Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax has released a statement in which he called for the media and others to treat both him, his family and the accuser with respect:

NEW: Virginia Lt Gov Justin Fairfax released a new statement about the sexual assault allegations against him pic.twitter.com/vNGNVvW0wO — Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) February 6, 2019

That statement isn’t coupling well with some media reports about what Fairfax has said behind closed doors:

Now ask yourselves why Vanessa Tyson isn’t a progressive martyr right now. pic.twitter.com/4Lcx9uZDxR — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 6, 2019

Well, that escalated quickly.

CNN reports Fairfax engaged in an explicative ridden rant about his accuser with aides. Surely, we must discuss his fitness for office, right? — David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) February 6, 2019

Those seem to be the rules Dems have established, so sure!

Quite the different standard from “Believe all women.” Weird. https://t.co/FDrIDifc9f — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 6, 2019

Lil’ bit. Bernie Sanders should get prepared to take another fake phone call in case he’s asked about this again!

Time to turn off Virginia and then back on again …. — Chuck Batchelor (@The_realest_cb) February 6, 2019

Remember when Kavanaugh never attacked Dr. Ford, but defended himself and the libs said he was unfit for office? https://t.co/rt8hP5btlP — Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) February 6, 2019

The #WomenInWhite and Bernie Hold the Phone Sanders were unavailable for comment==>https://t.co/aGwJ2p4EAY — Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 6, 2019

Something something temperament https://t.co/NswxWS1Fgr — Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) February 6, 2019

Hardly the temperament you'd want for someone in a position of leadership. Probably likes beer too. — MommaShark36 (@MommaShark36) February 6, 2019

Things are going great — ? “Danny” ? (@BookemDan_0) February 6, 2019

You stay classy, Virginia Democrats. https://t.co/1QWgDcupKo — Brent Skilton (@brent_skilton) February 6, 2019

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