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Biden: “If they believe Tara Reade, they probably shouldn't vote for me. I wouldn’t vote for me if I believed Tara Reade."
- Thread starter Lord Arcadio
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Why is this a bad thing for him to say? It is consistent with his stated position of supporting women and his stated position of innocence in this matter.
He's just being very upfront and honest about things.
I guess he should have handled it like Trump by attacking the person and people who beleive her instead of this?
It's not a bad thing to say
It's bad that he's in a position where voting for him is one of the most important acts of our lifetimes, given that even he thinks people shouldn't vote for him
He's mixing voting for him with the implication of not believing/caring about the sexual assault allegations against him, which is shitty.
Yeah but nobody wants that. It was totally unnecessary. He could have just kept it to his previous comments, people had already started moving on. It's dumb.
Uh...because the accusations against him are credible and it's generally a very bad idea to tell people to not vote for you, especially when they have good reason not to?
Reade has also said that people can believe her and still vote for Biden, which shows a lot more humility and understanding of the situation for voters who are unsure of what they should do.
This too. IF he's elected, which I can't fucking believe isn't actually a given, he's totally going to use that as a referendum to say most people believe he didn't assault Tara Reade.
I'm gonna vote for this dude, because I literally cannot not-vote for him, but I believe her.
That is what he's doing, he is saying he doesn't want their votes.
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The way some of y'all dramatize this stuff omg.
as someone who isn't thrilled with Biden as the dem nominee I don't see anything wrong with what he said. People who have already made up their mind wouldn't vote for him regardless.
He's basically maintaining his innocence and not trying to disparage Tara Reade. This isn't one of his classic foot in mouth moments.
He's basically maintaining his innocence and not trying to disparage Tara Reade. This isn't one of his classic foot in mouth moments.
People would not have been happy with any answer. A person who is running on his character and his history of being an advocate for women's rights, is asked what he should say to people who believe her and have reservations about voting for him.
It's honestly a good answer that doesn't diminish people's concerns about sexual assault. God forbid had he said "too bad, it's me or Trump," or anything else that would have just brushed it away.
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Three votes for Trump?
Of course not but he's not saying to not vote for him, at all.
You know, this idea of trying to push potential voters away from you when you're the only option against a full blown fascist banana republic doesn't seem to be the smart marketing strategy I think Joe Biden thinks it is.
He's already running into this with awful momentum. He polls like a third party candidate amongst Millennials. He really, really, really needs to stop with with this "well if you don't like X then just don't vote for me." This is more dangerous than the elusive Bernie Buster bullshit because he's telling people to do this.
He's already running into this with awful momentum. He polls like a third party candidate amongst Millennials. He really, really, really needs to stop with with this "well if you don't like X then just don't vote for me." This is more dangerous than the elusive Bernie Buster bullshit because he's telling people to do this.
Biden won't mention Reade after winning lol, you think he's going to brag or something?
Please stop ruining our daily Biden pinata thread! How else can we feel morally justified in NOT helping to block Trump from a second term?
Are you shaming me for not wanting to vote for an alleged rapist?
The presumed Democratic nominee said, if I believe Tara Reade I probably shouldn't vote for him.
So I'm not voting for him. I see what he's trying to do and I frankly think it's fucking disgusting.
I'm certain that, even if he wins, the lawsuit is still going to go on, so yes, I expect him to mention it.
No, he is. Plenty of people believe her and were still going to vote for him because they felt too much was at stake not to. This statement is telling them not to bother. It's completely discounting that position and frankly insulting to people who have the audacity to...believe a woman when she says she was assaulted by a man with a history of predatory behavior.
Are you honestly maintaining the position that getting Trump the hell out of office isn't the top priority for this country?
If this clip changed your mind you weren't anyways, let's be honest now. But the vote shaming is totally inappropriate.
Summer Zervos's is as well and Trump says fuck-all about it. Biden's not stupid.
It's fantastic attack ad material.