Joe Biden, who championed women’s rights during his time in the Senate and the vice president’s office, has remained silent as a sexual assault allegation against him gains more traction. His campaign has put out a statement denying the accusation by Tara Reade, a former Senate aide, but Biden himself has not said anything. But that potentially hurts the presumptive nominee’s chances to defeat President Donald Trump ― and keeping Trump in office is unthinkable. But on March 25, during a podcast interview with writer Katie Halper, Reade said Biden had also sexually assaulted her in 1993. But already, Democratic politicians ― especially female ones ― are having to give their thoughts on Biden and the Reade accusation.

Source: Huffington Post April 30, 2020 03:33 UTC