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- April 25, 2020
- 2:35 am
Biden Accuser’s Mom
Newly-resurfaced video from decades ago lends support to allegations against Joe Biden.
How are the claims made by Tara Reade against Joe Biden being impacted by the emergence of this video?
In recent developments surrounding the sexual assault allegations made against US Presidential candidate Joe Biden, a video has surfaced in which the mother of his accuser is allegedly heard calling into CNN’s Larry King Live show in 1993, discussing her daughter’s experience with a US Senator.
The now-deceased King himself introduces the caller as being from San Luis Obispo, California, and referring to the experience as a “problem” which her daughter had, she asks King and his panel of guests for advice on what action they should take.
While the voice in the video has not been confirmed as belonging to the mother of Tara Reade, a former staff assistant for Biden when he was a US Senator in the early 1990s, the details of her call suggest that the subject of the discussion is indeed the same claim of sexual assault Reade has made against Biden.
Biden has categorically denied the allegations, which date back to 1993, but the video’s emergence casts further doubt on this, particularly given Reade’s assertions that she informed several people of the incident at the time.
Coinciding with the completed paperwork for Biden’s formal nomination, this development poses significant problems for the former Vice President, whose campaign has relied heavily on his perception as a safe and stable option in opposition to Donald Trump.
Several prominent Democrats have been placed in an uncomfortable position following the surfacing of the video, with many having supported Biden’s bid on grounds of his being a necessary counter to the current administration’s excesses.
While the video itself does not confirm the allegations against Biden, it does fuel further speculation and, in the era of the #MeToo movement and the ongoing struggle against sexual harassment and assault, presents challenges for the way in which politicians and society at large are expected to respond to such accusations.
