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Washington Post editorial board calls on Biden to address sexual assault allegation
Axios.com ^ | 4/28/2020 | Orion Rummler

Posted on 04/29/2020 6:18:43 PM PDT by Beave Meister

The Washington Post editorial board published an article on Wednesday calling for former Vice President Joe Biden to publicly address a sexual assault allegation made against him by Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer.

Driving the news: Business Insider this week published accounts from two on-the-record sources corroborating parts of allegations by Reade, who alleges Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993.

Biden's campaign has told Axios that the alleged assault "absolutely did not happen." Top Democrats like Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Stacey Abrams have stood behind Biden, while others have remained silent. Biden himself has not publicly spoken about the allegation.

What they're saying: The Post's editorial board called on Biden to release old Senate records stored at the University of Delaware. Reade has said she filed a written complaint with a "Senate personnel office" in 1993, but the university said it cannot release the records until Biden "retires from public life."

"President Trump has been credibly accused of sexual assault, including rape, by dozens of women. He has responded by brushing them off, once claiming repulsively, 'She’s not my type.' It may seem unfair to hold Mr. Trump’s likely rival in the 2020 race to a standard that Mr. Trump has failed to meet again and again. But Mr. Trump shouldn’t be allowed to set that standard. A better man could."

— Washington Post editorial board

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To: Beave Meister

Waidaminute. Sen Coon just said the Post and other lib fishwraps cleared Joe of all scandal.


41 posted on 04/29/2020 9:10:58 PM PDT by lurk
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To: Beave Meister

Waidaminute. Sen Coon just said the Post and other lib fishwraps cleared Joe of all scandal.


42 posted on 04/29/2020 9:11:00 PM PDT by lurk
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To: doug from upland

Biden’s favorite movie is Gold Finger.


43 posted on 04/29/2020 10:39:30 PM PDT by melancholy
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