The “believe women” slogan may have been forged in the insatiable fires of the militant left, but it’s mostly leftists themselves who keep getting burned.

This time, the accused is a top Bernie Sanders campaign official.

Robert Becker, 50, who worked as Sanders’ deputy national field director in Michigan, California and New York, faces claims he sexually assaulted a fellow campaign staffer in her 20s at a Philadelphia bar. The lurid details involve unlawful restraint and an unwelcome tongue.

The irony is that the right is most likely to grant Becker a fair hearing, innocent until proven guilty, while leftists are more likely to reach for their pitchforks (assuming they don’t simply sweep the story under the rug, which is also a possibility).

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