U.S. President Joe Biden has been flamed in recent weeks for his interactions with the public, particularly those who are not yet old enough to vote.
Last month, Biden gave a teenage girl dating advice, even though she or her mother weren’t looking for any. And this past weekend, he got really up close and personal with two girls.
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Biden was with his family on the island of Nantucket, walking along the main strip, when two girls in a juice shop saw him and started squealing like it was 2014, and he was a member of One Direction.
“There’s Joe! Oh my God, hi!” one of the children can be heard screaming as the president walked down the street, sipping a drink through a straw, according to the video on Nantucket Current’s Instagram feed.
Biden could have easily strolled right on by, but instead, he stopped, approached the store window and took an up-really-really-close-and-personal look inside the window to see who was fangirling inside.
The president bent low and bowed his head before he removed his sunglasses, waved and flashed a smile. Some found the video pretty adorable and generous of the president.
“Terrific President! His interaction response, showing sensitively & warmth,” one person wrote on Twitter.
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The consensus, though, was that Biden was slightly terrifying.
“This is so creepy,” wrote one person commented on the post.
Another added, “If you see this man looking at you through a window…RUN!”
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