Cain Caught on Camera Making Anita Hill Joke #p2 #tcot

UPDATE: Herman Cain sure isn't making this whole thing any easier for himself.

The GOP hopeful was caught on tape Thursday joking about Anita Hill, the college professor who lodged her own sexual harassment allegations against Clarence Thomas in the 1990s.

The exchange between Cain and a supporter occurred at a campaign stop in Michigan, and was caught on camera by Fox News, which first aired it on Thursday Night.

Real Clear Politics has the video here. In it, a member of the crowd mentions Hill to Cain, who responds: "Is she going to endorse me?" It is difficult to make out the supporter's original comment, but it prompted a hearty round of laughter from those in the room, including Cain, which continued after the candidate made his follow-up joke.

Cain and his backers have likened his current situation to the one Thomas faced during his confirmation hearings in 1991, branding the media coverage of the accusations a "high-tech lynching."

The New York Times reached out to Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon, who offered what has become a typical response from the campaign concerning its candidate's occasional controversial attempts at humor. "It was a joke," Gordon said, adding that Cain was simply "repeating what a supporter said."

The incident came one day after Cain apologized for calling former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "Princess Nancy" during Wednesday's GOP debate, and follows previous jokes from the former pizza exec about electrifying the fence on the U.S.-Mexican border.

UPDATE Thursday, Nov. 10 at 5:32 p.m. Looks like it's all or nothing.

An attorney for Herman Cain accuser Karen Kraushaar says that his client won't go through with a press conference unless all four women who have accused the GOP candidate of sexual harassment join her.

"Ms. Kraushaar has decided not to hold a press conference unless and until the other women come forward," Joel Bennett told reporters, NPR reports. "She will have no future comment until that time and she and I will not be granting any interviews to the media before any such press conference."

Bennett had previously said that his client had agreed to join Sharon Bialek, the first Cain accuser to go public, at a press conference where the women would tell their stories together.

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