Aaron Navarro, Alexander Tin, Eleanor Watson of CBS News –
In competitive House and Senate races across the country, some Republican groups have been seizing on former Senate staffer Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden to denounce their Democratic rivals.
Through press releases and social media posts, conservative groups have launched a flurry of attacks targeting candidates in competitive races, both for not weighing in on the topic or for standing by their party’s presumptive nominee, and calling on reporters to ask Democrats where they stand on the accusations.