women in the u.s. senate tripled that year is because of senator patty murray of washington. she won election to the senate for the first time that year, replacing in the senate a democrat named brock adams who had been accused of sexual assault by multiple women. i was just a mom at home in 1991. i was a state senator, but really not interested in what was happening here at all. my interest came because i watched the clarence thomas/hill hearings, and i watched how a woman shared a very difficult story with an all-male panel of the judiciary committee at the time, and she was disbelieved. she was swept aside. and i was angry. and i went to a gathering that night, and i told some of my friends back in 1991, the night of the hearing, i m going to have to run for u.s. senate because i need to be inside that to speak up for these women. that s what motivated me to run. that was senator patty murray speaking today. the vote on brett kavanaugh is
you re not in the majority. and that s why elections matter. i will tell you what was so inspiring to me is my daughter was 8 years old with me back in 1991 watching clarence thomas/anita hill hearings. and today she is a mother with two young daughters. and she sent me a text during the first hearings and said to me, mom, look at the democratic side. unlike when you and i were watching it many years ago, i can turn to my young daughters and say there are women on the democratic side, there are diverse voices. they are listening and they are fighting. don t ever think we haven t made progress. and i keep that in my heart. when i think about the democratic party and its efforts, honestly, to capitalize on this fight and the frustration that people feel who were against kavanaugh and people who thought that the democratic fight might succeed and now today they realize it hasn t, i do wonder about senator manchin. i know that he is a beloved
of this fight herself, she joins us next. elections have consequences. two women, new senators, dianne feinstein and carol moseley-braun were named to the senate judiciary committee, the all male panel which conducted the clarence thomas/anita hill hearings. hill hearings if your moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn s symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn t worked well enough it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio®,
watched the clarence thomas/hill hearings, and i watched how a woman shared a very difficult story with an all-male panel of the judiciary committee at the time, and she was disbelieved. she was swept aside. and i was angry. and i went to a gathering that night, and i told some of my friends back in 1991, the night of the hearing, i m going to have to run for u.s. senate because i need to be inside that to speak up for these women. that s what motivated me to run. that was senator patty murray speaking today. the vote on brett kavanaugh is tomorrow. election day is one month from tomorrow. joining us now is senator murray from washington. she ran and won her seat in 1992. senator murray, it s nice to have you with us tonight. i know this is a big night. thanks for being here. thanks very much. i haven t had the chance to talk with you during the course of this nomination. we re now at the very home stretch. i just want to get your overall reaction to what this experience
well say, you were talking about 1992. this could be an avalanche compared to that. they may say this is going to make me quadruple my efforts to elect a new president in 2020 and elect a new congress a month from now. michael beschloss, nbc news presidential historian, the man i most wanted to talk to on this subject all day today. you can tell when you re living history because it makes you want to talk to michael beschloss. thank you so much, rachel. you be well. appreciate you being here. all right. one of the senators who ran for the senate as a result of the clarence thomas nomination, who has now ended up in the middle of this fight herself, she joins us next. elections have consequences. two women, new senators, dianne feinstein and carol moseley-braun, were named to the senate judiciary committee, the all-male panel which conducted the clarence thomas/anita hill hearings. -looks great, honey. -right?