CNN political analyst Ana Navarro offered advice to Joe Biden Joe BidenOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate Trump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' MORE, telling the former vice president to "put your hands down" and reach out to his accusers by phone during a panel discussion on claims of inappropriate touching made against the likely 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.

The advice from the Republican strategist comes after recent claims made by former Nevada Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Lucy Flores that Biden inappropriately touched her at a campaign rally in 2014 while he was vice president.

“I think he needs to pick up the phone, and I think he needs to make two phone calls,” Navarro said on CNN's "New Day." “And he needs to call Lucy Flores and he needs to say, ‘You know what? I was there to campaign for you, I was there to support you, I was there to encourage you. I am sorry that I made you feel this way.' ”

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“So, Joe Biden needs to reach out and touch two someones — not actually touch them," Navarro later added. "Just talk to them, OK, Joe? Just talk to them. Put your hands down and call them, maybe FaceTime them. Reach out and don’t touch someone."

Biden staunchly denied the claim he acted inappropriately.

“In my many years on the campaign trail and in public life, I have offered countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of affection, support and comfort. And not once — never — did I believe I acted inappropriately. If it is suggested I did so, I will listen respectfully. But it was never my intention,” Biden said in a statement Sunday.

Flores, a former Nevada assemblywoman, wrote in an op-ed for The Cut that Biden made her deeply uncomfortable by sniffing her hair and kissing the back of her head at a 2014 event.

"I felt him get closer to me from behind. He leaned further in and inhaled my hair. I was mortified," she wrote. "I thought to myself, 'I didn’t wash my hair today and the vice-president of the United States is smelling it. And also, what in the actual f---? Why is the vice-president of the United States smelling my hair?'

"He proceeded to plant a big slow kiss on the back of my head. My brain couldn’t process what was happening. I was embarrassed. I was shocked. I was confused," she added.

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