Don Surber "Despite (maybe because of) credible accusations of domestic abuse, Minnesotans elected Democrat Keith Ellison as their state attorney general. He won by four points over Republican Doug Wardlow.
"How things have changed in the last six months. Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow wrote an expose in New Yorker that the New York Attorney General, Democrat Eric Schneiderman, abused four women.
"Very quickly, the publication added an update at the top of the story: "Three hours after the publication of this story, Schneiderman resigned from his position. 'While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time,' he said in a statement. 'I therefore resign my office, effective at the close of business on May 8, 2018.'
"The story was posted on May 7.
"Ellison's ex-live-in girlfriend's allegations of abuse did not prompt the Democrat Party to abandon him. They circled their wagons.
"CNN reported, "In August, the son of Ellison's former girlfriend Karen Monahan detailed allegations of physical abuse by the congressman in a Facebook post, saying that he discovered a video on his mother's computer in 2017 that allegedly showed Ellison attempting to drag Monahan off a bed while cursing at her."
"So why did Schneiderman resign but not Ellison?"
"Power.
"Schneiderman was disposable. Ellison was not.
"The Democrat governor of New York had the power to replace Schneiderman with another Democrat. In this case, Barbara Underwood.
"But in Minnesota, the fear was voters would elect a Republican if they admitted that Ellison was a wife beater (well, girlfriend dragger). And so they rode out the storm.
"My advice to women, never date a Democrat."
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