Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about new evidence of former President Joe Biden’s poor character.
During his campaign to secure the 2020 Democrat presidential nomination, Joe Biden infamously told the leftist co-hosts of ABC’s The View that, “from the beginning,” he believed Anita Hill’s unsubstantiated allegations of sexual harassment against now-Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. …
… But if Biden’s claim about believing Hill is true, then why did he leave a voicemail on Thomas’ answering machine praising him as a “person of character” after his confirmation to the Supreme Court?
Obtained by The Federalist, the voice message in question further underscores Biden’s duplicitous behavior throughout Thomas’ Senate confirmation. As the then-chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Delaware Democrat had an instrumental role in shepherding the three-ring circus that sought to sink the George H.W. Bush nominee’s appointment to the highest court in the land.
In his 2007 memoir My Grandfather’s Son, Thomas — who was confirmed to SCOTUS 34 years ago on Wednesday — described a phone call he purportedly had with the Delaware senator prior to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote on whether to advance his nomination to the full floor for consideration. As noted by Thomas, the Judiciary Committee was already aware of Hill’s allegations — including Biden.
During this alleged call, Biden told Thomas, as described by the then-nominee, that he “was torn over his decision and had actually brought two statements with him to the committee meeting that day, one for [him] and the other against,” but ultimately “decided to oppose [Thomas].” …
… In reference to Hill’s claims and a leak of one of Thomas’ draft legal opinions, Biden purportedly replied, “Judge, I know you don’t believe me, but if any of these last two matters come up, I will be your biggest defender.”
“He was right about one thing: I didn’t believe him. Neither did [my wife] Virginia,” Thomas wrote.
