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‘Believe women’ doesn’t apply in the Keith Ellison case, apparently

By Tiana Lowe Doescher
Published October 26, 2018 10:24pm ET
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‘Believe women’ doesn’t apply in the Keith Ellison case, apparently
In this July 18, 2018, file photo, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., asks a question at a House Committee on Financial Services hearing in Washington. Ellison decided to leave Congress for a chance to make a difference as his state's attorney general, but an ex-girlfriend's late accusation of domestic abuse clouded what had been his race to lose. | (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Two months have passed since Karen Monahan came forward with allegations that Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., physically and verbally abused her. In this time, we’ve seen a masterclass in how a political party uses victims of abuse, not to promulgate justice, but as pawns.

The chairman of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Ken Martin, finally addressed the allegations against Ellison, the deputy chair of the DNC and the front-runner in the race for Minnesota’s attorney general.

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