All The Times Joe Biden Told People Not To Vote For Him

November 8, 1979: While stumping for Democratic candidate Joe Mangini in a Delaware General Assembly special election, then-Senator Biden told voters, “take a look at him. If you like what you see, vote for Joe. If not, vote for the other guy.”

April 16, 1987: During his 1988 presidential campaign, Biden told a group of voters at a campaign event in Iowa “please look me over,” and that if they don’t like what they see, to “just vote for the other guy” (he said it again at an event on June 9).

July 2, 2007: During his second run for president, Biden once again told voters in Iowa, “if you like what I say, vote for me. If you don’t, vote against me.”

March 23, 2012: While campaigning for Obama’s reelection, Biden told a crowd in Florida, “when you look at Barack and me, when you look at our opponents, take our measure,” and then recited a familiar refrain, “if you like what you see, vote for me. If not, vote for the other guy.”

August 24, 2019: Biden, 77, responded to voters’ concerns about his age by declaring, “I say if they’re concerned, don’t vote for me,” to a group of reporters in Keene, N.H.

November 22, 2019: When Carlos Rojas, an immigration activist, pressed Biden at an event in November on the issue of deportations during the Obama administration, Biden told Rojas, “you should vote for Trump.”

January 29, 2020: Environmental activist Ed Fallon confronted Biden on his climate positions, and Biden responded, “you have to go vote for someone else. You’re not going to vote for me in the primary.”

May 14, 2020: Biden said in an MSNBC interview that voters who believe Tara Reade’s allegation that he sexually assaulted her in 1993 “probably shouldn’t vote for me” and should instead “vote their heart,” adding “I wouldn’t vote for me if I believed Tara Reade.”