When It Comes to Suppressing Sexual Harassment Scandals, Bernie Sanders a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

“The only time Sanders mentioned the allegation against Biden was earlier this month during an interview with CBS, in which the Vermont lawmaker asserted that “any woman who feels that she was assaulted has every right in the world to stand up and make her claims." But Sanders added that he did not know enough about the claims to comment further. (Fox News) “I think that she has the right to make her claims and get a public hearing and the public will make their own conclusions about it,” Sanders said. “I just don't know enough about it to comment further. All right.”

“Sanders, who just days before that interview endorsed Biden’s White House bid upon dropping out of the race, has not publicly commented on the matter since. Fox News has reached out on multiple occasions to Sanders campaign officials and political aides, and has yet to receive a response.” (Fox News) “The allegation against Biden was made by Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer, who claims that in 1993 she was asked by a more senior member of then-Sen. Biden’s staff to bring Biden his gym bag near the Capitol building, which led to the encounter in question. “He greeted me, he remembered my name, and then we were alone. It was the strangest thing,” Reade told podcast host Katie Halper. “There was no like, exchange really. He just had me up against the wall.” She continued: “His hands were on me and underneath my clothes, and he went down my skirt and then up inside it and he penetrated me with his fingers and he was kissing me at the same time and he was saying some things to me.”

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“Reade’s claims have drawn a forceful blowback from many of Sanders' supporters and former aides, with some calling on Biden to drop out of the presidential race and accusing Democrats of trying to suppress progressive voices within the party. “Nick Brana, Sanders’ former national outreach coordinator, tweeted over the weekend that the Democratic National Committee should either force Biden to drop out or “admit that suppressing progressives is the true purpose of your party.”

“Why wasn’t it until it got to the stage where lawmakers in both parties agreed to move from “voluntary” support for sexual harassment awareness training to “mandatory” sexual harassment training for legislative branch staffers, and until it was revealed that “about $15 million in taxpayer dollars has been paid out by the house on behalf of harassers in the last 10 to 15 years,” that lawmakers saw fit to let their constituents in on the dirty secret that “congressmen expose their genitals and grab private parts—on the House Floor?!” Three female reps, “Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), “Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and “Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) who brought forward the charge about congressmen exposing their genitals and grabbing private parts—on the House Floor, told a tawdry tale.

“None of the three female lawmakers accused any of their colleagues practicing sexual harassment by name. Comstock said she heard the story secondhand and did not know the lawmaker’s identity, only that he is still a member of Congress. (CFP) “How is it even possible that Comstock does not know the lawmaker’s identity but that he’s still a member of congress?” “We do know there is about $15 million that has been paid out by the House on behalf of harassers in the last 10 to 15 years,” Speier revealed. “Well, I think you do have the right to know. But right now, under the system, you don’t have a right to know,” Speier said at the time.” “The reality is that until all Congress sexual harassers and Capitol Hill flashers are outed by name, the public can suspect all elected officials of dirty deeds. “As of Dec. 20, 2018 Members of Congress will no longer be able to rely on taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment and sexual misconduct claims, thanks to legislation passed just this week.”

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