Jill Biden says they want to 'pick a fight' with bullies

By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE 09/15/2018 10:32 PM EDT


Former Vice President Joe Biden reacts as his wife, Jill, recounts her encounter with a bully while they address the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in Washington, D.C. | Cliff Owen/AP Photo


Dr. Jill Biden sounds like she might be ready for a 2020 campaign.

Introducing her husband, former Vice President Joe Biden, at the Human Rights Campaign’s big annual dinner in Washington on Saturday night, the former second lady told a story from her childhood of knocking on the door of a mean boy in the neighborhood, winding up and punching him in the nose.

The crowd of LGBTQ activists and supporters cheered.

“There is nothing that makes either of us more angry than a bully. There’s nothing that’s more unfair or unjust than people using their power to try to make other people feel small, to tell them who they are or what they are capable of, to say their identity doesn’t belong,” she said, explaining why LGBTQ equality is one of the priorities of the Biden Foundation, but with what many in the crowd heard as a not-so-subtle comment on President Donald Trump. “There is nothing that makes us want to pick a fight more than that.”

The former vice president is contemplating another White House run, though he’s put off the decision until after what will be a busy two months ahead of midterm campaigning all over the country. The Bidens often talk about themselves as a clan, and certainly act like one, and his wife’s opinion will be crucial as he makes the decision — she was seen by people in touch with her at the time as having reservations about his running in 2016.

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