Left-leaning CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin told Jake Tapper on The Lead on Monday that Roy Moore’s fate was in the hands of Alabama voters — and no one else.

Toobin was responding to the emergence of a new accuser, Beverly Young Nelson, 55. Nelson appeared at a press conference with feminist attorney (and Democratic Party activist) Gloria Allred earlier Monday and accused Moore of sexually assaulting her when she was 16 years old. According to Nelson, Moore groped her and attempted to force her head towards his crotch while he drove her home after her shift as a waitress at a restaurant he frequented.

Last week, the Washington Post reported the allegations of Leigh Corfman, 53, who said that Moore had sexual contact with her when she was 14 years old. The Post also reported that Moore had allegedly pursued three women in their teens when he was in his 30s and still single.

Asked whether the emergence of a second accuser would have legal consequences, Toobin said:

Well, there is no legal proceeding going on. This is an election. So it doesn’t really change anything from a legal proceeding. There is no lawsuit. There is no criminal investigation. This is all about the voters. The voters can find this information credible. They can believe the accusers or they can believe Roy Moore and vote accordingly, but this is a political matter right now. It’s not — it’s not legal.

Senate Republicans continued to urge Moore to drop out of the race. However, his name will still appear on the ballot in Alabama’s special election on December 12, whether he is in the race or not.

Should Moore win — and he had maintained a lead in some polls following the Post story — the Senate does not have the constitutional authority to refuse to seat him. (The last time the Senate considered that option was when then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was caught trying to sell Barack Obama’s former seat.) However, the Senate may expel any member on a two-thirds majority vote, and the limits on that power are virtually nil.

Republicans are clearly worried about the effect that the Moore controversy will have on their prospects for the 2018 midterm elections. They fear a return of Democrats’ “war on women” strategy, used to such great effect in 2012 to defeat Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and several Senate hopefuls. However, they are equally worried about challenges from insurgent conservative candidates in several primary races next year.

Moore was one such insurgent, defeating incumbent (appointed) Sen. Luther Strange. Senate Republicans were eager to find a way to get rid of him, or at least marginalize him, before he had been accused of sexual misconduct. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) — who retired rather than face a tough primary — gave the game away on Saturday when he tweeted: ‘Look, I’m sorry, but even before these reports surfaced, Roy Moore’s nomination was a bridge too far.”

But even with Moore facing lurid allegations, Senate Republicans’ efforts may backfire.

Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), the chair of the National Senate Republican Committee (NSRC), said after the second accuser came forward that the Senate should expel Moore if he wins. In response, Steve Guede, Calhoun County coordinator for the Moore campaign, told CNN:

You’re telling the voters of Alabama if you choose your Senator that we are going to try to nullify your vote. Therefore you don’t have [the] constitutional right to vote in Alabama because we are going to work our best to nullify your vote if you vote for Roy Moore. That’s the message I get from that. … To say if the voters of Alabama vote for Roy Moore you’re all wrong and I know more than you do … and we’re going nullify your vote through some kind of mechanism in the rules of the Senate. … That’s kind of a breach of the Constitution that I don’t think folks in Alabama will rest well with. … It is absolutely up to Alabama.

Should the GOP expel Moore, it could risk a backlash from its own voters — and threats to expel Moore might also help him rally anti-establishment support. If Moore wins, and the Senate fails to expel him, it might drive more Democratic voters to the polls next November. The party might be tagged with the Moore controversy regardless.

Allred delivered an ultimatum on Monday, giving the Senate two weeks to convene a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to air the accusations against Moore under oath. The ultimatum expires several days before the election.

Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News. He was named one of the “most influential” people in news media in 2016. He is the co-author of How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution, is available from Regnery. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.

The social justice warriors in corporate America are pushing back hard after the staggering election defeat of Hillary Clinton slammed the door on the Obama era.

Highfalutin men’s fashion rag GQ just named an unemployed, cop-hating, communist-loving former NFL player turned self-anointed “race messiah” as its “Citizen of the Year” for 2017 and toy manufacturer Mattel is getting in on the action.

Joining the launch of the new line of Barbie dolls will be a Muslim Barbie in a hijab which has somehow become a bizarre expression of women’s rights on the left despite the contradictory evidence that women are treated like dogs in the Islamic world.

Thank you @Mattel for announcing me as the newest member of the @Barbie #Shero family! I’m proud to know that little girls everywhere can now play with a Barbie who chooses to wear hijab! This is a childhood dream come true ?? #shero http://pic.twitter.com/py7nbtb2KD

— Ibtihaj Muhammad (@IbtihajMuhammad) November 13, 2017

The doll is being modeled on Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad who like Colin Kaepernick, has made it clear that she hates President Trump.

Sadly, these plastic babes won’t be ready in time for Christmas as the rollout won’t occur until 2018.

MUSLIM BARBIE: Mattel Announces Hijab-Wearing Doll Based Off Of Anti-Trump Muslim https://t.co/aNfRuwi4bm

— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) November 14, 2017

Via the Daily Wire “MUSLIM BARBIE: Mattel Announces Hijab-Wearing Doll Based Off Of Anti-Trump Muslim”:

The maker of Barbie announced on Monday that they are creating their first Muslim Barbie doll which will feature a hijab and is modeled on an Olympic fencer who made headlines for criticizing President Trump.

The new Barbie, named after Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, was announced at Glamour’s Women of the Year summit and is scheduled to be available for purchase in 2018, CNN Money reported.

In a tweet, Muhammad wrote, “I’m proud to know that little girls everywhere can now play with a Barbie who chooses to wear hijab! This is a childhood dream come true.”

Sejal Shah Miller, Barbie’s vice president of global marketing, said that Muhammad is an encouragement to countless girls in the U.S.

“Ibtihaj is an inspiration to countless girls who never saw themselves represented, and by honoring her story, we hope this doll reminds them that they can be and do anything,” Miller said in a statement.

Help #MakeAmericaGreatAgain! Trump wants Muslims to report, so let’s all report straight to the polls! Hate is no match for us #RocktheVote http://pic.twitter.com/9WjQlzyydA

— Ibtihaj Muhammad (@IbtihajMuhammad) November 7, 2016

Corporate America is taking a big gamble by going all-in against Trump through capitalizing on liberal resentment to sell their products and are becoming less concerned about any backlash.

Apparently, a lot of nuts out there don’t like “YOU PEOPLE.”

Of the 6,100 hates crime that occurred last year — 4,229 of which were racially motivated — 20 percent involved actions taken against whites, according to the Associated Press.

Based on new FBI statistics released Monday, there were 720 anti-white hate crime “incidents” last year, up from just 613 a year earlier. Likewise, there were 1739 anti-black hate crime “incidents” last year, down from 1745 a year earlier.

Black people clearly still remain the primary victims of racially motivated hate crimes, a factor that should definitely be kept in mind at all times.

But it’s interesting that hate crimes against blacks appears to be declining — only gradually mind you — whereas hate crimes against whites seems to be skyrocketing.

Assuming my math is correct, hate crimes against whites rose by nearly 18 percent within the span of just one year. That’s troubling.

Note also that it appears blacks were the only group to see a decline in hate crimes, as noted by The Daily Caller:

Anti-Hispanic or Latino hate crimes also increased in 2016. In 2015, the number of offenses targeting Hispanic/Latino Americans was 379. In 2016, that increased to 449, an increase of 18.46 percent. …

Within religious hate crimes, there were also increases. Anti-Jewish hate crimes increased by 20 percent and anti-Islamic hate crimes increased by 26.57 percent. Anti-Catholic hate crimes also slightly increased.

What does all this tell us? It depends …

To be clear, many hate crimes turn out to be hoaxes, so I remain a bit skeptical about accepting these statistics at face value.

Nevertheless, it seems fairly evident America is currently awash in a LOT of hate: hate against whites, hate against blacks, hate against Jews, hate against Muslims, etc.

And in the words of Jerry Seinfeld, “That’s not going to be good for anybody.”