Mr. Gingrich wasn’t the first to use accusations of sex obsession as a distraction technique. Ted Cruz did the same last year when asked about his opposition to same-sex marriage. “Is there something about the left — and I am going to put the media in this category — that is obsessed with sex?” Mr. Cruz asked after taking questions on gay rights from reporters in Beaumont, Tex. For both Mr. Cruz and Mr. Gingrich, painting opponents as perverts is a way to avoid discussing same-sex marriage or the allegations against Mr. Trump.

Someone who seems to take a different tack is, oddly enough, Rush Limbaugh. He responded to the accusations against Mr. Trump earlier this month, saying, “The left will promote and understand and tolerate anything, as long as there is one element. Do you know what it is? Consent.”

“If there is consent on both or all three or all four, however many are involved in the sex act, it’s perfectly fine,” he went on. “But if the left ever senses and smells that there’s no consent in part of the equation then here come the rape police.”

Think about that — for Mr. Limbaugh, the problem with the left is a focus on consent. Well, he’s right. Many on the left are obsessed with consent when it comes to sex. Many believe that if someone commits a sex act that’s non-consensual, that’s a crime — possibly a matter for the “rape police,” or, you know, the police.