Joe Biden says people who believe Tara Reade’s sex assault claim ‘probably shouldn’t vote’ for him
JOE Biden says all those who believe Tara Reade's sex assault allegations against him "probably shouldn't" vote for him.
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has continued to deny he pushed the former staffer up against a wall and attacked her in a Capitol Hill office building nearly three decades ago.
Biden said during an interview on : “I think they should vote with their heart and if they believe Tara Reade, they probably shouldn’t vote for me.
“I wouldn’t vote for me if I believed Tara Reade.”
Biden told Lawrence O’Donnell he didn't remember Ms Reade when she worked for less than a year in his Senate office in 1993.
At the time, he was already two decades into his 36-year Senate tenure.
He also pointed to changes in her story, saying: “Look at Tara Reade’s story, it changes considerably.”
Since Reade went public with the allegations her narrative has swung from accusations Biden touched her shoulders in a way that made her uncomfortable to more damning claims he put his hand up her skirt and sexually assaulted her with his fingers.
Biden has emphatically denied all allegations.
He said: “The truth matters. This is being vetted, it’s been vetted.
"This is just totally, thoroughly, completely out of character and the idea that in a public place in a hallway, I would assault a woman? I promise you, it never happened."
I wouldn’t vote for me if I believed Tara Reade.
Joe Biden
Earlier this month, former staff assistant Tara Reade and accused him of attacking her in the Senate corridor in 1993.
In an interview with Megyn Kelly, Reade said Biden should drop out of the presidential race.
The former Senate aide claimed Biden does not have the "character" for the presidency in her first sit down interview since he publicly denied the allegations.
She said she was bringing Biden's gym bag to his Senate office when the alleged assault took place.
Reade claims that Biden pushed her against a wall while kissing her neck, then shoved his hand under her skirt and sexually assaulted her.
Biden then allegedly asked the young aide: "Do you want to go somewhere else?"
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Reade filed the complaint despite the fact the statute of limitations had run out in the case, saying it was for her own protection.
She also claims to have filed a complaint with the personnel office on Capitol Hill in 1993 after comments made by Biden made her feel uncomfortable.
In that complaint she made no mention of any assault.
Reade said she spoke to three supervisors at the time as well, whom she identified by name.
None of those individuals recall having that conversation.
A friend of Reade's did however say that she knew about the situation with Biden and was the one who encouraged Reade to file a report.
Biden has and released a written statement to address the accusations, saying: "They aren’t true. This never happened."
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He added: "I am not going to attack her. I have a right to say, look at the facts, check it out.
"This never, ever happened. I don't know what is motivating her. It never happened. Period. I am not going to start questioning her motive, I am not going to go after Reade for saying these things."
Biden added: "There have been no complaints made against me in terms of my senate career.
"There is nothing for me to hide, nothing at all".
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