Stephanie Carter Sets the Record Straight: That Viral Image With Joe Biden Was Not a #MeToo Moment

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8. I had a serious problem with that, too, especially since she should have known

she was using old smears that had been debunked. Actually, she probably did know they'd been debunked, especially the smear involving Stephanie Carter, which made me particularly unhappy with Flores.

But I'm still not sure Flores completely fabricated all the details of that encounter with Joe Biden, because she apparently mentioned something about it in old emails.

As I've said elsewhere, I think she misinterpreted reassuring gestures, was embarrassed that Biden was so close to her when she hadn't washed her hair that day (that was such a bizarre detail for her to bring up that it had to have been very important to her), and her embarrassment turned to resentment of him.

Probably she realized it was too trivial to bring up at the time.

But she's a Bernie supporter, and with Biden leading Bernie in the polls, she wrapped herself in the flag of the #MeToo movement, tried to weaponize old smears that had already been debunked, and set forth to try to slay the enemy.

I believe it will backfire, that it's already backfiring.