Article snippet: Democrats in Washington are fighting GOP allegations of hypocrisy over the political maelstrom roiling their party in Virginia. The accusations come just months after national Democrats, near the height of the "Me Too" movement, demanded MORE abandon his Supreme Court nomination following allegations he had sexually assaulted a teenage girl when he was in high school. Republicans are now focusing on how Democrats have stopped short of calling for the resignation of Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D), who is facing similar allegations surrounding an incident also said to have occurred many years ago. Many Capitol Hill Democrats are holding their fire and urging Virginia state officials to conduct an investigation. The juxtaposed episodes — and the contrasting responses — are creating headaches for Democrats in Richmond and Washington; testing the party’s zero-tolerance policy when it comes to sexual harassment charges, regardless of how old; and prompting charges from across the aisle that Democrats are applying a double standard purely to protect one of their own. Democrats “have not really been saying, ‘He’s got to go. He’s got to go.’ And it does go to show you have to be very careful when these allegations are made,” Rep. MORE (R-Ala.) said Thursday. “With the Kavanaugh thing, it makes you look like you have a double standard if you don’t do that across the board.” Fairfax is one of three top Democrats in Virginia fighting to keep their seats amid potentiall... Link to the full article to read more