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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat 74 former Biden staffers think about Tara Reade's allegations
Over his decades-long career in the Senate, former Vice President Joe Biden was known as a demanding but fair and family-oriented boss, devoted to his home life in Delaware and committed to gender equality in his office.
He was not on a list of creepy male senators that female staffers told each other to avoid in the elevators on Capitol Hill.
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Overall, the people who spoke to the NewsHour described largely positive and gratifying experiences working for Biden, painting a portrait of someone who was ahead of his time in empowering women in the workplace.
The one thing about Joe Biden is, he is a man of the highest character and thats why these accusations are so surreal and just cant comport with the man I worked with, said Marcia Lee Taylor, a senior policy advisor on the Judiciary Committee, where women held leading roles when Biden served as chairman.
But he had blindspots, which Biden himself has publicly acknowledged, when it came to how his interactions with women in public could make them uncomfortable.
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Savage, who worked as the offices systems administrator, overseeing computers and information processing, told the NewsHour that Reade was fired for her poor performance on the job, which he witnessed not as retaliation for her complaints about sexual harassment.
But according to Savage, Reade had been mishandling a key part of her job and an essential office task processing constituent mail, something they worked on together. Savage said he recalls reporting these issues to his boss, deputy chief of staff Dennis Toner. After that, Savage said he began diminishing Reades duties, taking over some of her tasks and rerouting parts of the process to exclude her.
He was not on a list of creepy male senators that female staffers told each other to avoid in the elevators on Capitol Hill.
..................................................
Overall, the people who spoke to the NewsHour described largely positive and gratifying experiences working for Biden, painting a portrait of someone who was ahead of his time in empowering women in the workplace.
The one thing about Joe Biden is, he is a man of the highest character and thats why these accusations are so surreal and just cant comport with the man I worked with, said Marcia Lee Taylor, a senior policy advisor on the Judiciary Committee, where women held leading roles when Biden served as chairman.
But he had blindspots, which Biden himself has publicly acknowledged, when it came to how his interactions with women in public could make them uncomfortable.
.........................................................
Savage, who worked as the offices systems administrator, overseeing computers and information processing, told the NewsHour that Reade was fired for her poor performance on the job, which he witnessed not as retaliation for her complaints about sexual harassment.
But according to Savage, Reade had been mishandling a key part of her job and an essential office task processing constituent mail, something they worked on together. Savage said he recalls reporting these issues to his boss, deputy chief of staff Dennis Toner. After that, Savage said he began diminishing Reades duties, taking over some of her tasks and rerouting parts of the process to exclude her.
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What 74 former Biden staffers think about Tara Reade's allegations (Original Post)
ehrnst
May 2020
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Budi
(15,325 posts)1. Biden sums it up " If you believe Tara Reade, then don't vote for me"
It's your vote!
Thanks Joe.
#JoeBiden2020
💙
Bayard
(22,005 posts)3. "Reade was fired for her poor performance on the job"
That's verifiable, with witnesses. Maybe she's like trump--making up her own reality because she can't handle the truth.
Biden was very open last night--It never happened, and knock yourselves out investigating. He didn't even remember her, and maybe that's what set her off.
Trump would have already brought a lawsuit against this woman, and quashed any investigation.
To my knowledge, there has never been any other accusations against Biden, other than he likes to pat people on the shoulder, or hold their hands. We saw that during the debates.
mzmolly
(50,978 posts)4. Thank you for sharing
this.