{"id":14226,"date":"2020-03-29T12:18:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T19:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=14226"},"modified":"2020-03-29T12:18:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T19:18:39","slug":"joe-biden-when-a-woman-alleges-sexual-assault-presume-she-is-telling-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/03\/29\/joe-biden-when-a-woman-alleges-sexual-assault-presume-she-is-telling-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden: When a woman alleges sexual assault, presume she is telling the truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-apps\/imrs.php?src=https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/4K4FXPV24EI6RKFKQYDJLZ7T7Q.jpg&amp;w=150\" alt=\"Former vice president Joe Biden addresses the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in Washington on Sept. 15, 2018.\"\/><figcaption>Former vice president Joe Biden addresses the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in Washington on Sept. 15, 2018. (Cliff Owen\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/people\/philip-rucker\/\"><strong>Philip Rucker<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0September 17, 2018 (WashingtonPost.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former vice president Joe Biden, who was scrutinized for his handling of sexual harassment allegations made in Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas\u2019s 1991 Senate confirmation hearings, said Monday night that any woman\u2019s public claims of assault should be presumed to be true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked for his thoughts on the allegations of sexual assault made Sunday against federal judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump\u2019s nominee for the Supreme Court, Biden said the episode \u201cbrings back all of the complicated issues that were there\u201d nearly three decades ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/joe-biden-when-a-woman-alleges-sexual-assault-presume-she-is-telling-the-truth\/2018\/09\/17\/7718c532-badd-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.html?fbclid=IwAR3I_t8w8w8-VCuSNuDcefi6pZyUz4PjrWjoeeMKR1JO6OzOY053pQtKzFM#comments-wrapper\">398 Comments<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More at:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\">WashingtonPost.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Philip Rucker\u00a0September 17, 2018 (WashingtonPost.com) Former vice president Joe Biden, who was scrutinized for his handling of sexual harassment allegations made in Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas\u2019s 1991 Senate confirmation hearings, said Monday night that any woman\u2019s public claims of assault should be presumed to be true. Asked for his&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/03\/29\/joe-biden-when-a-woman-alleges-sexual-assault-presume-she-is-telling-the-truth\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14227,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14226\/revisions\/14227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}