Tara Reade Biden allegation megathread

[Ogre Mage]

The way the Democrats are treating this allegation vs Ford's is disgusting.

Al Franken.

[Ogre Mage]

What is even going on any more

At the rate this is going, I am waiting for Reade to say that Biden kidnapped her and impregnated her with extraterrestrial DNA.  All the female politicians Biden is considering for VP inserted a microchip into the back of her neck.  She tried to file a complaint, but the Cigarette Smoking Man made it disappear.  THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE.

[Ogre Mage]

Is she trying to destroy Kamala too bc she thinks she may be the VP?

That is a solid theory.

[Ogre Mage]

Here’s what I think is plausible: c.1993, Joe Biden, without any consent, touched Tara Reade in a weird and uncomfortable way, said something bizarre and awkward, and this understandably freaked her the f—ck out. Since Biden was her boss, a powerful US Senator, and 22 years her senior, this is deeply problematic and disturbing, even if it doesn’t qualify as sexual assault. I think Reade might have psychological trauma (not just from this incident necessarily) and/or is manipulating media outlets by embellishing her accusations, but that doesn’t rule out the scenario that I described above, nor does it make it okay in any way - assuming it happened like that (which again, I find entirely plausible).

When Reade told her original story in 2019 about being touched by Biden on her neck and shoulders in an uncomfortable way, I found it plausible at the time.  It was very similar to stories a number of other women told about Biden (not to mention past photos).  That was a minor contributing factor to me not being a Biden supporter at the start of the Democratic Primary.

Fast forward a year later Reade has changed the story to outright rape and changed other aspects of the story so many times (whether or not she filed a complaint, the circumstances of her leaving Senate employment, etc.) the entire thing has become ridiculous.  Furthermore, she has shown a pattern of bizarre, erratic and con-artist behavior.  I really rolled my eyes when she tried to implicate Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren.  

Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer who has accused Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993, claimed Friday in an interview with Megyn Kelly that she brought her allegation to the 2020 presidential campaigns of Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris.

https://www.axios.com/tara-reade-biden-sexual-assault-854e0c07-87a7-4f49-9409-c0ce47ab6876.html

Yeah, she just happened to bring her accusation to two Democratic women who are on Biden's short list for VP.    You can smell the bull$h*t she's trying to pull from five miles away.

[Ogre Mage]

Biden just told 37% of people not to vote for him. Great start to his campaign. He'll be in 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in no time.

“Over the past decade, Reade has left a trail of aggrieved acquaintances in California’s Central Coast region, who say they remember two things about her — she spoke favorably about her time working for Biden, and she left them feeling duped,” Politico reports.

“A number of those in close contact with Reade over the past 12 years, a period in which she went by the names Tara Reade, Tara McCabe or Alexandra McCabe, laid out a familiar pattern: Reade ingratiated herself, explained she was down on her luck and needed help, and eventually took advantage of their goodwill to extract money, skip rent payments or walk out on other bills.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/15/tara-reade-left-trail-of-aggrieved-acquaintances-260771

[Ogre Mage]

Tara Reade lawyer sends ‘cease and desist’ letter to critic

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After receiving the letter Sunday, Hummer hired an attorney who now accuses Reade’s lawyers of trying to silence his client.

“I find it very ironic that her attorney is trying to bully witnesses when he is claiming that is what’s happening to her in the Joe Biden case,” Hummer’s attorney, Pat Harris told POLITICO. “The last thing in the world that Tara Reade wants to do is meet Lynn Hummer in the courtroom.

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Harris said his client isn’t going to back down.

“We’ll be more than happy to provide actual physical evidence that backs up Ms. Hummer’s story,” Harris said. “All Reade has is a lawyer trying to bully my client.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/18/tara-reade-biden-cease-letter-266447

Hummer is going to "reade" her for filth, lol.

Karma's a b*tch.