A 1993 Larry King interview adds evidence to Tara Reade's sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden.

Joe Biden. The Federalist. 

A newly discovered clip from Larry King adds evidence to Tara Reade's sexual assault allegations against presidential candidate Joe Biden. The Federalist. In the clip Reade's mother asked how a staffer could deal with a problem with a Senator that had not been dealt with properly. She said that her daughter had not gone to the press out of respect. The story corroborates some of Reade's claims, who said that Biden sexually assaulted her. Her mother did not mention sexual assault or harassment but did substantiate her claims that she had gone through the complaint system and did not go anywhere. Reade's brother and friend have also confirmed that Reade had told them at the time that Biden had harassed and raped her.

Video👇🏻@ReadeAlexandra — is this your Mom’s voice? https://t.co/ospBhlKSvb pic.twitter.com/r5WsXJ2vQb

— Rich McHugh (@RichMcHugh) April 24, 2020

My Comment:
A quick note one the video. I included both a link to a twitter post as well as a YouTube link as I am afraid that one or both are deleted. I will also post the transcript of the call below:

 KING: San Luis Obispo, California, hello.

CALLER: Yes, hello. I’m wondering what a staffer would do besides go to the press in Washington? My daughter has just left there, after working for a prominent senator, and could not get through with her problems at all, and the only thing she could have done was go to the press, and she chose not to do it out of respect for him.

KING: In other words, she had a story to tell but, out of respect for the person she worked for, she didn’t tell it?

CALLER: That’s true.

This isn't strong evidence that Reade's sexual assault allegations are true but at the very least they seem to prove that Reade's comments about trying to deal with Joe Biden through the system are more likely. If her mom was commenting about the allegations to Larry King back in 1993 than I think it's pretty clear that Reade's problems with Biden aren't new and aren't due to her being upset that Bernie Sanders lost the nomination (she supported Sanders in the primary).

Does that mean that Joe Biden is guilty? Not at all. It's still a he said, she said allegation with no direct evidence of wrong doing. The story could still be made up, but if it was it was made up 30 years ago and Reade told a lot of people about it.

Do I think Biden is guilty? Probably. He's always struck me as a creepy guy. There are so many videos of him practically groping people on camera, including small children. If unimpeachable evidence came out that Biden had assaulted someone I would not be surprised at all.

Still, I have always said that without a fair trial, strong evidence of guilt or a confession we should treat all claims of sexual assault with more than a little suspicion. When those accusations are against a political figure that goes double. The sad fact is that people lie about sexual assault all the time.

But I can't help but think that the Democrats are being hypocritical here. When dubious accusations were raised against Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh we were told to believe women no matter what. To the credit of some, there are a few people saying we should believe Tara Reade. But the majority of Democrats? Believing women went right out the window when it became politically inconvenient.

Will it hurt Joe Biden though? Maybe. It does seem like this story is getting mainstream attention. The main news networks seem to be ignoring it and the establishment cheerleaders like the Huffington Post are just embracing the hypocrisy. But others, like The Intercept and The Guardian, are covering this story, along with conservative outlets.

And I do think there will be some voters who just won't be able to vote for someone who is accused of rape. Those people won't vote for President Trump either but they won't vote for Joe Biden either. They might have been able to hold their nose and vote for Hillary Clinton as it was only her husband that was accused of sexual assault, but they won't be able to do so with Biden. That might hurt him come November.

Plus this story is still just starting. With the Coronavirus dominating the news it is under the radar for now but as the pandemic fades as summer hits (I hope) we will go back to political news and this should be the number one story until the election. And I wouldn't be surprised if more people come forward before this election is over.