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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

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


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I wonder if Joe thinks this is a Big F#@king Deal?
1 posted on 04/29/2020 6:18:43 PM PDT by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

The ‘Rat powers have determined that this is a good way to sweep Biden from the candidacy. They must have finally settled on a replacement.


2 posted on 04/29/2020 6:21:19 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Franken/Stein 2020?


3 posted on 04/29/2020 6:24:05 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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To: Beave Meister

The Wash Compost want Sleepy Joe out... they know he will never submit his papers...

I think the Crooked Hillary endorsement show where he nodded off at least twice was the turning point.


4 posted on 04/29/2020 6:24:44 PM PDT by sheehan (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
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To: Beave Meister

The left’s standard moral equivalency claim. The case against Biden is much more than one or two women with no other collaborating witnesses.


5 posted on 04/29/2020 6:25:17 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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Bidens response...

“We can’t bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell them stories that don’t go anywhere. Like the time I took the fairy to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe so I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on them. Give me five bees for a quarter you’d say. Now where were we, oh ya. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn’t have white onions because if the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones.”

6 posted on 04/29/2020 6:26:17 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Beave Meister

They just want to deal with it, so they can say “that’s been investigated already.”


7 posted on 04/29/2020 6:27:40 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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The most important thing from the point-of-view of conservatives: don't do anything to cause Joe Biden to drop out of the race too soon.

Let the Democrat party languish - and taint their entire bench - before throwing Joe under the bus.

8 posted on 04/29/2020 6:28:27 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: digger48

What the heck ... You need to be drunk to understand that


9 posted on 04/29/2020 6:29:25 PM PDT by bob_esb
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To: Beave Meister
President Trump has been credibly accused of sexual assault, including rape, by dozens of women.

I recall one cuckoo who made an entirely un-credible accusation alleging an assault in a department store dressing room. Where are the others?

10 posted on 04/29/2020 6:29:56 PM PDT by Campion (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
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To: bob_esb

Homer Simpson’s senile dad still makes more sense than Slo Joe


11 posted on 04/29/2020 6:30:57 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Beave Meister

Democrats “stand behind Biden”.

Gee, what a shocker. Those lying, hypocritical, power hungry MORONS think dragging Republicans through the mud over FAR LESS is ok.

But don’t you dare touch a hair, whether standing on his legs or not with a bouncing child, on a demented Democrat.


12 posted on 04/29/2020 6:32:20 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Screw journalists.)
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Joe: “I’m sorry,” Next day, it’s forgotten.


13 posted on 04/29/2020 6:33:04 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Beave Meister

So in a fortnight they can say it’s old news.


14 posted on 04/29/2020 6:36:30 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: Beave Meister

Did Kirsten and Stacey just jump the shark?
I hope..


15 posted on 04/29/2020 6:37:10 PM PDT by mowowie ( day)
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To: digger48

oh man...
LOL


16 posted on 04/29/2020 6:39:24 PM PDT by mowowie ( day)
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To: digger48

Best comment of the year!


17 posted on 04/29/2020 6:39:53 PM PDT by oldbill
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“Next day, it’s forgotten.”

I’m sure Tara Reade will be sitting in the front row of the presidential debate.


18 posted on 04/29/2020 6:41:08 PM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: oldbill

Kudos go to The Simpsons writers

But, it’s almost like Grandpa Abe was created for this very moment


19 posted on 04/29/2020 6:42:15 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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20 posted on 04/29/2020 6:43:49 PM PDT by bitt (Much of our culture is intended to traumatize us, as traumatized people are easily controlled)
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