As Twitchy told you, at his speech today, Joe Biden joked that he “had permission” to hug the IBEW president and put his arm around a little boy:

At start of his address to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Joe Biden jokes, “I just want you to know, I had permission to hug Lonnie.” https://t.co/Hvgxjgk9fw pic.twitter.com/19rJgEA1L5 — ABC News (@ABC) April 5, 2019

Biden calls kids up on stage, puts his arm around a boy and says "by the way, he gave me permission to touch him" pic.twitter.com/XkfrgtwYC8 — Yahoo News (@YahooNews) April 5, 2019

Something about that felt very familiar to comedian Paul F. Tompkins:

Nailed it.

Oh my — WONK BAE 2020 (@db_mcc) April 5, 2019

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