happened in 1991. clearly they haven t learned much. in the last two days we heard from senator grassly and almost no one else. earlier in the week we had certainty corker speak up, and collins saying the president s comments were appalling and another saying her mind is still open in spite of senator mcconnell saying this is wrapped up and he has the votes that he needs. so i think it is market, that, yes there s a lot of pressure on senator collins and kous but i want to make sure the male senators who were the only senators on the judiciary committee on the republican side also bear a burden here. think about their daughters, nieces, wives, moms, and make sure that they really consider this. you know, robert byrd as jill well remembers, said he supported clarence thomas and after the anita hill hearing he
that s why republicans nationally are behind this nomination, at least want to see both sides sttell the story nex week. that s why you want to see what both sides have to say. and why i think it s interesting this latest statement from katz is clearly at this point the allegations are driving the conversation. you say, well, we re going to hold off until the fbi completes its investigation. now we see the fbi probably won t investigate this matter, but now we re not going to agree to appear on monday. what chuck grassly is doing right now is seeming to talk with katz is when do you want to talk on monday? if it looks like they re just playing games, that will backfire on them. and yet at the same time monday does feel arbitrary. it feels like on one hand you
money that if there were a senior position at the fbi were open and someone were coming in and their background investigation were being done and at the end of the background investigation an allegation like this came up, there is absolutely zero chance that the background investigation wouldn t be expanded to include the new evidence. there is no chance that the fbi would put somebody into a position of trust in their own organization without having completed the background investigation to very credible allegations like these. so the idea that that standard shouldn t apply to a supreme court nominee really just doesn t make any sense at all, and we shouldn t allow that to gain any credence. it s just nutsy. senator grassly has claimed the judiciary is doing some of its own investigation into dr. ford s allegations. first of all, what do you do as what are your investigative authorities when you investigate something like
could say senator grassly has been open to how he testifies, publicly, privately, lawyers, whatever. so he s been accommodating there. he hasn t been accommodating on the clock. clearly he needs to emove on the clock a little bit, but democrats need to be able to say okay, we need to move on the clock, too. they investigate anita hill in three days and they were able to turn that around. this is not a three day investigation. aneat ahill, we h anita hill you had workplace. and i think republicans are in a touchy situation. to your point, this is white woman presenting herself, that s a huge important voting block for the republican party. they cannot be seen as again as people perpetuating and allowing this frat boy culture or rape culture, some would call it. i also think it s a tricky space
facts and i think it s important to believe a woman who comes under these circumstances even if her identity is confidential. lisa, if you still had your own job at the senate judiciary committee, i am sure in the last few weeks it would have fallen to you to have a conversation with this woman. what would you have told her? i would tell her it s so important to come forward, if you could possibly come forward. certainly she would attack. senator grassly was there at the time and he also attacked anita hill just like orin hatch. but there s so many women who would come forward, who would stand beside her and defend her against the attacks from republicans. her character is her own possession, and i know she would be surrounded by millions of other women who would standby her. lisa graves and jill wine-bankss, thank you very much for joining us in this important discussion tonight. appreciate it. thank you so much.