During a town hall event in Hampton, N.H. on Sunday, former Vice President Joe Biden calls a woman who questioned his ability to win the Democratic nomination a âlying, dog-faced pony soldier.â
The young woman at the center of this identifies herself as âMadison, a econ student at Mercer University.â Mercer University is located in Georgia, so itâs unclear whether she is a New Hampshire resident who attends school there or if sheâs just visiting New Hampshire to observe. (Something the school has done in the past.)
Not that it really matters, but the person whose video I saw of this exchange called her a New Hampshire voter and I donât think thatâs necessarily true.
She indicated that her question was going to be âa little bit mean.â
âSo you are arguably the candidate with the greatest advantage in this race,â she said prefacing her question. âSo you are the vice president, you werenât burdened down by the impeachment trials, by having to participate, so how do you explain your performance in Iowa and why should the voters believe that you can win the national election?â
âItâs a good question,â Biden replied. âNumber one, Iowa is a Democratic caucus.â
âHave you ever been to a caucus?â he asked the young woman.
She nodded her head yes.
âNo you havenât, youâre a lying, dog-faced pony soldier. You said you were. Now you gotta be honest, Iâm going to be honest with you,â Biden responded.
He went on to explain that it was confusing in Iowa and that Iowa doesnât have the best track record picking the winner of the presidential race.
If the young woman was on a trip with Mercer University she likely did visit an Iowa precinct caucus, a visit to Iowa was part of a trip organized by a Mercer University professor in 2016.
Biden back in December, had a testy exchange with a voter in New Hampton, Iowa calling that man âa damn liarâ and âfat.â
The New Hampshire Primary is on Tuesday, the current Real Clear Politics poll average of February polls conducted in New Hampshire has Biden in fourth place.