She's 10, Joe

She's 10, Joe

Felicia Sonmez is a reporter for the Washington Post. Joe Biden creeped her out last night at the American Federation of Teachers rally by stopping proceedings to pick out a 10-year-old girl from the crowd to give her a back rub.

Sonmez tweeted, "In a somewhat odd moment at tonight's AFT town hall, Biden tells a 10-year-old girl, 'I’ll bet you’re as bright as you are good-looking.' He takes her over to the assembled reporters, then stands behind her and puts his hands on her shoulders while he's talking."

Somewhat odd.

Politico buried this oddity in Paragraphs 13 and 14 of its story on the event, "Biden rolls out plan to hike teacher pay in low-income schools."

It reported, "When a 10-year-old girl asked him about divisions in this country, he said addressing that is part of the reason he's running for president and then told her: 'I'll bet you're as bright as you are good-looking.' She told him her favorite subject is journalism so he led her to the back to meet the press corps.

"'The reason we are who we are is called a free press,' he said, standing behind the girl while putting his hands on her shoulders. 'Continuing to denigrate it is dangerous.'"

I have a better warning for her: Never be alone with Joe Biden.

The press, which fancies itself as important to good governance, finds itself once again in a position where if it reports honestly about the Democrat front-runner will increase Donald Trump's odds of winning.

Not included in Politico's report was the full quote from Biden to the 10-year-old, "If you give me your address I'm going to write you a longer answer and tell you the exact things I would do, OK? OK? Promise? I bet you're as bright as you are good looking."

Maybe if the press made a bigger deal of Biden touching children in the past, he would have stopped by now. This likely will not end well for him.