Joe Biden takes a dig at Barack Obama over gay marriage. Why does he refer to incident taking place 12 years ago? The Inside Story
US Presidential Election 2024 is coming near, old skeletons are tumbling out of the cupboard. After former US President Barack Obama persuaded Joe Biden to step aside, the incumbent president has come out attacking the first black president in a different and unexpected way. Taking a dig in an unexpected way, the president recalled an incident that took place in 2012 and said how he forced Obama to change his stance on same-sex marriage. When being asked by reporters about his “legacy for LGBTQ Americans”, Biden said that he was the first person to come out for gay marriage and he is proud of it, reports 'The Telegraph'. He also asked the people present there if they remember that little problem with the Obama administration.
Did Biden force Obama to change stance on gay marriage?
According to the news outlet, then vice-president Biden announced on television in 2012 that he supported same-sex marriage before Obama had committed to the policy in public. Participating in NBC’s Meet the Press show, he said he was absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, and women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying men and women, are entitled to the same rights, all the civil rights and all the civil liberties. This sudden change in stance from Biden forced Barack Obama to announce, three days later, that he also supported gay marriage.
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Why did Biden refer to 12-year-old incident?
The way Biden took up an incident that occurred 12 years ago shows that tension between the two leaders exist, though they appear to be happy in public. It is believed that the president is not happy the way Obama
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