<p>Karen Monahan on Wednesday released a medical document which she claims is proof of abuse she suffered at the hands of Minnesota Rep. (D) Keith Ellison. ;</p>
<p>Ellison, who serves as deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has denied accusations that he sent Monahan threatening text messages, verbally abused her, and yanked her off a bed by her feet.</p>
<p>The medical document, which is dated November 2017, notes that Monahan &ldquo;identifies the individual she was involved with as Congressman Ellison&rdquo; and &ldquo;is worried about retribution if she identifies him publicly.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Monahan claims she has a video ;showing Ellison&rsquo;s abusive behavior, but has refused to release the footage. Monahan&rsquo;s son Austin says he watched his mom &ldquo;come out of pure hell&rdquo; after breaking up with Ellison. He also claims he saw the alleged video last year while using her computer.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I found over 100 text and twitter messages and video&hellip;that showed Keith Ellison dragging my mama off the bed by her feet, screaming and calling her a [expletive],&rdquo; wrote Austin on Facebook. &ldquo;The messages I found were mixed with him consistently telling my mom he wanted her back&rdquo; and that he would &ldquo;bully her and threaten her if she went public.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Ellison has received virtually no pushback from the DNC, while Monahan claims she has been ;&#8220;smeared, threatened, and isolated&#8221; from the Democratic Party. ;&ldquo;I provided medical records from 2017, stating on two different Dr. Visits, I told them about the abuse and who did it. My therapist released records stating I have been dealing and healing from the abuse.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Whether or not Monahan&#8217;s claim is true, the story brings to light another issue: neither side seems to care about the victims. It&rsquo;s all about scoring political points. ;</p>
<p>Democrats (and the media) have largely ignored Monahan, but they are virtually celebrating Christine Blasey Ford&#8217;s accusations against ;Trump&#8217;s Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh.</p>
<p>Unlike the accusation against Kavanaugh, which relates to a high school party nearly four decades ago, the charges against Ellison are recent and specific. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Supposed DNC and DFL investigations into Ellison&rsquo;s actions have vanished into thin air, and the media has been curiously incurious about their status,&rdquo; says Hotair&rsquo;s Ed Morrissey. &ldquo;None of the media has given Monahan a percentage point of the attention afforded to Kavanaugh&rsquo;s accuser.&rdquo;</p>
<p>This behavior is ;&ldquo;hypocritical,&rdquo; argues Monahan. &ldquo;Do you think a person who has dealt with any form of abuse by politicians is thinking about politics? No, we and are [sic] families are trying to heal.&rdquo;</p>
<p>In the meantime, Ellison has a small lead over GOP opponent Doug Wardlow in the race for Minnesota Attorney General. ;According to a <em>Star Tribune/MPR News</em> poll, 21% of voters believe Monahan, 22% do not, and 57% are unsure. ;</p>
<p><strong>Author&#8217;s Note: ;  ;</strong>I&rsquo;m not a huge fan of Ellison, but it sure sounds like he is being set up. The evidence presented by Monahan just says that she is anemic &#8211; which has no direct correlation with abuse. The rest is just a statement from her doctor agreeing with what she said (i.e. the accusation originated with her). ;</p>
<p>At the end of the day, ;Monahan should have gone to the police, not the media, if she wanted to accuse Ellison of a crime. From that point, you press charges and appear before a judge to determine the truth. This is the way things work in the US. It&rsquo;s not a perfect system, but it&rsquo;s the best we can think of. ;</p>
<p>Unfortunately when you are tried in the press, the accusation often acts as a conviction. I would love to see Ellison go down, but this is not the way it should happen. ;</p>