>> Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is now the only member of Congress who has
addressed the sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden.
These allegations were brought forth by a former Senate staffer of his her name is Tara
Reid and we've covered her story pretty extensively.
So she was working for him in Delaware, and no one in Congress has addressed it until
someone finally asked Representative Ocasio-Cortez about it during an online conversation with
the WiNGs, it's a networking and community space for women.
So the questioner, according to CBS News, opposes President Trump's reelection, but
also really resents the fact that the other choice is someone who has a really long history
of being creepy to women.
And AOC responded with the type of response that I really do respect, she said this.
What you're voicing is so legitimate and real.
That's why I find this kind of silencing of all dissent to be a form of gaslighting.
I think it's legitimate to talk about these things.
And if we want, if we again want to have integrity, we can't say, both believe women, support
all this, until it inconveniences you until it inconveniences us.
A lot of us are survivors, and it's really, really hard and uncomfortable.
Not discussing allegations is the exact opposite of integrity, the congresswoman said, adding
that it's not okay to prioritize beating Trump over discussing sensitive Me Too issues like
these, because they are very legitimate things.
And Tara Reid did see the statements and was happy to find that finally someone in Congress
addressed them.
And so, she said to CBS news, I'm very humbled and honored because she's literally the only
politician that has spoken up on my behalf.
So I think that AOC is absolutely right, we need to have integrity and we can't treat
these claims differently based on what's convenient for us.
>> Yeah, 100% and what's interesting is that she's not in democratic leadership, they're
probably going to try to keep her out of it for as long as possible.
And yet despite not having the title she is a leader on this.
>> Yeah.
>> Bringing environmental protesters into the halls of Congress to start a movement
for a green new deal.
Consistently on the most important issues, she speaks out passionately, intelligently
and without requiring a crowd behind her to do what she thinks is right.
I doesn't mean she's perfect, no one is but she is consistently on the right side of these
issues.
She's consistent and honest, and I appreciate her.
Hopefully for some of the politicians who aren't as comfortable as her to come out and
talk about this sort of thing, these sorts of issues without knowing that it's safe to
do that.
Maybe now with her being out there, others will follow, we'll see, hopefully over the
next week, maybe others will start to speak out about this.
>> Yeah, I mean it's been a disturbing experience to see just how differently Tara Reid has
been treated by the very people who took Dr. Christine Blasey Ford allegations seriously.
I took those allegations seriously, I take Tara Ried's allegations serious because for
me sexual assault is not something that I care about based on political factors.
It's something that's serious and should be addressed and I'm glad that AOC did address
it in the way that she did, that integrity and that consistency is so critical.
And, I'm just disturbed at the silence from people like Elizabeth Warren, for instance,
who wrote a super lengthy piece in The New York Times about Brett Kavanaugh, but has
not addressed Tara Reid's accusations.
And she endorsed Biden today and I would love to hear what she has to say about these allegations.