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When and what, but what about how?

And Joe Biden personally addresses a sexual assault allegation.

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By Josh Barro • May 1, 2020 • 54m Listen

Joe Biden says it never happened. Biden spoke publicly for the first time in response to an accusation from former Senate staffer Tara Reade, who says Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993. How should voters evaluate this allegation? And how does Democratic support for Biden square with Biden’s own expressed standard from the Brett Kavanaugh fight that “you’ve got to start off with the presumption that at least the essence” of these sorts of allegations is real.

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    Former host of Left, Right & Center

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    National Review / KCRW's Left, Right & Center

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