Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee said on Friday Republicans on the committee are treating the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault worse than senators treated Anita Hill in the 90s.

Democrats have seized on the 1991 hearings, where Hill testified publicly during a televised hearing about Clarence Thomas allegedly sexually harassing her.

The handling of the hearing, including the optics of the all male committee questioning Hill, helped spark the 1992 "Year of the Woman" movement that swept several female lawmakers, including Feinstein, into office.

They added that "we fear that rather than learning from the past, Senate Republicans and the Trump Administration are repeating this Committee’s previous mistakes and making new ones."

"We are disheartened to see many of our colleagues in the majority have already made up their minds and begun to dismiss and diminish Dr. Ford’s experience," Democrats wrote, adding "we are better than this."