Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has been challenged by members of the crowd after suggesting that mocking a “gay waiter” was seen as socially acceptable five years ago.Mr Biden made the remarks at a fundraising event hosted by former Microsoft president Jon Shirley in the wealthy Seattle
1 / 2 suburb of Medina, which is home to billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. The former vice president suggested that half a decade ago, someone at a business lunch could poke fun at a gay waiter and others at the table would silently sit by.But some in the crowd interjected by saying: “Not in Seattle”.Mr Biden said an individual who made such homophobic remarks would not be welcomed back at a restaurant today.
The Democratic frontrunner argued public feeling had come along way on LGBT+ issues but also noted it was wrong that in 22 states a gay couple could get married one day and then fired the next. Mr Trump said blame lay at “both sides” for the violence, drawing moral equivalence between white supremacists and anti-fascists. One woman was killed after a car ploughed into a crowd of anti-fascist protesters.
At another recent event, Mr Biden said enshrining LGBT+ protections into labour and civil rights laws would be his priority if he won the White House.
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