“I was listening to my podcast and he walked in, he said, ‘I need you to take the trash out.’ And I kept, I was on my stomach, I heard him and I … shook my head [in acknowledgement]. And he looked at me [and] goes, ‘Hey! You f—— hear me?’ And then he looked at me, he goes, ‘B—-, get the f— out of my house!’ and he started trying to drag me off the bed. That’s when I put my camera on to video him,” Monahan said.That's Karen Monahan, the former girlfriend of Ellison, looking right at the camera. And there's more:
The two broke up, but Monahan claims they met before he announced his attorney general run in June. He was allegedly concerned she would go public about the incident that she says happened in 2016.She has chosen to come forward and tell her story, and the DFL apparat is nervous:
“At this point in time, I’m grounded and I know who I am. I have healed for a year and a half. I looked straight at him, I said, ‘I never ruined your career, I didn’t choose to do the things you did, I didn’t choose for you to drag me off the bed, call me a b—-, tell me you hate me. I didn’t choose that,'” Monahan said.
With just 82 days left until the November election, DFL party leaders say they are still looking for answers from their candidate.It's worth remembering there are earlier allegations against Ellison from another woman. Could a third woman be out there? If so, that would be the end of him.
“The DFL party takes any allegation of domestic abuse seriously. It’s a fluid situation, it’s still developing,” said Minnesota DFL party chair Ken Martin. “We believe that Keith Ellison should answer the questions that have been posed to him, and he should address those questions head on.”
The DFL has held the AG's office for over 50 years. Ellison could lose the election and damage the entire ticket. Do you think Tim Walz wants to spend his time talking about Ellison? How about Tina Smith? Watch what happens at the DFL central committee meeting this weekend.
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I read that MN law allows a candidate at this stage to be removed from the ballot only if he dies, becomes seriously ill, or is found to have been ineligible to run for the office. So, I'm guessing that Keith will start feeling poorly and then be sent to one of Tina Smith's clinics, where he will lose a brave fight.
But let's say he stays on the ballot and the metro Dems and local media are enough to drag him across the finish line with a win in November - and then he's indicted. What is the process for replacing a sitting AG? Special election? Governor appointment?
Actually, indictment is unlikely, but Party pressure - once the seat has been secured - may force him to do a Franken if they can be sure another Dem gets in. Can't imagine anyone in the state will have the stomach for a special election at that point, though.
The DFL assumes they have all the statewide government seats wrapped up and that they will be unseating Paulsen and Lewis. If Ellison remains on the ballot and, say, another woman comes forward, all that goes up in flames. I tend to think Ellison is Schrodinger’s Candidate at this point.
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