Joe got lost looking for an ice cream cone.
Vice President Joe Biden did not meet with the man who interrupted his speech at a recent campaign rally for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, despite giving his “permission” to do so in front of crowd in Parma, Ohio.
While speaking Thursday, Biden momentarily put his speech on hold as he addressed a heckler who repeatedly yelled that his friend died in recent combat in Syria. “My friend died,” yelled the man, who criticized the Obama administration for demanding the retreat of Syrian Kurdish fighters back east of the Euphrates River after helping U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces achieve victory against the Islamic State in Manbij in August.
After some back-and-forth, in which Biden said “the deal” in Syria was to let Kurd forces help liberate the city and then have them cross back over the Euphrates so that U.S. special forces could move in, the vice president urged man to meet with him after the event.
“If you’re serious… Come back after and and talk to me about this,” Biden said to applause from the audience. “You have my permission.”
But it turns out Biden never did meet with the man, according to the heckler who identifies himself as Reinas, a name he used while serving with Kurdish forces in Syria for half a year. He said that after speaking with a Biden staff member and the Secret Service, he was denied a meeting because the vice president did not have the time.
Reinas, who later identified himself to Washington Examiner as Robert Amos, currently residing in Indiana, said he is disappointed that Biden did not follow through on his offer, but added, “I could potentially believe he was busy. He was late” to the event.