Anita Hill demands Biden apologize to America for ‘gender violence’

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Anita Hill said she is unsatisfied after former Vice President Joe Biden, who launched his 2020 presidential campaign Thursday, called her earlier this month to say he had regret over “what she endured” while testifying against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

“I cannot be satisfied by simply saying I’m sorry for what happened to you. I will be satisfied when I know there is real change and real accountability and real purpose,” she told the New York Times.

Hill, who testified to Congress in 1991 that Thomas had sexually harassed her, said she would not consider supporting Biden, who was then chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, until he accepts responsibility for the questioning she endured while testifying.

She also said recent allegations of Biden inappropriately touching women were troubling.

“The focus on apology to me is one thing,” she said. “But he needs to give an apology to the other women and to the American public because we know now how deeply disappointed Americans around the country were about what they saw. And not just women. There are women and men now who have just really lost confidence in our government to respond to the problem of gender violence.”

Biden said in January he thought Hill deserved an apology, but the two apparently did not speak until earlier this month, before Biden declared his candidacy.

“They had a private discussion where he shared with her directly his regret for what she endured and his admiration for everything she has done to change the culture around sexual harassment in this country,” said Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s deputy campaign manager.

Biden said last month that Hill “faced a committee that didn’t fully understand what the hell this was all about. To this day, I regret I couldn’t give her the kind of hearing she deserved. I wish I could have done something.”

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