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In reply to the discussion: Post removed [View all]VMA131Marine
(5,330 posts)I dont know if Tara Reade is lying or what motive she would have to lie. I dont know if something happened as she described, if nothing happened, or if what happened was somewhere in between those extremes. This seems out of character for Joe Biden, whereas there was always lots of smoke around Trump and you knew there had to be fires somewhere.
Then again, how well do we really know any politician. There were accusations against Barack Obama as well, although of a slightly different nature.
Biden was Vice-President for 8 years and you want me to believe that Reade could not have brought this up before now. It is too convenient to raise the issue now when the future of the country is on the line and we have ample evidence of the same and worse behaviour by Donald Trump.
The thing I come back to, and what was true with Trump, if this happened the way Reade said it did then there are almost certainly others out there who Biden has assaulted. This behaviour escalates, it doesnt just stop. If there are others we need to find them now, not have them paraded in front of us by the Trump campaign in October.
I hope and believe Biden is being falsely accused but it makes sense to shake the trees and see if anything else falls out. Too much is riding on this to rely on hope alone.