Video: Biden stumping for Clinton in OH when man protests over Iraq War: “My friend died!”
Biden: “So did my son.”
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Vice President Joe Biden may have decided not to run for president, but that doesn’t prevent him from spending a full day on the campaign trail for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Biden’s been fully supportive of Clinton, not only endorsing her, but vibrantly stumping for her on repeated occasions, including the whole of Thursday. He first criticized Donald Trump and his “silver spoon” to blue-collar workers in Youngstown, Ohio. Biden then traveled to nearby Parma where he was interrupted by a protester, and he reacted in an unexpected way.
During Biden’s speech, a protester interrupted him by shouting, “Some of my friends, my American friends died.” This conversation referred to a recent mission in Syria, by which U.S. forces liberated the city of Manbij from ISIS control. “Why did you tell the YPG to go back across the border?” the man continued. The crowd began to chant, “Hillary! Hillary!” But Biden motioned for quiet and told the man, “Because the deal was to get them into Manbij, and to work, they had to go back across the Euphrates [River] so we could have special forces move in, that’s why.” The man wasn’t satisfied and persisted in shouting about his friends who died. Biden calmly told the man, “Will you listen? So did my son, okay?”
At that moment, the room grew completely silent. Biden then offered, “Come back after and talk to me about this, okay? You have my permission.”
Beau Biden served in the U.S. Army for 15 years. The Iraq war veteran and former Delaware attorney general died last year at age 46 after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.
You can watch Joe Biden’s full speech from Parma below.
