NEW: Hillary Clinton endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president Tuesday, joining him as the surprise special guest for a virtual “Women’s Town Hall” event.
Clinton emphasized her endorsement came from a personal level, as a friend and longtime colleague of Biden’s.The endorsement, and conversation about the disadvantages many women in the United States are experiencing during the coronavirus pandemic, comes just one day after a womanBiden’s campaign has vehemently denied the claims, made by former Senate office staffer Tara Reade, who alleges Biden assaulted her in the Capitol Building in the 1990s.
Biden, who has not yet addressed the most recent allegations publicly, emphasized his record introducing the Violence Against Women Act in Congress during the virtual town hall with Clinton, and called for more support for women currently forced to adhere to stay at home orders with their abusers. The Democratic Party’s consolidation behind Biden has been among the Biden campaign’s biggest messages going into the general election: that Biden can unify the party to beat President Donald Trump. Women voters play a big role in that; a recentshowed Trump losing to Biden among women by 30 points. Biden has already made a nod to that reality pledging to nominate a woman as his running mate.
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