The Detroit autoworker that got into a heated argument with presidential hopeful Joe Biden on Tuesday told Fox News that Biden "went off the deep end."
Biden cursed and appeared to threaten a Detroit autoworker during an argument over gun rights. The confrontation, which was captured on video and has since gone viral, occurred amid a crowd of hardhat-clad workers when the former vice president visited the Fiat Chrysler plant in Detroit, Michigan, as voters flocked to polling places for the 2020 primary elections in Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, and Washington.
Biden told the worker, now identified as Jerry Wayne, that he is “full of [expletive]” and called him a “horse’s [expletive].”
"He could have easily said ‘I’m not taking questions’ and I would have very respectfully walked away. But he wanted to listen to my question, and I don’t think that he was ready for it,” he added.
"I also asked him how he wanted to get the vote of the working man when a lot of us, we wield arms. We bear arms, and we like to do that. And if he wants to give us work and take our guns, I don't see how he is going to get the same vote," he said.
Biden denied saying he would take people’s guns away while pointing at Wayne’s face.
"It was a little bit disturbing to see that a politician wants to take away my right to defend myself." Wayne said.
“He doesn’t need to touch anybody’s weapon at all. What we need to do is concentrate on how to teach people to respect firearms and how to use them. Not take them away.”
"I mean, I guess, technically speaking, he can say whatever he wants," he added. "But, he was the vice president. He wants to be the president now. You are a candidate. You work for the American people. And, if you can't understand that then you don't deserve to have a leg in this race."