Posted on 05/11/2020 1:36:11 PM PDT by karpov
Tara Reade, who has accused Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993, spoke with former Fox News host Megyn Kelly in a lengthy interview that appeared on various social media channels Friday.
Reade went over the details of the alleged assault, offered an explanation for why she waited so long to come forward, demanded that Biden withdraw from the race, and criticized Biden's supporters for mistreating her.
"His campaign is taking this position that they want all women to be able to speak safely," said Reade. "I have not experienced that."
Toward the end of the interview, Kelly brought up the sexual assault accusation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. She asked Reade whether she thought it hypocritical for #MeToo politicians and pundits to deny her the automatic belief that they showed Christine Blasey Ford.
"It makes me upset, it makes me angry because those were people I respected," said Reade. "I supported Elizabeth Warren, who basically said she believed Joe Biden, and dismissed me."
It was not a softball interview, though: Kelly asked Reade tough questions about why she had seemed to acquit Biden of wrongdoing when she told The Washington Post last year that the problem was not Biden himself. In the interview, Reade—who was a Biden staffer at the time of the alleged assault—claimed that she had only intended to acquit Biden of responsibility for her firing: She believes this was retaliatory but that Biden likely didn't even know she was terminated.
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Why are they making a big deal of this? Do they really want Joe to drop out and let someone stronger take his place? Let him be until after he is nominated then drop the hammer. Quit trying to help the opposition.
Question for Tara:
Why were you publicly supporting the Obama/Biden ticket in 2008 and 2012 knowing that Joe Biden had raped you?
Joe Biden should not be running. Period.
He’s brain damaged.
It’s a good bet her answer would be yes.
Another question for Tara: Is it actually true that the FBI thinks your ex-husband has the profile of a sociopathic killer?
#ALWAYSBELIEVEWOMENUNLESSACCUSEDISADEM
His record of achievement is worse than his character
I think she is being used as one of the reasons to get Slow Joe to drop out. I think they are dragging it out so that any last minute changes can’t be successfully challenged. They will wait until the last minute and then drop in Benghazi Clinton and either Moo or the Ca. Ho.
They pretty much have to wait for the convention to keep Bernie out.
I partially agree with you. Mrs. Bill Clinton didn’t run openly because she didn’t want to face the 2 years of even light scrutiny, but she wants them to just give the nomination to her. She may still get it.
“Why were you publicly supporting the Obama/Biden ticket in 2008 and 2012 knowing that Joe Biden had raped you?”
Caught “Consistent Conservative” #neverTrump Kelly on Ben Gleck’s show for a few minutes at lunch, and he was gushing all over congratulating her and saying that she had asked EVERY question that needed asking.
They both appear to be trying to win back some fans.
MK (for whom several here bully me and tell me that I MUST not insult) said she really liked Fredo’s brother’s press conferences — until just recently.
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