Larry O’Connor penned an opinion piece at The Washington Times. An excerpt of his latest article, On Ellison, Democrats and media go from #MeToo to ‘Who … me?’, is below:

As the media frenzy over unsubstantiated accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh reach a fever pitch, it’s truly instructive to observe the virtual news blackout over the case of Karen Monahan.

Ms. Monahan has accused Rep. Keith Ellison, the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee and the party’s nominee for Minnesota attorney general, of physical abuse during the course of their relationship.

Unlike Judge Cavanaugh’s accuser, Ms. Monahan is willing to go on the record to discuss the details of Mr. Ellison’s behavior. Also unlike Judge Cavanaugh’s accuser, Ms. Monahan has produced evidence to support the claims of physical abuse including medical records and witnesses with whom she confided and discussed Mr. Ellison’s behavior at the time.

And unlike the accusations against Judge Kavanaugh, the purported incident with Mr. Ellison took place less than two years ago, not over 35 years ago. [Read More]