Hillary Clinton to endorse Joe Biden as sexual assault allegation receives renewed attention
by Naomi Lim
| April 28, 2020 01:10 PM
Hillary Clinton will endorse Joe Biden for president.
The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee will show her public support of her successor as the party's 2020 standard-bearer during a town hall Tuesday focused on how women are affected by the coronavirus pandemic, a source familiar with the situation confirmed to the Washington Examiner.
Clinton's endorsement coincides with growing concerns about sexual assault and harassment allegations leveled at Biden by a former Senate aide who worked for him in 1993. Delaware's 36-year senator, before he left Congress to join the Obama administration in 2009 for two terms, has not directly addressed Tara Reade's accusations that he forcibly kissed her and penetrated her with his fingers, leaving his campaign to deny the claims vehemently.
Clinton backing Biden is no surprise. While she remained neutral during the primary, she was vocal about her opposition to President Trump, the man to whom she lost the last general election, and in her criticism of former 2016 Democratic rival Bernie Sanders.
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