JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump, despite his own history of buying a porn star’s silence and bragging about sexual misconduct, on Thursday [4-4-19] leveled another broadside at Joseph R. Biden Jr., tweeting a meme that mocked the former vice president for putting his hands on women’s shoulders. The 15-second meme, accompanied by the text ‘WELCOME BACK JOE!,’ doctored a video that Mr. Biden released on Wednesday [4-3-19] in which the former vice president explained his history of physical contact with women, some of whom say his behavior made them uncomfortable. Mr. Biden has said he tried to comfort people with hugs, kisses and other physical contact when they appeared nervous. In the meme, as Mr. Biden delivers his explanation, a pair of hands appears on his shoulders, and then an image of Mr. Biden’s head pops up and appears to sniff the back of the former vice president’s head. The meme appeared to be a reference to an accusation by a former Nevada assemblywoman, who said in an essay published last Friday that Mr. Biden had touched her shoulders, smelled her hair and kissed the back of her head at a campaign event in 2014.”
–Sydney Ember, “Trump Tweets Doctored Video Mocking Joe Biden,” The New York Times online, April 4, 2019