Biden campaign sends memo to supporters to deny Tara Reade allegations

• Joe Biden’s campaign has reportedly instructed his supporters to deny the sexual assault allegations made by Tara Reade.
• The memo inaccurately claims that the investigative report by The New York Times found that the incident did not happen.
• But the Times report did not present a conclusion on the credibility of Reade’s allegation, only that there have been no previous sexual assault allegations against Biden.

Joe Biden’s campaign has reportedly sent a memo to his supporters instructing them to deny the sexual assault allegations made by Tara Reade and say that the incident “did not happen.”

Reade had claimed that Biden assaulted her in 1993 when she was working as a staffer for the then-senator. She claimed that he pinned her against a wall, reached under her skirt, and assaulted her.

Biden himself has not yet addressed the accusation. His campaign, however, claims that the investigative report by The New York Times found it to be untrue.

The memo, which was obtained by Buzzfeed News, read: “Biden believes that all women have the right to be heard and to have their claims thoroughly reviewed. In this case, a thorough review by the New York Times has led to the truth: this incident did not happen.”

But the Times report had not presented a conclusion on the credibility of Reade’s allegation. What it did point out was that there have been no previous sexual assault allegations against Biden, which was reiterated by the campaign’s memo.

The memo concluded: “Here’s the bottom line. Vice President Joe Biden has spent over 40 years in public life: 36 years in the Senate; 7 Senate campaigns, 2 previous presidential runs, two vice presidential campaigns, and 8 years in the White House. There has never been a complaint, allegation, hint, or rumor of any impropriety or inappropriate conduct like this regarding him — ever.”

The talking points appear very similar to what former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said in an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday night.

Abrams stated, “I believe that women deserve to be heard and I believe they need to be listened to, but I also believe that those allegations have to be investigated by credible sources.”

“The New York Times did a deep investigation and they found that the accusation was not credible. I believe Joe Biden.”

Abrams, who is also openly campaigning to be Biden’s vice president, proceeded to hail Biden’s “love of family.” She concluded, “I know Joe Biden and I think he’s telling the truth and that this did not happen.”

The accusations against the presumptive Democratic nominee has put several party members in a difficult position, especially since they supported Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, during his 2018 confirmation hearings.

Reade’s accusation was corroborated this week by her former neighbor, who said that Reade confided in her about the incident in the mid-1990s.

Source: New York Post