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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnita Hill backs Biden, despite his 'mistakes' in handled her testimony during the Clearance Thomas
hearingsDespite her objections to how then-Sen. Joe Biden's handled her testimony during Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearings nearly 30 years ago, Anita Hill says she is voting for the Democratic nominee.
"Notwithstanding all of his limitations in the past, and the mistakes that he made in the past, notwithstanding those at this point, between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, I think Joe Biden is the person who should be elected in November," Hill told CNN.
Biden was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991 when Thomas was nominated to the Supreme Court bench by President George H.W. Bush. Hill came forward with allegations that Thomas had sexually harassed her when they worked together at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and her testimony drew national attention. Thomas denied the allegations and called the hearings a "high-tech lynching."
At the hearings, Hill was grilled on uncomfortable details about her allegations by members of the all-male, all-white committee, including Biden was asked her to share "the most embarrassing of all the incidents." Republican committee members questioned her credibility and accused her of "perjury."
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Anita Hill backs Biden, despite his 'mistakes' in handled her testimony during the Clearance Thomas (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Sep 2020
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abqtommy
(14,118 posts)1. I've always thought that Anita Hill was/is a classy lady. I'm reminded of this Alexander Pope
quote: "To err is human, to forgive is divine."
"In the poem An Essay on Criticism, Part II , 1711. Pope explains that, while anyone can make a mistake, we should aspire to do as God does, that is, show mercy and forgive sinners."
link: https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/to-err-is-human.html
Than you, Anita, for showing us the way to our better natures...
3catwoman3
(24,055 posts)2. That should settle everyone's hash.
It probably wont, but it should.
Kudos to Professor Hill.