The 2020 election season was thrown a curve ball when the spread of coronavirus across the U.S intensified in March. By early April, former Vice President Joe Biden was the only candidate left standing.
Around the same time that Biden became the apparent nominee, a woman named Tara Reade alleged in a podcast interview that Biden sexually assaulted her when she was a staffer on his senate team in 1993.
Recent polling shows voters are split on whether or not they believe the allegation against Biden. When it comes to women voters, will this allegation hurt Biden’s bid for the presidency?
Host Trymaine Lee speaks with NBC News Political Reporter Ali Vitali about her original reporting on the allegation against Joe Biden, including her conversation with Reade herself. Lee and Vitali also talk to two different women about how they are processing the allegation and what it means for their vote come November.
Further Reading:
- Here are the facts regarding Tara Reade’s allegation against Joe Biden
- Woman broadens claims against Biden to include sexual assault
- Biden accuser Tara Reade ‘not sure’ what complaint she claims was filed with Senate says
- ‘I wouldn’t vote for me if I believed Tara Reade’: Biden says about sexual harassment allegations
Find the transcript here.
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