Careful Whispers

By Edin Candic

“As the Democratic presidential race was getting underway in the spring of 2019, Reade was one of eight women who came forward in quick succession to allege that Biden had touched them inappropriately, made them feel uncomfortable, or invaded their personal space in the past. (Those complaints included allegations that Biden kissed them on the back of the head, rubbed noses, or hugged them ‘just a little bit too long’”(TIME 2020). Unfortunately, due to the inability of the youth coming out to vote whether it be because of COVID-19 or because they just couldn’t wait in line. Thus leading to Bernie having to drop out and making Joe Biden the Democratic nominee as read in my previous blog post. In recent months, eight women have come forward in accusing Joe Biden of touching these women inappropriately. We had a chance to change the U.S. with Bernie, but the machine got behind Biden in order to push the same old messages. We have someone that has a dark and hidden past and when more than one individual comes forward with the same statement, there has to be some truth behind it. The older generations ignored these accusations, acting like they never happened and pushed for Biden with the hope of him having a chance against President Trump. If these accusations are true, what are we promoting to future generations? That you can cover up your dark and ugly past with what? Money? That what you did in the past doesn’t matter and it won’t affect you or how you think? There’s too many questions that will arise and have came forward but it’s evident that change isn’t going to happen soon. Scandals like this should end someone’s campaign, clearing the way for candidates that don’t have any shady things that they’ve done in the past. Is this someone that is supposed to lead our nation and inspire future politicians, doctors, lawyers, or our students?

“At least 25 women have made sexual misconduct allegations against Trump since the 1970s” (Business Insider 2020). The other candidate for the 2020 election has more than 3 times the amount of accusations of sexual misconduct towards at least 25 women. This all came out during his campaign trial back in 2016 which is crazy that all these voters still chose to ignore that. That could be due to people always voting for a republican, agreeing with Trump’s wild viewpoints, or simply because they aren’t liking the other option. This just shows that the best candidate isn’t ever going to stand a chance at running the country right, it’s going to be whoever can win or whoever will benefit the party the most. When it comes to Trump, the way he talks about women promotes men holding all this power over women which isn’t true. He makes women seem like their voice isn’t important, like they aren’t important, discredits them at every single turn, and doesn’t take them seriously. Is this what we want from our future generations of men to treat their mom’s, daughter’s, sisters, wife’s, aunts, and cousins? This isn’t fair, and it’s going to set back all the progress that has been made in making men and women equal. We can’t throw away all that progress, everyone deserves to be equal at the end of the day. The election should be about picking the right person to lead and represent our country, with strong moral codes, and socially aware of what they say and what the impact that has.

“It has been noted that President Trump has been accused of sexual harassment or assault by more than a dozen women. Those claims also should be investigated, and the Republicans concerned about Mr. Biden’s behavior now should be at least equally focused on the questions about Mr. Trump’s. For his part, Mr. Trump does not seriously address the claims against him; he simply denies them and attacks his accusers”(New York Times 2020). This election is going to be focused on these accusations, focusing on who is the lesser of two evils. This will lead to them trying to find other scandals about each other, taking away from their policies that they have in mind, what they will do and what they won’t do. The media won’t be focus on these policies, just what they can promote and get more views from these debates. All I can realy conclude with is Good Luck America…

“Investigate Tara Reade’s Allegations.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 1 May 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/opinion/biden-tara-reade.html

Reiman, Eliza. “The 25 Women Who Have Accused Trump of Sexual Misconduct.” Business Insider. Business Insider, 1 May 2020, https://www.businessinsider.com/women-accused-trump-sexual-misconduct-list-2017-12

Villa, Lissandra. Charlotte Alter, “What We Know About Tara Reade’s Allegation That Joe Biden Sexually Assaulted Her.” Time. Time, 2 May 2020, https://time.com/5831100/joe-biden-tara-reade-allegation/