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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

The Biden Accusation

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

New York Times Opinion

New York Times, Journalism, News, Society & Culture, Ross Douthat

4.07.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

What should we make of an allegation of sexual assault lodged against Joe Biden? Frank, Ross and Michelle weigh evidence that supports and casts doubt on Tara Reade’s account, discuss the news media’s handling of Reade’s story and debate the similarities and differences between her accusation and other recent claims of sexual misconduct leveled at powerful men. Then, is the pandemic giving socialism in America a new gloss? For background reading on this episode, visit nytimes.com/theargument.

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0:00.0

I'm Michelle Goldberg.

0:01.5

I'm Ross Douthet.

0:03.1

I'm Frank Bruney, and this is the argument.

0:06.3

This week, some complicated questions about the Biden

0:14.0

candidacy.

0:15.0

He said she said is one thing, and he said she said she said

0:18.0

she said is another.

0:19.7

Then, will the coronavirus pandemic bring a socialism,

0:23.6

or at least a much sturdier social safety net?

0:26.3

Having this come along probably does create

0:29.3

sort of solidify a constituency for social democracy

0:32.4

that didn't exist 20 years ago.

0:35.2

And finally, a recommendation.

0:37.8

But I want to tell you that you can cut your own banks.

0:53.8

Now that he has Bernie Sanders' endorsement, Joe Biden

0:56.4

can pivot fully to his general election campaign.

0:59.4

But there has been a lot of attention this week

1:01.5

to a former Senate aide named Tara Reed, who

1:04.2

is accused Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993.

1:08.3

She charges that Biden pindered

1:09.9

a wall in a Senate building and reached under her clothing.

1:13.1

The Biden campaign says the allegation is false.

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