Biden has been accused of unwanted touching back in 1993…
The accuser, Tara Reade, first came forward in the media as a Bernie Sanders supporter during the nomination period when Sanders began to fall behind Biden in the race…
With Biden clinching the nomination?
Trump has been egging Biden on…
Image THAT?
Donald Trump, the guy who has had to PAY numerous women to settle things is dissing Joe Biden?
In March, Reade accused Biden of digitally penetrating her in 1993 without her consent. Last year, she told reporters that Biden inappropriately touched her at the time, including on her neck and shoulder, but did not talk about an alleged assault.
Before the King video was discovered, Reade told media outlets, including POLITICO, that her mother had called into his show. She did not remember the date of the show at the time.
“She called him, I think, ‘a prominent senator,'” Reade said in an interview last month. “She didn’t get into the assault, she got into the harassment. She said my daughter was sexually harassed by a very prominent senator, and then they retaliated and fired her.”
According to a transcript of the show and a video clip, the caller does not reference sexual harassment or firing. She does, however, talk about an unnamed “prominent senator.”…
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Biden’s campaign did not provide comment. Kate Bedingfield, his deputy campaign manager and communications director, previously denied Reade’s allegations.
“Vice President Biden has dedicated his public life to changing the culture and the laws around violence against women. He authored and fought for the passage and reauthorization of the landmark Violence Against Women Act. He firmly believes that women have a right to be heard — and heard respectfully,” she said. “Such claims should also be diligently reviewed by an independent press. What is clear about this claim: it is untrue. This absolutely did not happen.”
Multiple women have accused Biden of inappropriately touching them, but Reade is the only person who has gone on the record alleging sexual assault.
Donald Trump Jr. tweeted several times about Reade’s allegations Friday evening. “Joe Biden isn’t sheltering in place in his basement bunker because of the pandemic, he’s hiding from Tara Reade,” he said….
“Prominent Democrats, including some women thought to be on Joe Biden’s running-mate shortlist, have lined up behind the former vice president in the month since Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer, made public an allegation he sexually assaulted her once in the 1990s,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Kamala Harris of California and former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams all have said publicly that they respect women making such allegations and take them seriously. But they haven’t wavered in their support for Mr. Biden.”
Politicalwire…
Tara Reade Update….
Ben Smith
@benyt
Tara Reade, two people tell me, has been turning down Fox appearances for many days. Kind of remarkable MSNBC or CNN hasn’t just had her on at this point.
Hope🇺🇸
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@benyt
and
@Olivianuzzi
Just so we are all clear. FOX and and Republicans have deliberately chosen to make this a Biden versus Kavanaugh issue versus Trump versus Biden which would be the more apt comparison since they are competing for the job. The media is letting the RNC control the narrative
A Washington Post editorial called on Joe Biden to address allegations of a 1993 sexual assault from former aide Tara Reade and release documents relating to his Senate career.
New York Times: Democratic frustration mounts as Biden remains silent on sexual assault allegation.
Politicalwire…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told a reporter that she doesn’t “need a lecture or a speech” comparing the treatment of sexual assault allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Washington Examiner reporter Kerry Picket asked Pelosi at a press conference how “Democrats square with the idea that they’re essentially standing by Biden but used a comparatively different standard with Justice Kavanaugh when you demanded an investigation against Kavanaugh when a similar allegation came out against him.”
“I respect your question, and I don’t need a lecture or a speech,” Pelosi responded….
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Trump and even some media reporters that wanted Bernie Sanders are pushing this story ….
Marc Lotter, Director of Strategic Communications for President Trump’s reelection campaign, said that the mainstream media cannot be trusted covering sexual assault allegations against the presumptive Democratic nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden….
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Palmer Report
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Chris Hayes isn’t facing backlash for talking about the Biden allegation. He’s facing backlash because he FALSELY CHARACTERIZED the Biden allegation as “credible” and “corroborated” when the evidence overwhelmingly says the opposite. Don’t let anyone twist this: Chris Hayes lied.