1. Almost 27 years ago, Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary committee.
The way she was treated by the U.S. Senate left a permanent stain on the institution.
Have we learned anything since then?
It doesn't appear so.
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The way she was treated by the U.S. Senate left a permanent stain on the institution.
Have we learned anything since then?
It doesn't appear so.
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2. A core factor in the Senate mistreatment of Anita Hill was the RUSH to get Thomas' nomination to the floor
Biden refused to let 4 witnesses who bolstered Hill's story testify because it would have delayed things
27 years later, speed is again central
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Biden refused to let 4 witnesses who bolstered Hill's story testify because it would have delayed things
27 years later, speed is again central
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3. Arlen Specter publicly suggested Hill was fabricating her allegations because Thomas wasn't sexually interested in her
27 years later, Ford was immediately accused of being part of a Democratic plot in an official statement of the Judiciary Committee
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27 years later, Ford was immediately accused of being part of a Democratic plot in an official statement of the Judiciary Committee
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4. 27 years ago, Hill told her story to an all-male Judiciary Committee.
Today, there are women on the committee, but the Republican majority -- who control the process -- are all men
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Today, there are women on the committee, but the Republican majority -- who control the process -- are all men
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5. Much more on the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, AKA Bart O'Kavanaugh, in my newsletter, Popular Information.
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