Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) weighed in on Tara Reade’s allegations of sexual misconduct against presumed Democratic nominee Joe Biden, on CNN's State of the Union with Jake Tapper. Gov. Whitmer followed the trend of other national Democrats and Biden allies and threw her support behind the former vice president. The Michigan Democrat and vice presidential hopeful echoed Speaker Pelosi’s defense of Biden, in which Pelosi claimed that “Joe Biden is Joe Biden:”
Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer echoes Nancy Pelosi on Reade allegation: “Joe Biden is who he says he is”https://t.co/sHp38FD3Ll pic.twitter.com/1TzDVb2LL6
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 3, 2020
“We owe it to every woman who has a story to, to listen to that story and then vet that story… I don’t believe that it’s consistent with the Joe Biden I know and I do believe Joe Biden,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reacts to Tara Reade's allegation against Biden. #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/5h0fvzgV4K
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) May 3, 2020
Jake Tapper pressed Gov. Whitmer about the egregious double standard employed by Democrats in the handling of misconduct allegations:
“You said you believe Vice President Biden. I want to compare that to 2018 when you said you believed Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford after she accused now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh of assault. Kavanaugh also, like Biden, categorically denied that accusation and Blasey-Ford, to be honest, she did not have the contemporaneous accounts of her view of what happened that Tara Reade does... Why do you believe Biden and not Kavanaugh? Are they not both entitled to the same presumption of innocence regardless of their political views?”
Gov. Whitmer claimed that not all allegations are equal:
"Not every claim [of sexual assault] is equal."@GovWhitmer says "there’s not a pattern...and I think for these reasons, I’m very comfortable that Joe Biden is who he says he is." pic.twitter.com/L7nZpA6JHX
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 3, 2020
Michigan Gov. Whitmer On Biden vs. Kavanaugh Sex Allegations: "Not Every Claim Is The Same" https://t.co/E0VJnoqkN6
— RCP Video (@rcpvideo) May 3, 2020
Obnoxious Whitmer suggests all sexual assault survivors are comfortable with Joe Biden
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) May 3, 2020
& chides @jaketapper for asking a highly relevant question about current news. https://t.co/fTFvEXJdDm
Gov. Whitmer claimed that there is no pattern of inappropriate behavior by Joe Biden, but in the case of Brett Kavanaugh, no such pattern existed either, but Gov. Whitmer still claimed to believe Dr. Ford on her word alone.
I believe Dr. Ford
— Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) September 27, 2018
Gov. Whitmer’s defense of Biden is unsurprising, as the Michigan Democrat hopes to be picked as his running mate; the glaring double standard used by Gov. Whitmer and other Democrats to assess the validity of allegations comes with an ideological litmus test. Democrats’ selective commitment to “believing women” makes their real agenda, which has nothing to do with helping women and everything to do with furthering Democratic policies, abundantly clear.
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