But...is there a chance the 14 year old girl just sort of got the date/event wrong? I did not read this so I am just asking your opinion on it.
It is of course possible she got the date or event wrong. But I just read the two original stories on Law & Crime that broke this news (then covered Biden's shooting it down) and here are a few things:
She described the event in pretty specific detail. It was a formal event. She described being in awe of everyone's fancy clothes. Then she says Biden walked up and commented on her breast size in the middle of a group of people.
In addition to the evidence refuting this above in the tweet I posted, Biden provided two separate news pieces describing surgery for a deviated septum earlier that week that would keep him out of work for a week. Hence, an aide going to this event for him.
The accuser is standing by her story via a Facebook post in which she gets the facts wrong on why Biden wasn't there. She said he was out "he had a sinus infection."
Also, the accusers aunt is Christine O'Donnell, a Tea Party Republican who ran for Senate three times in Delaware between 2006-2010, including once against Biden in 2008. The whole reason this girl was supposed to be at this dinner was her aunt. So their family would have no motive to try to hurt Biden politically, right?
This is all the stuff sitting back and waiting for facts instead of running immediately with any accusation will allow you to analyze before reaching a conclusion.
This one doesn't pass the smell test, at all. Mark my words: This is a smear explicitly to try to hurt Biden.
That I even had to spend this much time laying out facts illustrates why this stuff is powerful: Gathering evidence, examining facts and communicating it takes time. It takes almost no effort to run with fact-free bullsh#t with a motive in mind, especially with a weaponized propaganda network at your disposal.