Conservatives call Biden ‘plain creepy’ for comment about his friendship with 12-year-old girl when he was 30

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Conservatives call Biden ‘plain creepy’ over comment about his friendship with 12-year-old girl when he was 30

President Biden disturbed and confused conservatives with his strange remark Friday about a friendship he had with a 12-year-old girl when he was 30.

Conservatives on social media were disturbed and confused following President Biden's cryptic remark about a friendship he had with a 12-year-old girl when he was 30.

During a speech to the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers’ union, and other Democrats on Friday, Biden momentarily interrupted his remarks on climate change to address a woman in the crowd he apparently knew long ago.

Biden said, "And everybody found out, there’s not a lot of total climate deniers anymore after they’ve seen what happened this year. But guess what, we got a lot to do." He then pointed into the crowd, and in a low voice said, "You gotta say hi to me."

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President Biden was called "creepy" for recent comments about his friendship with a preteen girl when he was 30. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The crowd laughed and Biden said, "We go back a long way. She was 12 and I was 30, but anyway. This woman helped me get an awful lot done. Anyway."

The crowd laughed again, though not everyone who heard Biden’s off-the-cuff remark found it so endearing. 

Conservatives on Twitter found it disturbing. 

"As dementia progresses, patients lose more of their filter and tend to blurt out the truth. Biden: ‘She was 12, I was 30.’" wrote conservative podcast host Monica Crowley.

NewsBusters executive producer Tim Graham remarked, "Why Biden frustrates handlers. (‘You know the right-wingers are going to tweet 'did he sniff her hair then?’)"

"Oh my gosh," tweeted Steve Guest, Special Adviser for Communications for Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. 

President Biden made his poorly-received comments during a rally Friday for the National Education Association. (Jaob King/Pool Photo via AP)

New York Post writer Miranda Devine asked, "Is there any exculpatory context to this?"

Conservative actor Nick Searcy slammed Biden’s supporters following the remark, tweeting, "Democrats think this is normal. @JoeBiden."

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"This is just plain creepy," wrote conservative commentator Kyle Becker. 

Conservative YouTubers The Hodge Twins wrote, "Biden’s handlers are cringing after this one. #creepyjoe."

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During an NEA rally on Friday, President Biden mentioned a woman in the crowd and said, "We go back a long way. She was 12 and I was 30, but anyway. This woman helped me get an awful lot done." (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)