And they’re not even mentioned the second, older allegation. #MeToo doesn’t count if he’s one of theirs.
Via Twin Cities:
The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party is backing Congressman Keith Ellison in his run for state attorney general despite a recent allegation of domestic abuse from a former girlfriend.
The DFL central committee gathered Saturday in Cambridge to endorse candidates who prevailed in the Aug. 14 primary but didn’t already have the party’s official backing. Matt Pelikan won the DFL endorsement for attorney general earlier this summer at the party convention in Rochester.
Ellison easily won the primary with nearly 50 percent of the vote in the five-person race.
At the Saturday central committee meeting, Ellison got 326 votes, or 82 percent of the attendees on hand.
Ken Martin, DFL party chair, said in a statement announcing the endorsement that as “the people’s lawyer” Ellison “will be a champion for families and fight to hold powerful interests accountable.”