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UCmeNdc

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Sun May 3, 2020, 02:21 PM May 2020

Biden Accuser Tara Reade Is Following The Russian Disinfo Playbook

The woman accusing Joe Biden of sexual assault is following the Russian disinfo playbook almost perfectly.


Reade claims she filed a report with the Congressional personnel office, but only after Biden agreed to allow any documents to be released did Reade conveniently remember that she never actually accused him of sexual assault OR harassment in the report.

Oh.



When asked about her initial comments to the AP from 2019, Reade said that she “chickened out,” and that was her excuse for not saying more. Reade claims that a report exists in the Senate that would prove her allegations — but once Biden personally requested that the Senate and the National Archives search their records to try to locate a complaint, Reade changed her story again. She now says that even if a report is found, it would not corroborate her ever-changing story.

Reade was also scheduled to do an interview on FOX News with Chris Wallace. She cancelled that abruptly, shortly after Biden's interview on Friday morning.

The Tara Reade story is not unique. In fact, it is a common Russian Disinformation Playbook tactic of using fabricated stories of sexual crimes or deviance, that are hard to disprove. These tactics were outlined very well by twitter user, "Kamala’s Secret Panda" (@oldmancoyote22) in this excellent thread:


https://crooksandliars.com/2020/05/biden-accuser-tara-reade-following-russian
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Biden Accuser Tara Reade Is Following The Russian Disinfo Playbook (Original Post) UCmeNdc May 2020 OP
KICK!! Cha May 2020 #1
Reade also said the reason she cancelled fox was bc Cha May 2020 #2
I knew that was coming mcar May 2020 #3
Exactly, Reade is lying again. Cha May 2020 #5
Putin is happy to cause conflict and confusion Gothmog May 2020 #4

Cha

(296,848 posts)
2. Reade also said the reason she cancelled fox was bc
Sun May 3, 2020, 03:02 PM
May 2020

she and her daughter got "death threats". I don't believe her.

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