Several women have accused former Vice President Joe Biden of improper or unwanted physical contact.
In light of these allegations, and based on recent “precedent,” Democrats would seemingly be calling on Biden to refrain from adding his name to the pool of potential presidential candidates. Sadly, however, this hasn’t been the case, once again raising the specter of a double standard that revolves exclusively around politics.
The allegations against Biden are unsettling. Yet, in an ironic twist, Biden recently provided his thoughts about sexual assault and misconduct during a speech on March 26.
More particularly, Biden stated: “It’s not about sex. It’s about power. The most insidious abuse of power of all. And right now, we live in a culture where the abuse of power is allowed to penetrate the highest offices of government, where it lives in boardrooms and global corporations, and it poisons entire industries—from Hollywood to hotel workers. It pushes down women all around the world. ...
“No man has a right to lay a hand on a woman, no matter what she’s wearing, she does, who she is ... Never. If you see a brother taking an inebriated co-ed up the stairs at a fraternity house and you don’t go and stop it, you’re a damn coward. You don’t deserve to be called a man.”
In other words, Biden appeared to suggest that “power” is a catalyst for such conduct and that the “white man’s culture” fails to understand or recognize the injustices that women face.
Lappos also said, “I never filed a complaint, to be honest, because he was the vice president; I was a nobody. There’s absolutely a line of decency. There’s a line of respect. Crossing that line is not grandfatherly. It’s not cultural. It’s not affection. It’s sexism or misogyny.”
It was not too long ago that Justice Kavanaugh was falsely accused of sexual assault by more than one women. The accusations were unsupported, uncorroborated, and without any factual basis. Despite the absence of any evidence, Democrats immediately labeled him as unfit, called for his immediate disqualification, threatened impeachment, put him through endless investigations and unrelenting inquiries, and threatened possible legal action.
Why, then, have Democrats failed to follow the “Kavanaugh precedent” with Biden, who is a possible candidate for the nation’s highest office?
As if right on cue, Pelosi opined that she didn’t feel that the allegations against Biden should keep him from a possible 2020 run.
Is Pelosi implying that Biden’s conduct would have been acceptable in the “past"? In other words, is it only inappropriate to “grab someone by the head” because societal standards have changed? That position is nonsensical, as it is highly unlikely that any woman would “accept” what Lappos allegedly endured (which wasn’t merely a violation of her space), regardless of when (i.e., what generation) the incident took place.
Unfortunately, the recent allegations involving Biden have, once again, served to remind Americans of the Democrats’ blatant double standards. With Kavanaugh, Democrats did everything they could to delay his confirmation, despite the absence of any evidence of wrongdoing. They portrayed him as a “guilty” man and treated him in a similar fashion.
While Biden doesn’t deserve the despicable type of treatment that Kavanaugh was forced to endure (nobody does), Democrats should at least hold him to the same standards.
