I'll vote for Biden even though it'll turn my stomach

Lucy Flores deserved better. Amy Lappos deserved better. D.J. Hill deserved better. Caitlyn Caruso deserved better. Ally Coll deserved better. Vail Kohnert-Yount deserved better. Sofie Karasek deserved better. Alexandra Tara Reade deserved better.

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But so did Jessica Leeds, Ivana Trump, Kristin Anderson, Jill Harth, Lisa Boyne, Mariah Billado, Victoria Hughes, Temple Taggart, Cathy Heller, Karena Virginia, Tasha Dixon, Bridget Sullivan, Melinda McGillivray, Natasha Stoynoff, Jennifer Murphy, Juliet Huddy, Rachel Crooks, Samantha Holvey, Ninni Laaksonen, Jessica Drake, Summer Zervos, Cassandra Searles, Alva Johnson, E. Jean Carroll and Karen Johnson — the 25 women who have accused Trump of various types of sexual harassment and misconduct. (Trump has issued blanket denials for all of the accusations.) So did the more than 5,400 immigrant children who were separated at the border. So did our trans military members, black athletes protesting police brutality and systemic racism, Muslims, Gold Star families, members of the LGBTQ community, Roy Moore’s alleged victims and Rob Porter’s ex-wives.

Democratic women like Sen. Kristin Gillibrand and potential vice president contender Stacey Abrams are enduring a barrage of criticism from right-wing pundits and Sen. Bernie Sanders boosters, who claim their endorsement of Biden is proof they never really cared about victims of sexual assault. But they, like so many other women, know that the alternatives to a Biden presidency will simply harm far too many Americans.

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So come November, I’ll do what LaCasse has said she will do — vote for a man I believed sexually assaulted Reade. And it will turn my stomach. But while we deserved better than Biden, no one deserves another four years of Trump.

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