MIAMI — Former Vice President Joe Biden says he would “beat the hell” out of President Donald Trump if they were in high school together and Trump disrespected women.
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The Democrat spoke Tuesday at an anti-sexual assault rally at the University of Miami.
“A guy who ended up becoming our national leader said, ’I can grab a woman anywhere and she likes it,’” Biden says. “If we were in high school, I’d take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him.”
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Biden says any guy who disrespected women was “usually the fattest, ugliest S.O.B. in the room.”
The school’s “It’s on Us” rally sought to change on-campus culture surrounding sexual assault.
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This isn’t the first time Biden has made comments about fighting with Trump. He made similar remarks in October 2016.
“The press always ask me don’t I wish I were debating him?” Biden said at the time, according to Business Insider. “No, I wish we were in high school I could take him behind the gym — that’s what I wish.”
— With files from Global New reporter Maham Abedi
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