Andrew Cuomo says he believes Biden is telling truth on Tara Reade
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that he believes Joe Biden is telling the truth regarding the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s claims that he never sexually assaulted his former staffer Tara Reade.
“It’s a difficult situation,” Cuomo told WAMC radio host Alan Chartock. “Everybody respects a woman’s right and responsibility to come forward and she did, and we encourage that all across the board. Joe Biden denies it, obviously he’s done that already.”
“I think it’s one of those issues that, it’s gonna’ be up to people to decide,” Cuomo said. “For myself I’ve known Joe Biden a number of years. He has always been straight forward and true to his word, so I accept his word.”
Cuomo pointed out that “just in general, it’s a political time, people make accusations. They don’t need any basis for it.”
“Anybody can say anything, and then if you’re in elected office you can defend it to the best you can,” the governor said. “But the ‘do you beat your wife? When did you stop beating your wife?’ You know those accusations, they’re just ugly, they can have no basis to them but you know people are free to make them.”
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