after chairman biden went first there, republican senator arlen specter went right after a joe biden, and he had some very specific follow-ups he needed to ask professor hill, stuff he urgently needed to clear up. you testified this morning in response to senator biden that the most embarrassing question involved this is not too bad women s large breasts, that s a word we use all the time. that was the most embarrassing aspect of what judge thomas had said to you. no. the most embarrassing aspect was his description of the acts of these individuals, these women, the acts that those particular people would engage in. it wasn t just the breasts. it was the continuation of his
about something, that i could decline to discuss things that were too embarrassing. you thought that was too embarrassing? well, how do you feel now, professor hill? how is this going for you now? how do you feel about having come forward now? tell me more details about that. that was 1991. which is a long time ago, right? 27 years ago. senator biden of course moved on from the senate, became vice president. senator specter has since died. senator orrin hatch was on that committee. he literally at one point waved around a copy of the book the exorcist at the hearing and accused anita hill of making up some of her claims by adapting them from the exorcist. senator chuck grassley was on that committee 27 years ago. he is now chair of that committee today. it was an all-male roster on the judiciary committee today.
decline to discuss things that were too embarrassing. you thought that was too embarrassing? well, how do you feel now, professor hill? how is this going for you now? how do you feel about having come forward now? tell me more details about that. that was 1991. which is a long time ago, right? 27 years ago. senator biden of course moved on from the senate, became vice president. senator specter has since died. senator orrin hatch was on that committee. he literally at one point waved around a copy of the book the exorcist at the hearing and accused anita hill making up scenes by adopting them from scenes many the exorcist. senator chuck grassley was on that committee 27 years ago. he is now chair of that committee today. it was an all male roster on the judiciary committee today. it is still now an all male rost attorney judiciary committee on the republican side. but now we re to be get a second chance as a country.
elderly parents in that room from hearing what they had to hear. after chairman biden went first there, republican senator arlen specter went right after a joe biden, and he had some very specific follow-ups he needed to ask professor hill, stuff he urgently needed to clear up. you testified this morning in response to senator biden that the most embarrassing question involved this is not too bad women s large breasts, that s a word we use all the time. that was the most embarrassing aspect of what judge thomas had said to you. no. the most embarrassing aspect was his description of the acts of these individuals, these women, the acts that those particular
repression of these things. that this woman is a credible woman, and she can t be ignored. i will tell you another thing when anita hill made her allegations against justice thomas, she was demolished by one of the more brilliant cross examinations in history, by then-senator arlen specter, the former philadelphia d.a. that can t happen now, in the me too era. they can challenge her, but they will have to do so gingerly and respect fully. not aggressively, as senator specter did with ms. hale. melissa: you said you ve been through reason investigation yourself when they looked into your background. i wonder, not doubting that this took place, is it meaningful that they didn t find anyone else along the way? one thing we have learned in this era is that when someone is accused of doing something, it turns out it was a pattern of behavior and a bunch of people come forward. it sort of that first person that has the courage to come out. if he has been through a lot of background che