Come on.
Manti Te'o's backstory was embraced by all Americans, left and right.
The guy was portrayed as a devout Mormon and football hero, who turned down a chance to go pro in order to get his degree and lead his team to a potential championship.
He lost his girlfriend and grandmother on the same day, so the story went, but soldiered on to honor them.
That isn't a Democrat story.
That's an American story.
I thought it was a Notre Dame story. And a Punahou story.