there were also the accounts from other women who didn't have bad experiences with him, and while abusers hide their abuse and usually don't abuse 100% of the people they possibly could, you combine that with the heritage foundation shit (and remember the fox anchor overstating what al franken did) and it really undermined her case.

it also doesn't really need to be looked into very hard because he was already a nazi tattooed blackwater mercenary and that should've been enough for everyone to never support the guy in the first place.