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Anita Hill Would Still Vote for Biden Over Trump

June 14, 2019 at 11:58 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Anita Hill told NBC News that “of course” she would vote for Joe Biden over President Trump in 2020.

Washington Post: “Hill said her criticisms of Biden do not mean she sees any moral equivalency between him and President Trump, who has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual assault — allegations the president has denied.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Anita Hill, Joe Biden

Biden ‘Takes Responsibility’ for Treatment of Anita Hill

April 29, 2019 at 3:48 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Joe Biden told ABC News he takes “responsibility” for Anita Hill’s treatment when she testified before the Senate Judiciary committee during Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearing.

Said Biden: “I believed her from the very beginning, but I was chairman. She did not get a fair hearing. She did not get treated well. That’s my responsibility. As the committee chairman, I take responsibility that she did not get treated well. I take responsibility for that.”

He added: “I apologized for it. I apologize again.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Anita Hill, Joe Biden

Biden Called Anita Hill to Apologize

April 25, 2019 at 4:10 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Vice President Joe Biden called Anita Hill earlier this month to express his regret over “what she endured” testifying against Justice Clarence Thomas at the 1991 Supreme Court hearings that put a spotlight on sexual harassment of women, the New York Times reports.

“But Ms. Hill, in an interview Wednesday, said she left the conversation feeling deeply unsatisfied and declined to characterize his words to her as an apology. She said she is not convinced that Mr. Biden truly accepts the harm he caused her and other women who suffered sexual harassment and gender violence.”

Said Hill: “I cannot be satisfied by simply saying I’m sorry for what happened to you. I will be satisfied when I know there is real change and real accountability and real purpose.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Anita Hill, Joe Biden


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