Who could have guessed that the same party that disingenuously created the #BelieveAllWomen rallying cry for partisan political purposes would evaporate two years later once their presumptive presidential nominee stood accused?
That is precisely what is taking place right now, as we speak, in Washington, D.C., and beyond. Democratic women, including some who stand to directly benefit from coddling Joe Biden’s ego, begrudgingly go on the record to pretend they still support women while simultaneously proclaiming they believe Biden and not his accuser Tara Reade.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), however, is traveling on a different path in all this. Manu Raju, in a rare act of actual journalism for a CNN reporter, got the longtime Senator and prominent Biden supporter/booster to go on the record Thursday with her thoughts on Reade’s allegations. And boy, were they something.
Here’s the Twitter thread Raju posted:
That sure was a rather revealing exchange, especially when you consider Feinstein’s position on Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegations against then-SCOTUS nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh in 2018:
Is it okay to ask questions about Reade’s claims? Sure. Is it okay to base your standards for judging those claims on the party affiliation of the man accused and/or your future political ambitions? No, it is absolutely not okay to do that, especially for a powerful, sitting United States Senator.
Failed presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) tried and failed to have it both ways on supporting women and Biden at the same time, but ducked out when asked about Democratic double standards:
I’ll be among the many who welcome the demise of the whole “Believe All Women” farce. Unfortunately, that it’s happening at the expense of a woman whose claims of a vile sexual assault look increasingly credible day by day is unfortunate. I’ve never believed we should automatically “Believe All Women,” but I am starting to believe Tara Reade is telling the truth.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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