It looks to me like as she backs away, he increases the pressure of his hand on her body. She feels it and grabs his hand. She is cool under the spotlight though, probably from dealing with pervs like Dementia Joe her entire life.
And no, being demented doesn't stop one from having pervy desires. Actually, it makes the public display of them worse. Dementia Joe, were he a younger perv, probably wouldn't try that move on a public stage because he would realize he couldn't get away with it. Being demented, he just goes for it now. It's only going to get worse as he ages and his dementia gets worse.
"But if she feels like anything sexual or bad happened here she should speak out. Far as I know she hasn't."
What happened to the left being understanding of women not wanting to talk about things like this?
Besides, she's not stupid. She doesn't want to be cancelled by the left and then having the media turn on her for calling out the old perv . Maybe from her POV, it's just one more perv trying to cop a cheap feel and she knows how to deal with those situations herself, to her own satisfaction.
Why can't you just admit that what he did was wrong?
He does this with kids, adults, you name it, and he's been doing it for years. He's just a sick old perv.