Dana Bash Moved By Biden Connecting With Young Boy Who Was Ridiculed for Stuttering

CNN’s Dana Bash was visibly moved after playing a clip of President Joe Biden consoling a young boy who had been ridiculed for stuttering.

“I just want to show our viewers something that really speaks to what you’re talking about, about Joe Biden in smaller settings,” Bash said. “This is the president with a young boy named Harry talking to him about Harry’s stutter.”

HARRY: I have a stutter just like you did.

BIDEN: I did too, but don’t let anybody tell you that you can’t do anything. These people would make fun of it, like this president making fun. But remember, look at me. You’re smart, you’re handsome, you know what you’re doing.

“I mean, wow,” Bash exclaimed. “Obviously, he was referring — for anybody who didn’t see — he was referring to Donald Trump, who in a speech recently made fun of Joe Biden’s stutter.”

Gloria Borger added, “And this happened during the last campaign as well, where he connected with a young person with a stutter. And by the way, he doesn’t just do this on camera. He does this a lot and he still struggles with it, as we all know from watching him, particularly as the day gets later and later. And it’s something he has to work with every speech he gives. He’s gotta kinda map it out. And now, a lot of people don’t know he had it.”

“And it’s something he didn’t really talk much about at all until the campaign lat time,” Jeff Zeleny said. “And I’m thinking back to that boy, I think he was from new Hampshire.”

“Yes,” Borger agreed.

“He saw him during the primary and they developed this connection, and then they ended up playing that video during the convention,” Zeleny continued. “But it brought chills to me, this young boy talking to the president. I grew up with a stutter as well, and this is something that is very challenging.”

Watch the clip above via CNN.