Warren calls Biden's denial of sexual assault claim 'credible' and 'convincing,' says she proudly supports him
Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.) told reporters late Monday that she found presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE’s denial of sexual assault allegations by a former Senate aide “credible” and “convincing.”
Warren, whose name has been floated as a possible Biden running mate, said she watched the former vice president’s tense interview with Mika BrzezinskiMika Emilie BrzezinskiThe Memo: Trump’s Scarborough tweets unsettle his allies Fox’s Perino presses Trump official on Scarborough tweets: ‘How does this help the president win?’ Cheney says Trump should stop tweeting Scarborough conspiracy MORE on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Friday, when for the first time he addressed the claims in a media interview, adding that she was happy with how he answered “tough” questions.
Tara Reade has alleged that Biden pushed her up against a wall and sexually assaulted her in the Capitol when he was a senator in 1993.
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Biden, however, told MSNBC last week that “it never, never happened.”
Warren, one of the most prominent women in the Democratic Party, said on Monday that she believes Biden.
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“I believe that everyone has a right to tell her story, to be listened to, and treated with respect,” Warren told reporters after she walked into the Capitol for a late afternoon vote.
“I saw the reports of [what] Ms. Reade said, I saw the interview with Vice President Biden. I appreciate that the vice president took a lot of questions, tough questions — and that he answered them directly and respectfully.”
The progressive senator also said “the vice president’s answers were credible and convincing.”
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Warren, who ran against Biden in the Democratic presidential primary, said she was proud to have endorsed his candidacy on April 15.
“I support the vice president, I support his campaign and I am proud to have endorsed him for president,” she said. “I think that the 2020 election will be about is who this country works for. And the vice president is fighting every day for an America that doesn’t just work for a handful of people at the top.”
Later asked if she thinks an independent investigation into Reade’s claims, something a couple other Democratic senators have endorsed, is needed, Warren said: “I think what the vice president has said is convincing, and I support him.”
Other prominent Democratic women have also defended Biden from the assault allegations.
“I stand by Vice President Biden,” Sen. Kirsten GillibrandKirsten GillibrandWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Warren, Pressley introduce bill to make it a crime for police officers to deny medical care to people in custody Senate Dems press DOJ over coronavirus safety precautions in juvenile detention centers MORE (D-N.Y.) told reporters last week. “He has devoted his life to supporting women, and he has vehemently denied this allegation.”
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Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiTrump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Pelosi: Georgia primary ‘disgrace’ could preview an election debacle in November MORE (D-Calif.) also told reporters recently that she believes Biden and is proud to support his campaign.
“The happiest day for me this week was to support Joe Biden for president of the United States,” she told reporters Thursday. “He’s a person of great integrity, great concern for the American people.”
Biden pledged at a debate in March to pick a woman as his running mate if he wins the Democratic nomination for president.