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Over the years NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell has become known for her die-hard loyalty to the Clinton’s. But during Monday’s edition of NBC Nightly News, she showed a similar defensive attitude for former Vice President Joe Biden, who was facing accusations of inappropriate touching from at least two women.
Mitchel began her report with a speedy rundown of what Biden’s second accuser was alleging:
Tonight a second woman, a former Democratic campaign volunteer, posting on Facebook that Joe Biden touched her inappropriately at a Connecticut fundraiser. Amy Lappos saying he “rubbed noses” with her in 2009. Unwanted contact she described as not sexual. In a statement saying, “uninvited affection is not okay. Objectifying women is not okay.”
“Her account not verified by NBC News,” she tacked on at the end. It was a luxury NBC News refused to afford Justice Brett Kavanaugh when they were vigorously working to spread the lies of accuser Julie Swetnick.
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