This is what our vice president has to say about domestic violence:
Hi @VP What the hell exactly DOES qualify as a "Garden Variety" slap? http://t.co/z5KCu476lW
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 13, 2013
Hey #waronwomen I know you're busy bitching abt today's moment of faux outrage but @vp just ref'd to 'garden variety slaps across the face'.
— LMR (@LilMissRightie) March 13, 2013
http://youtu.be/-tMwBseyToU
[Editor’s note: This video cuts off just before Biden says that even a “garden variety slap” is “totally unacceptable in and of itself.”]
Pardon our French, but what the hell is the matter with this guy?
Garden variety slap across the face? Is Biden saying that's no biggie?
— Melissa Clouthier (@MelissaTweets) March 13, 2013
Dear Joe Biden (@VP) what is a "garden variety" slap in the face"?
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 13, 2013
OMG Joe Biden. So by your logic it's okay to slap a woman across the face? http://t.co/c0x9MRtgcn
— Mary Chastain (@mchastain81) March 13, 2013
Seriously, what is wrong with Biden?
— Aaron Gardner (@Aaron_RS) March 13, 2013
Never stop talking Joe Biden…Never.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 13, 2013
<- has never hit a woman in a "garden variety" way, or ever. @VP
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 13, 2013
Hey @sandrafluke… is it ok to give your woman a “garden variety” slap in the face? Asking for a friend.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 13, 2013
Is there a #GardenVariety form of rape? #GardenVariety form of assault? #GardenVariety form of child abuse? Explain, Joe Biden.
— Mary Chastain (@mchastain81) March 13, 2013
If Dick Cheney uttered the phrase "garden variety slap across the face," it would still be on the front page of the New York Times today
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) March 13, 2013
Only Biden could refer to a 'garden variety slap across the face' & the media will complicity go mum. He's not just an idiot. He's a scumbag
— LMR (@LilMissRightie) March 13, 2013
What is a #GardenvVariety slap across the face? One that doesn't leave any marks?
— Mary Chastain (@mchastain81) March 13, 2013
Cop – "Did you hit her?" Biden – "Sure but it was just garden variety" Cop "Ok, you're free to go" cc @VP
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 13, 2013
Hey @sandrafluke… is it ok to give your woman a “garden variety” slap in the face? Asking for a friend.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 13, 2013
So different types of rapes = career killing. Different types of domestic violence? Just crazy old Joe! He didn't mean it!
— Allie Lee (@AllieLeela) March 13, 2013
So does #VAWA protect women against a "garden variety slap in the face" ? Asking for a "friend" –> ( @VP )
— Amy (@AmyOtto8) March 13, 2013
"Officer, it was a garden-variety slap in the face." "Well, Chris Brown, if it's good enough for the Veep, it's good enough for me."
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) March 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/OceanMeld/status/311885116211331072
https://twitter.com/MPeper/status/311884525980504066
"Don't you talk back to me young lady or I will give you such a non garden variety slap across your face you will never forget" – Joe Biden
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 13, 2013
When does @VP stop getting a pass just because he's an idiot? He's also the Vice President of the United States.
— Allie Lee (@AllieLeela) March 13, 2013
Only a heartbeat away, folks.
Ladies: stay away from Joe Biden's garden.
— Matt Bramanti (@mattbramanti) March 13, 2013
Gladly. In the mean time, we hope Jill Biden will have a heart-to-heart with her garden-variety jackass hubby.
You'd think Biden's casual familiarity with "garden variety" domestic abuse would concern people.
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) March 13, 2013
Is Jill Biden on Twitter? Asking for a friend of the Garden Variety type.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 13, 2013
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Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include more from Biden’s remarks. While he did minimize the seriousness of a “garden variety slap,” he also called such abuse “totally unacceptable.”
We’ve learned that certain behaviors on the part of an abuser portend much more danger than other behaviors. For example, if an abuser has attempted to strangle his victim, if he has threatened to shoot her, if he has sexually assaulted her, and there’s a number of other signs, about eight others. These are tell-tale signs to say this isn’t your garden-variety slap across the face which is totally unacceptable in and of itself.
