CRIME/JOE BIDEN/WOMEN: “Writing and passing VAWA [Violence Against Women Act] remains to this day the legislative accomplishment of which I am most proud. With VAWA, we took an enormous step in the long, hard work of changing the culture in our country of silence and acceptance around the issues of sexual assault and domestic violence by making it clear these were not private, family matters – they were crimes…
But President Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell have decided to block the most recent VAWA reauthorization, because it would close the so-called ‘boyfriend loophole’ and prevent abusive dating partners from buying a gun.”
-Joe Biden, “Statement By Vice President Joe Biden On The Anniversary Of VAWA And The Bans On Assault Weapons And High-capacity Magazines,” joebiden.com, Sep. 13, 2020