<u+201c>the cardinal sin of all is a man raising a hand against a woman,<u+201d> joe biden said. | getty by cristiano lima 10/12/16 09:43 pm edt vice president joe biden on wednesday blasted donald trump's "absolutely outrageous behavior" following the release of a tape revealing lewd comments the republican nominee made about women. according to a pool report of his upcoming appearance on nbc's "late night with seth meyers," biden said he found it <u+201c>astonishing<u+201d> that the republican nominee <u+201c>would acknowledge that he engages in textbook sexual assault,<u+201d> and talk about it "so publicly." story continued below referring to a recent buzzfeed report that trump would enter the dressing rooms of teen beauty pageant contestants, biden blasted trump<u+2019>s <u+201c>absolutely outrageous behavior.<u+201d> <u+201c>the cardinal sin of all is a man raising a hand against a woman,<u+201d> biden said. <u+201c>that is the ultimate abuse of power.<u+201d> by cristiano lima biden, who as a senator in 1990 introduced the violence against women act to the senate floor, told meyers he lamented that he had worked for years on <u+201c>trying to figure out how to change the culture in this country so that we treat women with respect and dignity<u+201d> only to be faced with the likes of trump. trump has denied allegations of sexual impropriety, referring to lewd comments captured on a 2005 tape as "locker room" talk. the outgoing vp <u+2013> who has long touted his working class roots <u+2013> also took a shot at trump<u+2019>s blue-collar bona fides. <u+201c>he doesn<u+2019>t have the slightest notion of what it means to be a blue-collar guy,<u+201d> biden said. biden joins a long list of public officials to denounce trump<u+2019>s comments, including president barack obama, who according to white house press secretary josh earnest was perturbed by recent reports. <u+201c>the president found the tape as repugnant as most americans did,<u+201d> earnest told reporters tuesday. by thomas wright by bill scher by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
biden: trump<u+2019>s behavior <u+2018>textbook sexual assault<u+2019> - politico
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