WASHINGTON – "Believe women" was never a call to believe all women automatically. That's what leading Democrats, including the prominent figures of the #MeToo movement, are suggesting as they stand behind former Vice President Joe Biden and his bid to unseat President Donald Trump.
From House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the female senators who ran for president and prominent Hollywood activists, they're not backing down after Biden on Friday publicly denied a former aide's accusation that he assaulted her in 1993. “It never happened,” Biden said on MSNBC's “Morning Joe.” “Believing women means taking the woman’s claim seriously when she steps forward, and then vet it, look into it.