Stacey Abrams is standing with Joe Biden against sexual assault allegations. 

The former Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate showed her support in an interview with CNN's Don Lemon on Tuesday. Abrams denounced the accusations of Biden's former aide, Tara Reade, who said the former vice president sexually assaulted her in 1993.

"I believe that women deserve to be heard and I believe they need to be listened to, but I also believe that those allegations have to be investigated by credible sources," Abrams told CNN. "The New York Times did a deep investigation and they found that the accusation was not credible. I believe Joe Biden."

According to Politico, Reade's allegations were reported in a local newspaper in Northern California last year, but the story didn't get much attention until a new source came forward in recent days to describe the incident. The details were published by Business Insider Monday when Reade's former neighbor, Lynda LaCasse, gave her account of what happened.

"I remember her saying, here was this person that she was working for and she idolized him," LaCasse said. "And he kind of put her up against a wall. And he put his hand up her skirt and he put his fingers inside her. She felt like she was assaulted, and she really didn't feel there was anything she could do."

According to CNN, Reade first made the allegations in 1993, saying the assault happened when she was delivering a duffel bag to Biden while working as an aide in his Senate office. The former aide said Biden "had me up against the wall; he used his knee to spread open my legs" and "put his fingers inside me." 

In the interview with CNN, Abrams said, "I know Joe Biden and I think he's telling the truth and that this did not happen."

“I believe that he is a person who has demonstrated that his love of family, his love of our community, has been made perfectly clear through his work as a congressional leader and as an American leader," she said. 

Lemon referred to a 2018 tweet from Abrams in which she said “it is shameful that [Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Brett] Kavanaugh’s nomination is being rushed forward” despite Kavanaugh facing sexual assault allegations.

“Are you applying a different standard now?” Lemon asked.

“Not at all. I believe then and I believe now that women deserve to be heard because too often they are not, and Tara Reade deserved to have her story listened to and investigated,” Abrams said. “What was happening to Christine Blasey Ford was that there was no investigation. There was a rush to move it forward so that no investigation was conducted. I believe those allegations needed to be investigated and I believe the New York Times and subsequent reports support what the Biden campaign has said. I believe Joe Biden.”

Biden's communications director Kate Bedingfield denied the allegations in a statement to CNN.

"Vice President Biden has dedicated his public life to changing the culture and the laws around violence against women. He authored and fought for the passage and reauthorization of the landmark Violence Against Women Act. He firmly believes that women have a right to be heard — and heard respectfully," Bedingfield said. "Such claims should also be diligently reviewed by an independent press. What is clear about this claim: it is untrue. This absolutely did not happen."

Abrams has expressed interest in becoming Biden's running mate as he vies for the presidency, as Blavity previously reported. 

"I have the capacity to attract voters by motivating typically ignored communities," she said in an interview with Elle. "I have a strong history of executive and management experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. I've spent 25 years in independent study of foreign policy. I am ready to help advance an agenda of restoring America's place in the world. If I am selected, I am prepared and excited to serve."

Biden has also expressed his intention to choose a woman as his running mate. The former vice president has mentioned Abrams as a possible candidate.

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