Democrats are trying to pull out the Anita Hill playbook again.
Via Daily Caller:
Sensing an opportunity for newfound relevance, Anita Hill has been doing the rounds in media as a subject matter expert on the Brett Kavanaugh allegation, hoping a new generation too young to know and faded memories of others will gloss over why her own accusations were not seen as credible in 1991.
Hill, the law professor who accused then-Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment says she got a raw deal when she testified against him over 25 years ago.
“The reluctance of someone to come forward demonstrates that even in the #MeToo era, it remains incredibly difficult to report harassment, abuse or assault by people in power,” she said in a statement to The Daily Beast, referencing the 35-year old sexual misconduct accusation bandied against Kavanaugh by Christine Blasey Ford.
She added, “I have seen firsthand what happens when such a process is weaponized against an accuser, and no one should have to endure that again.”
Hill elaborated on her statement in a New York Times op-ed Tuesday and gave her suggestions as to how lawmakers should handle a public hearing similar to the one she and Thomas were involved in, criticizing the members who questioned her at the time.
“The details of what that process would look like should be guided by experts who have devoted their careers to understanding sexual violence,” she writes. “The job of the Senate Judiciary Committee is to serve as fact-finders, to better serve the American public, and the weight of the government should not be used to destroy the lives of witnesses who are called to testify.”