A majority of Senate Democrats on Dec. 6 called on Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) to resign as he faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) right, on Capitol Hill on Friday. Then, after watching Anita Hill’s testimony in the fall of 1991 against Thomas, Murray jumped into the primary against then-Sen. Brock Adams (D), believing that only women could change the Senate culture. By March, Adams withdrew from the race in disgrace after allegations that he had sexual encounters with women after drugging them. “Next January, I’m going to take my tennis shoes back to the United States Senate,” Murray told a cheering crowd the night she won the nomination.

Source: Washington Post December 07, 2017 00:24 UTC