Here's what the Democratic presidential candidates had to say about how to respond to E. Jean Carroll's accusation
Presidential hopeful Joe Biden greets attendees after the World Famous Jim Clyburn Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina on Friday. Photo: Logan Cyrus/AFP/Getty Images As the Democratic presidential candidates descended on South Carolina to talk about the future, Donald Trump was attempting to defend himself against a ghost from his past. On Friday, New York published an essay by E.
But Carroll’s accusation of a serious sex crime is the first to emerge since Trump assumed the presidency. And so, as the Democrats vying to defeat him campaigned throughout Columbia over the weekend, they were asked about this latest rape allegation, and if there’s a role for Congress to investigate. Some of them deflected, while some answered more directly. Here’s what they said.
Julián Castro I believe that it merits investigation, so my hope is that will be taken up by the appropriate committee … The first thing is whether there are repercussions for the president for those actions today, and also this goes along with a number of different instances of women who have come forward and made sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations against the president that should be taken seriously, including this one.
John Delaney What is he at, a dozen of these allegations? I mean, I haven’t read the story, so it’s hard for me to comment … Obviously, I think the president should be held accountable. There’s been dozens of allegations against him and I think what he’s done to women is terrible and his comments about women are terrible and I think there’s a lot of congressional investigations we have to do.
Tim Ryan I haven’t read the whole thing. I just heard about it. Obviously, very serious charges, but yeah, I would think if there’s any truth to it at all, yeah, Congress should act. We saw with Mueller that he can’t be indicted. So that leaves us with only a political option through the Congress.
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