Tara Reade, a former aide to the likely democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden, suddenly reversed her decision to appear for a Sunday interview on Fox News.
Reade, previously set to appear on Fox News Sunday after accusing Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993, reportedly canceled a tentative interview with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, which was scheduled to be recorded on Friday and aired on Sunday.
“We never confirmed the interview or the New York Times story, and we don’t provide details on the booking process,” said a Fox News representative.
news that Wallace was set to do the interview had been reported by @benyt.
Fox News spokesperson tells me:
"We never confirmed the interview or the New York Times story and we don’t provide details on the booking process.”— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) May 2, 2020
Fox News had been very excited about booking Reade, given that it would have been her first network television interview. Wallace was getting ready for the conversation. There’s consternation internally that it isn’t happening.
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) May 2, 2020
Reade reportedly told a New York Times reporter she cancelled the interview because of death threats.
Tara Reade tells me she canceled the interview with Fox News because death threats received by her and her child made her nervous about being in the public eye. https://t.co/HtuxI9dJXC
— Lisa Lerer (@llerer) May 2, 2020
“What I would say about Republicans using this story is please don’t politicize it,” Reade said to Washington Examiner. “There are many people who identify with Republican politics that have that are also survivors and have also been silenced.”
“Reade, who was a lifelong Democrat, says she has never been a supporter of President Trump, but that she is no longer a Democrat,” Washington Examiner added.
Reade has emerged back into headlines as her allegations against Biden once again gain traction. She claims Biden “forced himself upon her in the spring of 1993, kissing her and penetrating her with his fingers without her consent.”
Biden has now repeatedly and vehemently denied the claim. “It’s just not true. Period,” Biden said.
