[Alberta's Child]

He will be forced to step down and disappear from politics for the same reason Al Franken was: because he's an embarrassment to the Democrat Party in an important election year.

With all the talk about a "blue wave" in November, there hasn't been a lot of attention paid to a couple of close House races in Minnesota where the GOP can actually pick up seats currently held by Democrats. Race and gender politics will be a major factor in the pressure by Democrats to get rid of Ellison. The optics of a black man physically abusing a white woman are terrible in a state where 85% of the population is white.

[arrogantsob]

White guilt will give him a pass.