MeToo/Tara Reade Tweet Thread
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Biden calls Tara’s bluff, requests the release of her report. But she didn’t file a report, so it can’t be released. Which feeds the conspiracy and justifies a clamor for Biden’s UDel papers in the name of transparency. Which is the end game.
Here’s the thing about Dr. Ford: I’m glad she came forward, and if this gave her some form of closure or peace, that’s good enough for me.
But my non-activist/non-political friends — even self-described Dems and feminists- have a completely different take on the Kavanaugh hearings, and on MeToo.
When “regular” people talked/talk about Kavanaugh, they often say: “Who cares, it was xx years ago in High School.” I disagree with this assessment, but I hear it all the time.
The other thing I hear, and this is almost universal is: “I worry that will happen to my son.”
Not their daughter, their son. And if you dig deeper, it’s not that they didn’t believe her. It’s that he couldn’t fight back and prove a negative.
Every opportunity comes at a cost. We made ourselves heard. And that’s the most important thing, especially for Dr. Ford. But Kavanaugh is still a SCOTUS Justice. This was not a win for MeToo.
Many consider MeToo a predatory entity. This is unfair. Every perceived overreach is been amplified and overblown. This is also unfair. But it’s reality. The integrity of the movement is in jeopardy. If we mess this up, we’ll be confirming everything they are saying — that MeToo was always just a witch hunt.
This one should easy!! It’s politically motivated, there’s no pattern, and there’s a mountain of evidence she’s lying. But if MeToo stands behind her bc of a misguided pledge to Believe ALL women, that pretty much proves we don’t care about the truth. And that’s a problem.
And here’s the thing — This isn’t a court of law, where someone is declared the winner. This is the court of public opinion. The public decides. After a certain point, they might decide they can’t believe anything we say. Then we are right back where we started.
We know this is being pushed by Bernie media (Halper, Grim, Ball, Hayes, etc) Bernie Bros think if they can make one of their conspiracies stick and Biden steps down, Bernie will be the nominee. It’s laughable. And it’s a gross misappropriation of MeToo.
But something more sinister has been bubbling up lately, and finally became clear today when Mika was grilling Joe Biden. This is about Biden’s personal papers. They are trying to make something of Biden’s Udel papers like they tried to make something of Hillary’s speeches.
Let’s clarify a few things — These are PERSONAL writings Biden gifted to University of Delaware that are currently being curated for publication after he’s out of public life. This publication date was of course adjusted when he ran for President. There’s no cover up.
This is completely different from Biden’s PERSONNEL records, which were never in his possession. The personnel office exists so staff has an advocate outside the office Those records are at National Archives Biden called her bluff- he asked for the report to be released.
Here’s a great thread from former Congressman David Jolly about how Congressional HR/Personnel works https://twitter.com/DavidJollyFL/status/1256271693695324160
But since there is no report, there is no report to release. Which only confirms the alleged cover up. And the clamor for him to release the UDel papers will grow louder. Neat trick, isn’t it? The perfect trap.
Presidential candidates aren’t traditionally asked to turn over intellectual property. Even if somehow Biden had his personnel file, why would he give it to a library? Why not destroy it?
See the problem? It doesn’t make sense on the face of it.
It’s a fishing expedition.
The papers at UDel contain every letter his office ever received or answered. Details about every social security or disability case he ever helped with. Notes on conversations with other Members, and later, the POTUS. Think of what the media would do with that!!
And they won’t stop there. I’m now seeing “Obama covered this up and destroyed the file to protect Biden” all over Twitter and Facebook. Can’t prove he didn’t, because there is no file. See how that works?
Here’s another thread on what it would take for Biden or Obama to be able to cover up Tara’s complaint. https://twitter.com/STEMthebleeding/status/1256326117734023169
And what’s to stop them from bringing forth another woman to lie on Biden, and then another, and then another? Then what? Do we have to believe the second because we believed the first? If we don’t care about the truth, why not? If we don’t stop this, it will never stop!!!
Update: This already happened. Christine O’Donnell’s niece has accused Biden of something from when she was 13.
Someone just asked, How do we stop it? We push back. We call out Tara’s lies. We counter any argument that Biden should release his papers. We laugh at their conspiracies and expose their agenda.
Biden CAN’T release files that would expose people’s personal information He can’t “run a search” because in 1993 it would be boxes of actual paper. Mika knows this. But she knows not everyone will think it through. And again, you can’t find a file that doesn’t exist.
This conversation is going to quickly morph from demanding to see the papers to “prove” Tara’s story… ….to demanding to see the papers in the interest of “transparency.” And that’s an argument you cannot win. So we have to push back now.
Please don’t get so caught up in passion to advocate for survivors you overlook what’s actually happening. Women like Tara make all women look bad, make survivors less likely to be taken seriously, and make victims less likely to believed. Especially when it’s this obvious.
We’re on the verge of losing the moral high ground and the election. We can’t let them destroy MeToo and ruin our last chance to take our country back. Not again. We have to fight back this time. Or it’s over.
Here’s the Master List of evidence Tara Reade is lying. https://twitter.com/SallyAlbright/status/1255770723034988544
