Joe Biden's handling of Anita Hill's hearing re-emerges with his latest controversy
Former Vice President Joe Biden's efforts to fend off criticism about his touchy, intimate style with women has renewed scrutiny of his leadership in 1991 when the Senate heard law professor Anita Hill's sexual harassment claims against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.
That episode could ultimately present more of a problem for Biden as he considers a 2020 presidential run. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time, he has long had to defend himself against complaints that he did not take Hill's allegations seriously and, after being pressured to hold a hearing on her claims, presided over a circus-like forum in which Hill was humiliated.
Biden: Anita Hill 'paid a terrible price' 01:15Two weeks in October 1991No one would argue that 1991 was not a different era. Today, 25 of the 100 US senators are women. In 1991, there were only two female senators: Maryland Democrat Barbara Mikulski and Kansas Republican Nancy Kassebaum.
How much has changed since Anita Hill? 04:03The dramatic hearingDuring the nationally televised hearings that began on October 11, Republicans vigorously questioned Hill's credibility. They challenged her accounts of the events of a decade earlier and questioned her motives in speaking against Thomas. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah suggested Hill had fabricated her claims, in one instance, by drawing on details from the book"The Exorcist.
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