Former President Barack Obama didn’t list embattled Minnesota Attorney General candidate Keith Ellison (D.) among his endorsements in election races on Monday.
Obama released his second round of midterm endorsements, and he offered them to Sen. Tina Smith (D., Minn.) in Minnesota, as well as Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan in their respective bids for governor and lieutenant governor. He also gave endorsements in several U.S. and State House races there.
Obama also listed Democratic socialist congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in his new round of New York endorsements after not naming her in August.
Ellison, the vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has denied allegations of domestic abuse by his ex-girlfriend Karen Monahan. Monahan said Democrats are protecting Ellison and engaging in a “smear” campaign to discredit her. – READ MORE
[divider][/divider]Karin Housley, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, has officially requested an investigation into the allegations of domestic abuse against Rep. Keith Ellison.
Ellison, a Democrat running for attorney general in Minnesota, has been accused by his former girlfriend of physical and emotional abuse throughout the time they dated. Karen Monahan alleged Ellison once dragged her off a bed while shouting profanities and sent multiple abusive text messages.
Ellison has vehemently denied the accusations and asked the House Ethics Committee to launch a probe into the allegations. Minnesota’s Democratic Party has also commissioned an investigation.
But Housley, the GOP nominee who is facing incumbent Sen. Tina Smith in November, has called for an “immediate investigation” by the Minnesota Office of the Attorney General.
“Recent calls for a congressional ethics investigation, made by Keith Ellison and echoed by my opponent, amount to nothing more than political cover; Ellison will have left Congress by the time an investigation could be completed,” Housley said in a statement. “These are serious, recent and substantiated allegations that deserve immediate attention and raise significant doubts about Keith Ellison’s fitness to serve as Minnesota’s chief legal officer.” – READ MORE
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