Criticism of former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2020 presidential election, has ramped up in the last week amid accusations that Biden sexually assaulted a former aide, Tara Reade, in the ’90s. And some of the most vocal of Biden’s supporters include women in the political realm, both because they’re disproportionately being asked to speak to Biden’s character—the implication being that standards for sexual assault are set by woman’s prerogative—and because bleak sycophantry is the current default for those in the Biden camp.
from the Larry King Show of Reade’s mother seeking advice for her daughter who experienced “problems” while working with a “prominent senator.”But Abrams has been gunning for the vice presidency before the Reade allegations went mainstream, and she’s willing to give the Biden campaign the biggest prize she can offer—herself, as tribute. The path she’s taking is treacherous.
Thus Abrams finds herself instigating a devils’ bargain: potentially advance her standing by defending Biden and risk blowback or miss her chance for higher office. Careerism must be a stronger motivator than trepidation for Abrams, who has set herself up as a ride or die advocate for Biden.was somewhat refreshing; it has long been seen as unbecoming to actively audition for the role, even though most politicians would surely leap at the opportunity.
The Daily Beast that, “Vice President Biden has spent over 40 years in public life advocating for women, and nothing in thereview [of Reade’s allegations] suggests anything other than what I already knew: that Joe Biden is a man of highest integrity who will make all women proud as our next president.”
The “highest integrity” is a powerful description. Plenty have integrity, but even the most honest and sincere among us would hesitate to boast that they’re someone of the
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