The MeToo movement is facing a new challenge: how to grapple with the allegations against Joe Biden without tearing itself apart
In 2017, actress Alyssa Milano became one of the early advocates for the #MeToo movement when she tweeted, “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted, write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” Legions of women went public with their stories in response.again — this time, to explain her self-described “silence” over sexual assault allegations against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made by ex-Senate aide Tara Reade.
“The disgusting behavior that Christine Blasey Ford had to deal with from the right is the disgusting behavior that Tara Reade is having to deal with from many on the left,” Uma Iyer, a spokeswoman for TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, said "funding for legal representation or public relations is not a given part of our process, and in this situation, we had to make a decision that abides by the strict 501 rules and regulations that necessarily govern our status."
“She did not come to me. I would have remembered her if she had. And I do not remember her,” Kaufman said. Then, the friend said, Reade told her that she was physically assaulted by Biden. The friend said she told Reade not to report the sexual assault to the police because it would have ruined her career. After the story broke, Reade filed a police report.
Critics of Reade say that she is politically motivated because she backed Bernie Sanders, who was Biden’s primary rival when she first went public with the more serious allegations in the press. They’ve also argued that she is unreliable because her story changed over time, and noted that she made positive comments about Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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