Biden to join MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' to discuss Reade sexual assault allegations

[riversedge]

Source: the hill



By Joe Concha - 04/30/20 04:51 PM EDT

Former Vice President Joe Biden will appear on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday morning, where for the first time he will address allegations from a former staffer named Tara Reade who says he sexually assaulted her in 1993.

"Morning Joe" booker Michael Del Moro said the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee would be responding to the allegations during an appearance on the show.

The appearance from his home studio in Wilmington, Del., would allow Biden to deal with the issue in what could be a more favorable setting given the criticisms the shows hosts have regularly launched against President Trump. ..........

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/495548-biden-to-join-msnbcs-morning-joe-to-discuss-reade-sexual-assault-allegations

---

[badseedboy]

1. His demonstrated bravery, in many situations beyond this allegation,

is the reason I'll vote enthusiastically for Mr. Biden.

[marble falls]

2. I think he just needs to tell the truth: he does not know why or where her story is coming from ...

and repeat it until the director says "clear", let the tech remove the mic and walk out.

[napi21]

3. GOOD. Sad that it's on at 6AM, but I'm sure other hosts will replay clips to put an end to the BS

this Reade has been shopping around for someone to support her many changing stories..

[TomCADem]

4. Well, There Better Be A Demand That Trump Respond to Each of the 20+ Complaints...

...against him. And while they are asking Trump about these complaints, what about all the NDAs that Trump had with women such as Stormy Daniels that Trump did not disclose in his campaign finance documents?

[still_one]

5. The way this was being pushed by certain factions from the left, the right, and

who knows where else, and the media not always representing the full timeline regarding this,

I think this is necessary:

What will happen? Biden will deny the accusation. His adversaries on the left, right, and perhaps a few who coincidently have Russian descent will say he is lying, and Biden will say he isn't.

Here is a timeline of events, regarding Tara Reade’s actions toward Joe Biden:

December 1992 — August 1993 — Tara Reade worked as a Senate aide in Joe Biden’s office.
2009 — Reade commended Biden for actions he has taken against domestic violence.
2017 — Reade repeatedly attacked Putin and Russia on Twitter for election interference and for Russian legislation that legalized domestic violence.
2017 — Reade repeatedly praised Joe Biden through tweets, retweets and “likes” on Twitter. On multiple occasions she boosts him for his work on helping end sexual assault.
2018 — Reade claims she liked Russia since she left Washington DC (Over a decade ago), and praised Putin and Russia over and over again. She also directly praised Putin for his treatment of women in multiple articles.
January of 2019 — Reade first begins talking about her sexual harassment allegations against Joe Biden on Twitter.
March, 2019 — Reade continues to praise Putin.
April, 2019 — Reade comes forward with her original allegations against Biden, but says his actions were NOT “sexualization,” but rather compared his actions toward her as being demeaning and treating her like a “pretty” lamp that is thrown away when it’s too bright. She also claimed that her story was not “a story about sexual misconduct.”
September 2019 — Reade calls on Joe Biden to be investigated for his dealings with Ukraine.
January, 2020 — Reade continues to praise Vladimir Putin on Twitter.
March, 2020 — Reade comes forward again, this time claiming that Joe Biden did sexually assault her in 1993.
March, 2020 — Reade tells Vox News that she started liking Putin and Russia in 2018 after “watching Noam Chomsky,” but no longer likes Putin after finding out about domestic violence in Russia. (note: in 2018 she claimed to have loved Russia since over a decade ago, and in 2017 she was posting tweets on her account related to Russia’s domestic violence.)

https://medium.com/%40eddiekrassenstein/evidence-casts-doubt-on-tara-reades-sexual-assault-allegations-of-joe-biden-e4cb3ee38460

[William769]

8. ...

[still_one]

9. Hi William

[groundloop]

14. Thanks for posting that - this information needs to be spread far and wide

This timeline seems fishy as hell, combined with the credible allegations that she stole from a non-profit animal rescue organization.

https://medium.com/@eddiekrassenstein/biden-accuser-tara-reade-allegedly-stole-from-a-non-profit-organization-e276cac68a2b

[Politicub]

16. She sounds like she needs serious help

Seeing the whole sequence of events makes me wondering about her tenuous grasp on reality.

[thucythucy]

20. Thank you for this. Nt

[Lady_Chat]

6. Glad he is doing this. Remember what happened with John Kerry

The swift boating that he didn't respond to right away? The more I learn about this woman, the less believable she seems, and think voters will feel the same way about her accusation.

[still_one]

7. Before the swift-boating, they falsely accused him having an affair an intern. That

persisted until the person he was alleged to have the affair with, came out and said it was a lie.

Another example was associating President Obama with Reverend Wrights views. President Obama didn't hesitate for a minute, and immediately came out and condemned Wrights view, and disassociated himself from that church

President Obama set the lesson on this, and what you are saying Lady_Chat is absolutely correct

[Lady_Chat]

11. +1

Thank you!

[LenaBaby61]

18. "Glad he is doing this. Remember what happened with John Kerry."

And Kerry has said in several interviews looking back, it was a mistake for him to not address the swiftboating allegations, especially since ALL of them were LIES and could have been disproven real-time.

So yes, yes, yes--I'm happy to have Joe go out there and set the record straight!

[honest.abe]

10. Good. He needs to address this even though its false accusation.

He should say something like this:

"This person was on my staff for a short period of time back in the early 90's. Her allegations are false. Based on our records she never filed any kind of complaint or ever suggested anything of the sort she is alleging now decades later. I have always been a leader and fierce supporter of protecting woman's right's in the workplace. However this case is not credible and is a false accusation against me. I do not know what her motives are but she should stop peddling this lie."

[Lady_Chat]

19. +1

Exactly. I read an article by a former prosecutor as to why he didn't believe her story. One of the reasons, she was no longer in Joe's employ yet she continued to praise him and his attitude toward women Why would you continue to do that if someone assaulted you? She was under no obligation to do so, she was free to do otherwise if she wanted to. Also, once Joe was chosen as VP, she could have spoken up. A VP is just a heartbeat away from the presidency. So she had not one, but two chances to do that, but didn't. after all this time, she then comes out and says his hand on her shoulder made her "uncomfortable." There's a big difference between that and an actual sexual assault. Now she claims he did sexually assault her. Her story keeps changing and makes no sense.

[Paladin]

12. Hope you're pleased with yourself, Chris Hayes. (nt)

[Politicub]

13. Must see TV

The Reade story is being used as a way to swiftboat Biden. I’m glad he’s addressing it.

[George II]

15. I would rather see Reade on Morning Joe explaining herself and the several stories she's told....

And explain all the inconsistencies over the years.

[Cha]

17. Good.. many were asking for this and it's going

to happen.

[Lady_Chat]

21. +1

He has the right to defend himself too.

[yaesu]

22. ABC world news is pushing this hard tonight and to me its looking like classic republican ratfucking

especially after "her brother" changed his story within a short time pointing to Biden and the fact little Jared is involved.

[tirebiter]

23. I see a faction of Bernie can't give up until we let him people pushing this

Trump and Putin don’t even have to do the work.