After giving the finger -not just to Tara Reade, but also to MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski, it seems Joe's
backing-up his innocence by having his devotees make 'creepy' calls. Maybe he just wants to see
more leg.
backing-up his innocence by having his devotees make 'creepy' calls. Maybe he just wants to see
more leg.
Quote:Tara Reade says 'creepy' voice messages, online harassment targeting her, family.Fox News:
' Tara Reade says she is facing an onslaught of online harassment and is concerned about the safety of
her family after becoming the center of a political firestorm over her sexual-assault allegation against her
former boss Joe Biden.
"I find it astounding -- the hypocrisy that Democrats are talking about women being able to tell their story
safely," Reade told Fox News on Saturday.
"I'm a Democrat, a lifelong Democrat, but yet here I am trying to talk about my history with Joe Biden and
I'm just the target of online harassment."
Reade said fake social media accounts have been created to impersonate her, pointing to one Facebook
account with uploaded personal pictures of her and her family, and posts not authored by her.
A screenshot of one post was shared on Twitter by an apparent Biden supporter named Naomi Block,
falsely accusing Reade of "deliberately tossing [Christine Blasey Ford] under the dang bus," referring
to a fake quote from the account.
The Facebook page, which was using the handle "@TaraReada," also listed a fake website that used Reade's
full name. Facebook did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment regarding if that page
violates the platform's policies.
Reade told Fox News that the home address of a family member was plastered online and that person received
four "creepy" calls on Friday night, all within 30 minutes, from an unknown number.
In two voice messages obtained by Fox News, a caller appeared to have posed as a journalist seeking to speak
with Reade.
"Hi Ms. Reade, this is Dave Johnson from the Observer, a small New York newspaper," the voice says before
laughing uncontrollably, later saying "Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself" and "Trump 2020."
In the second voice message, which was the third attempt at calling Reade's family member, the caller says:
"Hey Tara, this is Dave Johnson with the Observer and I would really love, I'd really appreciate a call back so we
can discuss your new powerful allegation against Vice President Biden.
I think you're setting a tone and underscoring a double standard put forth by the Me Too movement, so I'd really
appreciate it if you could just call me back, give me a couple of quick questions."
Reade has also received numerous threatening messages, she said. In one email obtained by Fox News, someone
named "Linda Dubois" called Reade a "f---ing whore" and a "disgrace to womanhood" for coming forward with her
claims against Biden.
"You are a rip-roaring b---h and the great majority of Americans don’t believe you anyhow... I hope you drop dead,"
the person wrote. One prominent Biden ally was also apparently aiming for Reade. Jon Cooper, a former chair of
the Democratic Coalition, questioned if Reade was "unbalanced" or "was driven by malicious motives."
"This is an example [of] what I am dealing with in addition to the threats and harassment online," Reade tweeted
about Cooper.
Quote:Jon Cooper Flag of United States
@joncoopertweets
I don’t know if Tara Reade is unbalanced or was driven by malicious motives, but it’s clear that this story
is OVER. Now let’s get back to the REAL issues, like Trump’s incompetence that has led to the deaths
of nearly 70,000 Americans, with 30 million filing for unemployment.
"This is something that really has to stop and I'm just wondering where this is coming from," Reade told Fox News.
"Are these just fanatic supporters? And if so, what does that say about our Democratic voters? Why are they targeting
me when the party line is supposed to be allowing people to be safe? Why are they targeting my family and myself
and making my family frightened?"
She added: "It creates barriers for survivors to want to come forward and talk about difficult things that have happened.
And in my case, talking about how Joe Biden sexually harassed and sexually assaulted me is very excruciating and
enough by itself, but then to be targeted and harassed and have my whole family targeted and harassed online by
people that call themselves his supporters is not only just upsetting, it's frightening."
On Friday, Biden finally broke his silence about the 1993 allegations made by Reade, telling MSNBC that the sexual
harassment and assault she claims "never happened."...'
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