WASHINGTON -- Appearing on ABC's "The View," Vice President Joseph Biden said it was "reprehensible" for members of the audience at the most recent Republican presidential debate to boo a soldier simply because he was openly gay.
"I did have a visceral response to it," Biden said. "I'm not sure if it's because my son spent a year in Iraq. And I know my sons and all the kids with them -- kids, they're grown men -- I don't think they give a damn whether the guy firing a rifle to protect them is gay or straight. I don't think they care about that. Look this kid risked his life. This kid is there for them. And I, quite frankly, I thought it was reprehensible."
Biden, notably, didn't needle the Republican presidential candidates themselves for the episode. When it was noted that none of those candidates spoke out about the booing at the time it happened, he sat there in uncharacteristic silence. But in bringing it up during the show, he joined President Obama in highlighting and elevating that specific moment.
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