#MeToo wasn’t supposed to snag any Democrats.
If you know the name Christine Blasey Ford but not Karen Monahan, you must ask yourself, “Why?”
In the past few weeks, the nation has been transfixed on nearly every detail surrounding the confirmation process of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The week after the contentious hearings, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, indicated that she possessed a letter charging the nominee with sexual misconduct while a teenager in the early 1980s. Since then, and especially now that we know the accuser’s name, it’s been a literal he said/she said.
While the mainstream media is focused on what comes next in the ongoing D.C. drama, Democrats remain suspiciously quiet concerning allegations about Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn. The claims of abuse against the current congressman, deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee, and candidate for Minnesota Attorney General are serious and most importantly, documented. If we just compare the two situations, the strength of the claims against Ellison overtake the assertions directed at Kavanaugh. In fact, if Kavanaugh were facing claims similar to those of Ellison, his time on the national stage would be in immediate and serious jeopardy.
Ellison’s accuser took to social media on Monday morning with claims against her own party, the Democrats. But with the makeup of the Supreme Court currently hanging in the balance, who has time to listen to a woman 1,000 miles away from the Washington Beltway? Her story isn’t politically convenient. […]
Perhaps Monahan’s greatest mistake is that she is accusing one of her own of egregious behavior that would not be tolerated if Ellison were a member of the Republican Party. While some leftist women’s groups have called Ellison out, there is no strong showing from Democratic leadership of the state or national variety. In the #MeToo era, this lack of concern is obvious.
With the current information available to us, it appears that Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s greatest sin is being President Trump’s second nominee to the highest court in the land. He doesn’t represent a threat because of his supposed behavior toward a peer 36 years ago. His character isn’t considered questionable because of what he may have done as a drunk, dumb high schooler. Instead of being a danger to one woman, he is seen by the minority party as an ideological danger to all females. The nation has already been informed of his purported disinterest in protecting the rights of women.
However, that fear does not appear to have been palpable enough. This is why eleventh-hour allegations involving uncorroborated, unspecified claims of decades-old assault are increasingly suspect.
The party usually clamoring for the basics of equality shy away from applying the standards they demand to both Ford and Monahan. The vocal consideration so carefully applied to a situation involving a Supreme Court nominee is barely a murmur when it involves individuals connected by ideological ties. And Karen Monahan is rightly frustrated.