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Former Clinton adviser calls on Biden to withdraw over assault allegations.

Peter Dauo, a political activist and one-time fierce Hillary Clinton backer, took to Twitter Saturday to urge former Vice President Joe Biden to end his presidential bid over new developments in the sexual assault allegation against him.

Dauo, who worked for Clinton during her first presidential bid and was a prominent defender of her in the 2016 cycle, took to Twitter Saturday morning to say "Biden should withdraw.

DIFFICULT THREAD -- #BIDEN SHOULD WITHDRAW

1. I respect the will of the voters.

2. But new information has emerged supporting #TaraReade's account of being sexually assaulted by #JoeBiden.

3. Credible rape accusations are disqualifying or we have NO moral standards.

"We lose ALL moral authority if we embrace 'the lesser of two accused rapists,'" Dauo tweeted.

Biden has strongly denied the sexual assault allegations.

Reps for Clinton and Sanders did not immediately respond to requests for comment on where the former presidential hopefuls stand on the sexual assault allegation.

Aides to Sanders are expressing their anger about the latest development -- after video emerged from 1993 in which the accuser's mother appears to allude to her accusation on CNN.

Reade, a staffer for Biden in 1993 who has claimed he sexually assaulted her, told Fox News on Friday that it was her mother who called into “Larry King Live” in the resurfaced clip and alluded to her daughter’s experience on Capitol Hill.

In a "difficult" Twitter thread, Daou said the new information emerging in support of Tara Reade's sexual assault allegations against Biden prompted his stance.

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"Credible rape accusations are disqualifying or we have NO moral standards," Daou wrote.

While Daou was a major Clinton booster in 2016, he shifted this cycle to back one-time Clinton opponent, Bernie Sanders.

Dauo suggests Democrats should reboot the presidential primary.

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Sanders could "restart his campaign." And other former candidates could "replace" Biden, Dauo said, naming Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro.

Dauo called for Democrats to take the principled stance and not to run a candidate accused of assault against President Trump who has faced numerous sexual assault allegations.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/clinton-adviser-biden-withdraw-assault-allegations