Potential 2020 candidate Joe Biden’s spokesperson has responded to the allegations made by Lucy Flores, a Nevada Democrat and handpicked board member for a pro-Bernie 501(c)(4), who accused the former vice president of smelling her hair and giving her an unwanted kiss on the back of the neck in 2014:

. @JoeBiden spox in @LucyFlores account: Vice President Biden was pleased to support Lucy Flores’s candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada in 2014 and to speak on her behalf at a well-attended public event.

(1) — Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) March 29, 2019

Neither then, nor in the years since, did he or the staff with him at the time have an inkling that Ms. Flores had been at any time uncomfortable, nor do they recall what she describes. (2) — Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) March 29, 2019

But Vice President Biden believes that Ms. Flores has every right to share her own recollection and reflections, and that it is a change for better in our society that she has the opportunity to do so. (3) — Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) March 29, 2019

He respects Ms. Flores as a strong and independent voice in our politics and wishes her only the best.

(4) — Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) March 29, 2019

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