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Remember the girl who was touch by Joe Biden in a viral video?
Well, she’s all grown up and she’s confirming everyone’s worst fears.
Thanks to diligent work by Trending Politic’s Collin Rugg as well as Pop Topic’s Shawna Masiello, the girl was discovered on Tiktok using her real name. We have chosen not to publish her name since she’s still a teenager.
Back in 2015, Biden was video taped while appearing to grope Senator Steve Daines’ niece on C-Span. As supporters of Biden, the Daines shrugged it off and defended then-Vice President Biden.
She was just eight years old at the time. Here’s the clip:
Six years later, she is speaking out.
Citizen journalist Jonathan Pasetti shared screenshots of a conversation he had with her on TikTok.
Although the teenager has deleted her comments as well as her account, the screenshots still exist. Google has also reportedly cached or has saved copies of her now-deleted TikTok account. After the news went viral, she reportedly deactivated both her Instagram and TikTok accounts.
“Did Joe Biden pinch you?” asked Pasetti asked on Tik Tok.
“Yes,” she confirmed.
“Why did you delete the comment?”
“I have friends that would no longer be friends with me if they knew that,” she replied.
“Those ‘friends’ aren’t true friends then. You were abused by a pervert and you deserve justice, but only you can exact that justice by telling others,” she replied.
“I would do something about it tbh if I thought it would help but I honestly just think at this point it would just make people angry and I have already had people calling me out saying I’m lying this is bs even tho it’s not but I just don’t think it would help with anything right now,” she said.
Here are the screenshots that were publicly viewable online using the social media platform TikTok:
TRENDING 👇 Transgender Weightlifter Loses at Olympics
New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard competed as the first transgender athlete in the Olympics.
Hubbard, who transitioned at age 35, competes against women in weightlifting. Hubbard, who is now 43, entered Olympic competition after eight years following the transition. Hubbard went through male puberty then qualified to joined New Zealand’s team in weightlifting and compete for gold.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) made its decision to allow transgender athletes to compete. “We have to pay tribute to her courage,” the IOC said. However, Hubbard quickly learned her fate at the Olympics. She failed in the women’s +87kg weightlifting.
Hubbard had three attempts. In the first attempt, the weightlifter tried to lift 120kg and failed. In the second attempt, Hubbard lifted a “very shaky” 125kg. One of the female commentators reportedly said it’s “very surprising that the questionable 125kg lift wasn’t challenged with an appeal.”
Hubbard failed to lift the 125kg on the third attempt which removed the weightlifter from the competition.
The IOC’s medical and science director — Dr. Richard Budgett — acknowledged that Hubbard competing in weightlifting was “large, difficult and complex,” Fox News reported. While transgender athletes are required to demonstrate that their testosterone level is below a specific measurement for at least 12 months prior to their first competition, serious questions remain whether decades of higher testosterone levels have already produced significant muscle growth and maturity, which give Hubbard an unfair advantage against her fellow female competitors.
