Pelosi Gets Pressed After She Defends Biden Against Sexual Assualt Allegation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is breaking her silence on a sexual assault allegation made against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

After initial silence, Democrats are starting to speak out about Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegation made against Biden. Reade, a former staffer to Biden when he was a senator, made her allegation of sexual assault from 1993 known in March.

When asked about the allegation during Thursday’s CNN “New Day” interview and if Biden should “address this head on himself,” Pelosi responded, “Well, I have great sympathy for any women who bring forth an allegation.”

She then continued to express that she is a “big strong supporter of the #MeToo movement.” However, Pelosi then added, “I do support 👤Joe Biden. I’m satisfied with how he has responded. I know him, I was proud to endorse him on Monday, very proud to endorse him, and so I’m satisfied with that.”

Though Biden has not addressed the allegation himself, his campaign has strongly denied it.

CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota continued to press Pelosi saying, “I mean, he hasn’t, to be clear, he hasn’t addressed it. His campaign has addressed it, but he has not directly addressed it. Should he directly publicly address it?”

Pelosi responded:

“You know, it’s a matter that he has to deal with. But I am impressed with the people who worked for him at the time saying they’d absolutely never heard one iota of information about this. Nobody ever brought forth a claim or had anybody else tell them about such a claim. But, again, we have an important election at hand, one that is, I think, one of the most important ones that we’ve had.”