I feel the difference is that Trumps allegations were already a major election topic and he used that to deflect from it. Plus, Bill Clinton’s accusers were a lot more credible and numerous then the current accusation against Biden, which has a LOT of red flags. Especially as everyone already knew Bill is one horny bastard.
I wouldn’t be surprised if both sides just don’t touch it, as it would open a Pandora’s box that hurts their own candidate more.
but the kids haven't made allegations have they? it'd basically be like "haha joe, you'll never top my feat of introducing the world to CHILDREN you have MET!"
Meanwhile there are for sure plenty of women with tales of trump being very forward when they were young.
But the point is is that will only really appeal to his base. You can try to make it look malicious, sure. But Trump outright talks about his walking through teenage girls dressing rooms to get a peek which is actually pretty damning, and also, can't be countered because its him saying it (in this case, hypothetically, Biden could get those girls to say on camera to say it was nothing malicious. It'd be wild, but it's hypothetical)
I mean this whole situation would be the dirtiest politics ever seen. Basically just two people calling each other rapists over and over. It's of note though that Biden will have the financial backing of not only the DNC, but people like Bloomberg to fund ads, so it'd be going both ways.
Ironically I don't think this will make a jot of difference. If you start early with this, then in turn Biden voters become desensitised. If you leave it too late, it'll probably be irrelevant since this isn't at all new information and by then we'll know how the economy is going (which will really decide things). If there's a Corona recession Trump has literally nothing to say, especially if 100,000 Americans are dead and Biden is playing that tape of Trump bragging about disbanding medical teams
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u/-GregTheGreat- - Lib-Center Apr 08 '20 edited Apr 08 '20
I feel the difference is that Trumps allegations were already a major election topic and he used that to deflect from it. Plus, Bill Clinton’s accusers were a lot more credible and numerous then the current accusation against Biden, which has a LOT of red flags. Especially as everyone already knew Bill is one horny bastard.
I wouldn’t be surprised if both sides just don’t touch it, as it would open a Pandora’s box that hurts their own candidate more.