Biden Campaign ‘Circulated Talking Points’ About Tara Reade Allegations

“There has never been a complaint, allegation, hint or rumor of any impropriety or inappropriate conduct like this regarding him — ever.”

While Biden has not personally denied the allegations, Buzzfeed reported that his campaign referred the news site to a previous statement from April 13:

Vice President Biden has dedicated his public life to changing the culture and the laws around violence against women. He authored and fought for the passage and reauthorization of the landmark Violence Against Women Act. He firmly believes that women have a right to be heard — and heard respectfully. Such claims should also be diligently reviewed by an independent press. What is clear about this claim: it is untrue. This absolutely did not happen.

When Bernie Sanders dropped out of the presidential race, Reade took to Twitter to lament the news:

Many of you that supported different Dem candidates are struggling right now.

I will still fight to have my history with Joe Biden known that he sexually harassed & assaulted me when I was his staffer in 1993.

You all need to vote for who you wish. For me there is no democracy.

Many of you that supported different Dem candidates are struggling right now.
I will still fight to have my history with Joe Biden known that he sexually harassed & assaulted me when I was his staffer in 1993.
You all need to vote for who you wish. For me there is no democracy. pic.twitter.com/RzfupaDAqu

— taratweets ( Alexandra Tara Reade) (@ReadeAlexandra) April 8, 2020

In late March, Reade detailed the attack she said took place near the U.S. Capitol:

And then he went down my skirt and then up inside it. And he penetrated me with his fingers, whatever. And he was kissing me at the same time and he was saying something to me. He said several things and I can’t remember everything [that] he said. I remember a couple of things. I remember his saying, first, like as he was doing it, ‘Do you want to go somewhere else?’ and then him saying to me, when I pulled away, he got finished doing what he was doing and I, how I was pulled back and he said, ‘Come on man, I heard you liked me.’ That phrase stayed with me because I kept thinking what I might have said. And I can’t remember exactly if he said ‘I thought’ or if ‘I heard.’ It’s like he implied that I had done this.

“For me, everything shattered in that moment,” she added. “He wasn’t trying to do anything more. But I looked up to him. He was my father’s age. He was this champion of women’s rights in my eyes and I couldn’t believe it was happening.”

For cited here.