’s pretty obvious how people are going to take that, and Joe Biden has had a number of issues in using somewhat gendered language when talking about his Democratic rivals,” she said.

"Joe Biden has had a number of issues in using somewhat gendered language when talking about his Democratic rivals," says Jess McIntosh, former Dir. of Communications Outreach for Hillary Clinton's campaign, on Biden's recent skirmish with Elizabeth Warren. pic.twitter.com/3YGzOr4670 — CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) November 11, 2019

McIntosh also called out Biden for saying during a debate that he helped Warren acquire votes to establish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying women across the country “recognized that moment from their own workplace lives.”

“This is not unfamiliar to us,” she said. “That’s why it’s a problem for Joe Biden.”

“We really need to see a nominee who gets it and continued comments like this over and over again really make us nervous,” she added.

The Hill reached out to Biden’s campaign for comment.

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last week in a fundraising email with the subject, “I am angry and I own it.” The former vice president has denied that his comments about her were targeting her gender, saying “the strong women in my life are angry" but that "has nothing to do with it."

Biden started his campaign with allegations that he improperly touched women without their consent breaking before he announced his candidacy. He joked about the controversy surrounding the allegations during a speech for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.