Bernie’s crew is trying to take out what they perceive as the front-runner next year against Trump.
Via CNN:
Former Nevada assemblywoman Lucy Flores on Friday accused former Vice President Joe Biden of making her feel “uneasy, gross, and confused” when he came up behind her at a campaign event in 2014 and kissed the back of her head.
The account immediately thrust a once rising star of the Democratic Party into the national spotlight. Biden said in a statement Sunday he does not believe he has ever acted inappropriately but will listen to any suggestion otherwise.
Before coming forward with her allegations, Flores was better known as one of Nevada’s first Latina state lawmakers. She served two terms in the assembly and was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 2014. She also ran in the party primary for the 4th District congressional seat in 2016. Flores lost both races.
The House contest was won by now former Rep. Ruben Kihuen, who did not seek re-election in 2018 after becoming the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation into allegations he sexually harassed two women. (Kihuen denied any wrongdoing.)Flores entered the political arena at a young age. She was first elected to the Nevada state assembly in 2010, launching her campaign during her final year of law school. That historic win (and re-election in 2012) put her on the radar of some of the state’s most powerful Democrats. But Flores’ path to office was more remarkable.