'You are complicit with rape': Tara Reade blasts Nancy Pelosi for 'silencing' her sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden after the Speaker said Congress 'stands with survivors'
Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who claimed Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993, has slammed Nancy Pelosi for claiming Congress 'stands with survivors'.
The 57-year-old alleged last year that Biden attacked her in a Capitol Hill office building when she was a staff assistant in his office.
Biden vehemently denied the claim that he pushed her against a wall and carried out the assault.
On Monday, House Speaker Pelosi shared a statement to commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which ends this week.
She wrote: 'As we close out Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we recommit to combating sexual violence & demanding accountability.
Tara Reade (pictured), the former Senate staffer who claimed Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993, has slammed Nancy Pelosi for claiming Congress 'stands with survivors'
On Monday, House Speaker Pelosi shared a statement to commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which ends this week
'Congress stands with survivors and will honor their strength by working to advance a future that is free from violence & assault for all. #SAAM2021.'
But Reade replied accusing her of trying to silence survivors instead of supporting them and their allegations.
She wrote: 'Do you really @SpeakerPelosi stand with survivors?
'I was a former Senate Aide that was sexual assaulted by a member of the Senate who is now POTUS. I was silenced and denied justice by you and the Congress.
'You Madam Speaker did not stand with me. You are complicit with rape.'
Reade replied accusing her of trying to silence survivors instead of supporting them and their allegations
During last year's election, Pelosi backed Biden after Reade's allegations, saying she was 'satisfied' with his account.
She told CNN at the time: 'You know, it's a matter that he has to deal with, but I am impressed with the people who work for him saying that they absolutely never heard one iota of information about this.
'Nobody ever brought forth a claim or had anybody else tell them about such a claim.'
Last month, Reade blasted 'arrogant' Biden for calling for an investigation into sexual harassment claims made against Gov. Andrew Cuomo - while flatly dismissing the allegations she made against him.
When discussing the multiple sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Cuomo during an ABC interview, Biden stated: 'A woman should be presumed to be telling the truth and should not be scapegoated and become victimized by coming forward. There should be an investigation to determine whether what she says is true.'
Biden added that Cuomo - with whom he has been friends for decades - could also be criminally prosecuted if an investigation yields evidence that the claims are true.
When discussing the sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Cuomo during an ABC interview, Biden stated: 'A woman should be presumed to be telling the truth and should not be scapegoated'
Cuomo has been accused of sexual harassment by at least eight different women
Reade said Biden was being hypocritical - because he has never said her claims should be investigated and he has never asserted that she should be 'presumed to be telling the truth'.
'The trauma I experienced by Biden was very real,' Reade told Fox News.
'The fact he is calling for another official's investigation and possible criminal sanctions for similar charges is showing the height of arrogance about never being accountable for his own.'
Reade also vowed that there will one day be a 'reckoning' and that 'the truth will prevail'.
Speaking with Fox, Reade also accused the mainstream media of a cover-up, claiming they failed to take her accusations seriously.
'The alarming deflection and compliance of the media to allow Joe Biden to negate his own sexual misconduct is predictable but still shocking as a survivor to be so publicly erased,' she stated.
Reade's public resurfacing comes after radio host Charlamagne Tha God claimed it was hypocritical for people to be calling for Cuomo's resignation after voting for Joe Biden.
Cuomo has been accused of sexual harassment by at least eight different women.
Reade is pictured in 1993 - the year she claims she was sexually assaulted by Biden
Reade was one of several women who came forward in 2019, claiming Biden had touched them inappropriately.
In March last year, she offered a new allegation, claiming Biden stuck his hand down her skirt and penetrated her in a Congressional hallway when she worked for him as an aide in 1993.
Biden denied the claims, and Biden staffers at the time say they can recall no such incident.
Reade had previously claimed that Biden liked her legs and wanted her to waitress at a Capitol Hill cocktail party while she was on staff. Reade also complained that he was touchy-feely, putting his hands on her shoulders, neck and hair.
Despite the allegations, media networks largely ignored her story and did not push for the opening of an investigation.
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