President Trump on Monday ripped Joe Biden’s denial of a decades-old sexual assault allegation by a former Senate staffer — and stated that Republicans get handled much more harshly than Democrats when accused of sexual misconduct.
“I imply, his selection of phrases weren’t excellent when he, you recognize, dismissed the allegation,” Trump stated of Biden throughout an interview with The Put up within the Oval Workplace.
“However he’s received to battle his personal battles, and we’ll see how he does.”
Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, flatly denied former aide Tara Reade’s declare throughout a Friday interview with “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, saying the alleged 1993 assault “by no means occurred,” whereas additionally refusing to open his Senate information held by the College of Delaware, citing previous speeches he’s made and engagements with overseas leaders.
Trump didn’t specify what a part of Biden’s denial he discovered fault with, however stated he believes that Republicans face far harsher scrutiny when accused of sexual misconduct.
Throughout his 2018 affirmation hearings, Supreme Court docket Justice Brett Kavanaugh “was handled extra unfairly than any human being I’ve ever seen. I’ve by no means seen something like,” Trump stated.
“He’s a fantastic man with a fantastic household,” Trump stated “And there’s by no means been a human being within the historical past of Congress that was handled worse than him.”
Kavanaugh confronted misconduct allegations courting to his teen and faculty years from Stanford College psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford, Yale College classmate Deborah Ramirez and different girls, a few of whom later recanted.
“And now within the meantime three of the ladies have recanted,” Trump stated.
“And the opposite one I don’t consider her for a second, which is Blasey Ford. As a result of the story doesn’t try. Even her pals and her household didn’t try. Every thing didn’t try together with the door. You understand, the double door, proper? You understand what I imply.”
He added: “Nothing checked out. And there’s ever been a human being who has been handled extra unfairly [than] a really fantastic man named Justice Kavanaugh.”
On Friday, Trump weighed in on Reade’s claims throughout a radio interview with conservative pundit Dan Bongino, saying that he had personally confronted “nonsense false accusations” from girls accusing him of misconduct and assault.
However Trump informed Bongino, “I watched Tara and he or she appears very credible.”