Believe all women?
One of the stranger twists in the already bizarre tale unfolding around the Virginia Governor’s office has been the sudden emergence of a claim of sexual assault against Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax. The allegation dates back 15 years, supposedly taking place during the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Fairfax is categorically denying it ever happened and fueling suspicions that the Governor himself is behind the leak, hoping to derail a push to have him resign and allow the Lt. Governor to take his place. But the reactions I’m seeing in the media this week paint a very strange picture, which we’ll get to in a moment. (Fox News)
Virginia Democratic Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax on Monday, when asked by a reporter, did not rule out the possibility that embattled Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam could be secretly pushing a newly revealed sexual assault allegation against Fairfax to derail his possible ascension to the governorship.
And in a separate, fiery statement late Sunday, Fairfax accused The Washington Post of “smearing an elected official,” reiterated that the sexual assault allegation against him is “false,” and seemingly threatened to sue the paper for rebuking his earlier characterization of the evidence surrounding the episode.
