Analysis: Does Joe Biden have a woman problem?
By Amber Phillips Amber Phillips Reporter for The Fix covering Congress, statehouses Email Bio Follow April 25 at 7:49 AM There are a lot of advantages that come from being the highest-ranking Democrat to run for president. But former vice president Joe Biden enters the 2020 presidential race Thursday with a potential major pitfall: his record with women.
The Cut, which published an essay by his original accuser, Nevada lieutenant governor nominee Lucy Flores, is keeping a running list of his accusers, which is a Google search away for anyone who cares to look it up. The accusers range from Flores, who says Biden came up behind her and kissed the back of her head, to a woman who said he rested his hand on her shoulder, then started to move it down her lower back.
Then, on Wednesday, CNN reported that Biden was warned away from announcing that he is running for president on the same day as a prominent presidential forum for women of color. His alleged struggles there recall a much more serious part of Biden’s history that haunts him to this day: his role as the lawmaker in charge of the 1991 Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings. Biden chaired the Senate committee that was moving to confirm Thomas to the Supreme Court. His committee heard from Hill, who testified that Thomas sexually harassed her.
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