What Joe Biden said @ Tara Reade on @Lawrence last night: "..let me get something clear. When a woman makes a claim that she has been harassed or abused, and this claim has changed, has gone up, but harassed or abused, she should be taken seriously. She should come forward,
2-"share her story, she should be taken seriously, and should be thoroughly vetted ... in every case, what matters is the truth. Truth is what matters. And the truth of the case is nothing like this ever, ever happened. She has a right to be heard but then should be vetted.."
3-"and the truth ultimately matters. And I give you my word, it never ever happened.”
To women who believe Reade: “Well, I think they should vote their heart. If they believe Tara Reade, they probably shouldn’t vote for me. I wouldn’t vote for me if I believe Tara Reade.
To women who believe Reade: “Well, I think they should vote their heart. If they believe Tara Reade, they probably shouldn’t vote for me. I wouldn’t vote for me if I believe Tara Reade.
4-"The fact is that-look at [her] story. It changes considerably..but I don’t want to question her motive. I don’t want to question anything other than to say the truth matters. This is being vetted. It’s been vetted.
5-"They went and people interviewed scores of my employees over my whole career...This is just totally, thoroughly, completely out of character, and the idea that in a public place in a hallway, I would assault a woman?
6-"I promise you, it never happened. It should be vetted. She should be thoroughly looked at and whether or not these happened, look at the story, follow the story line and determine whether there’s any truth to it. And there is no truth to it. I promise you.” #FridayFeeling
