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As it has on a national scale, the question of whether there should be an independent investigation into Tara Reade’s sexual assault claim against Joe Biden has deepened divisions within the Santa Clara County Democratic Party.
Last week, a group of local Dems including Stanford law professor Michele Dauber, state Assembly candidate Alex Lee and Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority trustee Shay Franco-Clausen submitted a “Resolution to Believe All Women” to the local Democratic Central Committee.
The emergency resolution—sent to Party Chair Bill James less than an hour before the committee’s May 7 meeting—called for an impartial inquiry into the allegations and for Biden to pull out of the race if Reade’s testimony is deemed credible.
“Survivors and allies are tired of seeing powerful individuals, especially men, commit abuse freely without consequences,” read the statement authored by California Young Democrats Deputy Regional Director Jessica Matthew and fellow Dems Jennie Hutchinson and Johannes Muenzel.
For Matthew, the issue is personal. And for many Americans, the allegations took on new urgency after Reade spoke at length about them with ex-Fox host Megyn Kelly.
“As a survivor of sexual assault and harassment, I know how hard it is to come forward and share your story,” Matthew told Fly. “We are instantly judged, instantly silenced. Our pasts are looked at and scrutinized for reasons why we deserved it or asked for it. We need to believe women and take accusations of sexual assault seriously, no matter how much we respect and like the accused. Our local party platform states that we do not tolerate sexual harassment or assault and believe that all allegations should be investigated. That is exactly what we are asking.”
The Enough is Enough Voter Project led by Dauber began petitioning for an independent investigation into Reade’s claims on April 29 and, to this day, remains the only national women’s advocacy organization to do so. But the political action committee has since been joined by the New York Times editorial board and two Democratic U.S. senators.
“It’s incredibly disappointing that so many Democratic women leaders are defending Biden on the basis of his ‘good character’ and proclaiming that they do not believe Ms. Reade even though there has not yet been any real investigation,” Dauber said. “This sends the message to survivors that whether or not women leaders support you depends on who your assailant is and who his friends are. That is going to chill victims from coming forward. That is unacceptable.”
While 19 individuals signed on to the resolution, Silicon Valley party insiders say there are a number of members against the idea of scrutinizing Biden just months away from his run against another accused predator: Donald Trump.
I’m playing the low iq Trumper card. Blah blah blah, Biden didn’t do it and if he did than Biden was right for doing it. Biden is perfect and so are his kids, anyone who says otherwise has BDS and needs to stop talking about my perfect daddy
"HEY, LOOK OVER THERE! NO, NOT HERE, NOT AT MY SIDE! THERE! THERE ARE THE BAD GUYS! OVER THERE!"
Put your Trump balloon avatar back on. It's fun to watch you pretend like you have better standards than the Trumpers instead of being the mirror of their shameless partisan ball licking MO.
I guess we'll see.
I’m playing the low iq Trumper card. Blah blah blah, Biden didn’t do it and if he did than Biden was right for doing it. Biden is perfect and so are his kids, anyone who says otherwise has BDS and needs to stop talking about my perfect daddy
I have infinitely higher morals and standards than the insanely low iq right. That is precisely what separates the left from the right. The left has morals.
Back-to-back self-expose and grand-standing, ladies and gents.
We expect nothing less from the one and only despicable WR poster who once saw a girl getting roofied by a rapist and simply looked away.
Silicon Valley Dems Divided Over Biden Assault Allegations
https://www.sanjoseinside.com/the-fly/silicon-valley-dems-divided-over-biden-assault-allegations/
The left has morals.
InvestigatorILBack-to-back self-expose and grand-standing, ladies and gents.
We expect nothing less from the one and only despicable WR poster who once saw a girl getting roofied by a rapist and simply looked away.
I have infinitely higher morals and standards than the insanely low iq right. That is precisely what separates the left from the right. The left has morals. Sexual assault allegations can destroy a Democrat’s political career. For some reason when it’s a Republican it actually makes enhances their career
I have infinitely higher morals and standards than the insanely low iq right. That is precisely what separates the left from the right. The left has morals. Sexual assault allegations can destroy a Democrat’s political career. For some reason when it’s a Republican it actually makes enhances their career
New poll shows that Republicans have become the party of #MeToo backlash
By Zack Beauchamp | Oct 3, 2018
A new poll is the latest evidence of a dramatic partisan breakdown over what to do about sexual assault allegations: A majority of Republicans are willing to support political candidates who face multiple accusations of sexual assault, while a vast majority of Democrats are not.
The poll, released on Wednesday morning by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute, asked a representative sample of Americans this question: “If a political candidate has been accused of sexual assault by multiple people, would you still consider voting for them if you agreed with them on the issues, or would you definitely not vote for them?”
Fifty-six percent of Republicans said they would consider voting for a candidate who had been accused by multiple people; only 34 percent said they would not. By contrast, 81 percent of Democrats said they would not vote for such a candidate, and only 16 percent said they’d consider it.
What’s going here is a classic divide over social change. The Democratic Party, in keeping with its social credo, has fully embraced the #MeToo movement: both its leaders and rank-and-file members committing to the idea that sexual assault is underreported and that victims deserve to be heard.
So this poll helps explain why Republicans are going forward with Kavanaugh, sure. But it also explains the growing divide over gender and social change in the United States — with Democrats embracing shifting norms and the GOP fully embodying its role as the party of backlash.
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In a few months, when it's time to walk the walk, we will see how many honest people will actually lives up to their own moral standard for social justice, and how many dishonest people will be exposed to be every bit the shitty "for thee but not for me" hypocrites as the disgusting politicians in Washington.
If you are an honest and self-respecting Democrat with principles who steadfastly refuses to be a hypocrite, please check in here so the WR can give you the recognition that you deserve!
If you ARE a lying #MeToo hypocrite (which is even worse than the Republicans who were actually being honest in the poll), you may identify yourself as such with the usual deflecting and whataboutism instead, to cover up the fact that you actually have no real principles when it comes to #BelieveAllWomen after all.