Analysis: Biden may continue to face questions from female voters about his past behavior. For some women, his delayed apology to Anita Hill is just a start.
By Eugene Scott Eugene Scott Reporter covering identity politics for The Fix Email Bio Follow May 1 at 12:46 PM The day after former vice president Joe Biden officially announced that he was running for president, he was confronted with a key moment in his past: his handling of the Anita Hill hearings.
A few weeks before entering the race, Biden phoned Hill. According to the New York Times, the former vice president expressed “regret for what she endured” 30 years ago. “I am sorry she was treated the way she was treated,” he said. “I wish we could have figured out a better way to get this thing done.”
“I believed her from the very beginning, but I was chairman," he said. “She did not get a fair hearing. She did not get treated well. That’s my responsibility. As the committee chairman, I take responsibility that she did not get treated well. I take responsibility for that.” Biden seems to be about equally popular among men and women, receiving 18 percent support among men and 16 percent among women.
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