"You have to believe the accuser"
I don't agree with that. I already made my statement clear. This whole personal truth narrative is nonsense, I agree with you. Either put up or shut up if you got the evidence to support your accusations. I never supported MeToo, and no sensible person would.
Now, does that mean we should scoff at Tara Reade's claims? Absolutely not. Nor should we have scoffed at Christine Blasey Ford. Nor anyone who puts up accusations but if you only come forward to effect a political outcome, as people have with Kavanaugh, Trump, Clinton, Biden, and Thomas; then your intentions are going to come under scrutiny. It didn't work with Clarence Thomas, it got Clinton a slap on the wrist, but it got nothing from Trump or Kavanaugh. It's a losing strategy and Republicans shouldn't invest in it.
And the media shouldn't waste our time with any of it.