Democracy for America, one of many liberal groups that backed Ellison’s run for chairman of the DNC, offered a statement affirming female accusers without commenting on the veracity of the claims made by the ex-girlfriend, Karen Monahan, a Sierra Club organizer.
“Democracy for America is not in a position to evaluate allegations made against a candidate in the closing hours of an election, but, as an organization, we believe that every woman who tells her story deserves to be heard,” said DFA spokeswoman Annie Weinberg. “Domestic violence of any kind is unacceptable and has no place in our politics, period.”
Being heard, check that box for certain. Being believed, that is another thing entirely. That said, the quote is eminently reasonable, if a goal is to lessen incidences of abuse and to alter community attitude to accord the question adequate attention.
Strib quotes Ellison as saying about the same thing, from a personal/policy perspective:
He said he is trying to assure voters who might be rethinking their support that their trust in him was well-placed.
“Not only did I not do this, I will continue to be an advocate for safe homes for all people, especially women. I will continue to be a fierce opponent of domestic violence,” he said.
Millions of women have been abused or mistreated and not believed, Ellison said, and that’s a real problem.
“I don’t believe everybody who says something should be believed just because they said it, but I do believe people should be listened to,” he said.
Do you think Monahan's computer may have been hacked by Russians? The seemingly unending obsession that way, get real. No, I do not believe Monahan's computer was hacked. What does seem logical, Monahan claims a video taken with a smart phone; duly and carefully transferred to her "computer" apparently, with some kind of motive to such alleged archiving, if it exists, which has been heard as an assertion, but why, so far, would you believe it?
Show and tell differs from tell, only.