Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Biden accused of anti-Semitism after Shylock comment


US Vice President Joe Biden has drawn criticism from a top Jewish group for calling bankers who have preyed on service members deployed overseas as “Shylocks,” a term often condemned as an anti-Semitic stereotype.

Biden, speaking Tuesday before the Legal Service Corporation, which provides lawyers to those who can not afford them, mentioned his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, who was deployed for a year in Iraq .... http://rt.com/usa