'I think it's legitimate to talk about these things,' Ocasio-Cortez said. 'If we again want to have integrity, you can't say, you know, both believe women, support all of this, until it inconveniences you.'
New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Tuesday night that she believes the Democratic Party has an obligation to examine a sexual assault allegation made against presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden by Tara Reade, his former aide when he served as Delaware's senator.
While Biden has denied Reade's accusation, Ocasio-Cortez said that not discussing #MeToo issues in order to improve Biden's chances of beating President Donald Trump during the November election is the"exact opposite of integrity."
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