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United States presidential election, 2020 (view source)
Revision as of 19:34, August 22, 2020
, 19:34, August 22, 2020→Back of the bus
Biden had binders full of women, one of whom he pledged to select as a running mate, including possibly a [[transgender]]. Biden did not clarify if he would possibly select a transgender transitioning from male to female or female to male.
Biden had binders full of women, one of whom he pledged to select as a running mate, including possibly a [[transgender]]. Biden did not clarify if he would possibly select a transgender transitioning from male to female or female to male.
Under DNC precedents, rape allegations and addiction to illegal narcotics is not a barrier to candidate recruitment in the Democratic party. In the case of former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum however, Gillum was likely rejected as a possible vice presidential choice on the basis of his race, ignoring the hard-fought [[white privilege|white male privilege]]d precedent established during the impeachment trial of former President [[Bill Clinton]] that "what a person does in their private life in nobody's business."
Under DNC precedents, rape allegations and addiction to illegal narcotics is not a barrier to candidate recruitment in the Democratic party. In the case of former Florida gubernatorial candidate [[Andrew Gillum]] however, Gillum was likely rejected as a possible vice presidential choice on the basis of his race, ignoring the hard-fought [[white privilege|white male privilege]]d precedent established during the impeachment trial of former President [[Bill Clinton]] that "what a person does in their private life in nobody's business."
During an interview with the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' in April 2020, Harris said in reference to [[Tara Reade]],
[[File:Tarareade2.png|right|300px|thumb|Biden and Tara Reade. Beginning in 1993 Reade made credible allegations about being assaulted and penetrated by Joe Biden and was hounded out of her job in his Senate office in retaliation for doing so.<ref>https://www.lifenews.com/2020/05/12/poll-bidens-support-among-women-drops-after-tara-reades-sexual-assault-allegations/</ref>]]
{{quotebox|“Listen, this woman has a right to tell her story, and I believe that, and I believe Joe Biden believes that, too. I’ve spent my whole career fighting like you said, Joe, to give women a voice, and this brings up I think a bigger structural issue frankly, which is that women must be able to speak without fear of retaliation…She has a right to tell her story, and she shouldn’t face any repercussions for that."<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/joe-biden-potential-running-mates-run-away-from-questions-of-tara-reade-sexual-assault-allegations</ref>}}
Reade told ''Newsbusters,
{{quotebox|“Journalists should be asking her pointedly why there was a smear campaign on me and why Kamala was so aggressive and assertive with [[Kavanaugh smear|[then-Supreme Court nominee Brett] Kavanaugh]] and here she knows there is a credible sexual assault accusation against Senator Biden...I don’t care if [[oligarch]]es or celebrities are supporting him. What is more important to me is sexual assault survivors are allowed to come forward and have their stories told. By coming out, I lost a lot. But I don’t regret it....To approach sexual violence as a partisan issue is not only dismissive to the survivors and dangerous to the victims. It is the reason why survivors are afraid to come forward,” Reade said. “The Democratic Party has become an enabler to sexual predators.”}}
Reade asked if Harris will “ignore it out of a will for power” or “will she hold Biden accountable? Will she be silent?”<ref>https://saraacarter.com/tara-reade-demands-media-question-harris-about-biden-allegations/</ref>
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