Democ­rats turn on Menen­dez after lat­est indict­ment: ‘Straw that broke the camel’s back’

Democ­rats are begin­ning to speak out after Sen. Bob Menen­dez (D‑NJ) and his wife were accused of tak­ing bribes of gold bars, cash, and a lux­u­ry car to help the gov­ern­ment of Egypt and busi­ness­men in New Jer­sey in a new indict­ment, with some even call­ing on the sen­a­tor to resign his seat.
Gov. Phillip Mur­phy (D‑NJ), a close Demo­c­ra­t­ic ally, called on Menen­dez to resign on Fri­day, the first sig­nal that the flood­gates could begin to open, a sig­nif­i­cant­ly dif­fer­ent tone from Menendez’s pri­or legal prob­lems in which Democ­rats stood by the New Jer­sey sen­a­tor.
ROBERT MENENDEZ INDICTED: DEMOCRATIC NEW JERSEY SENATOR FACES FEDERAL CHARGES OF BRIBERY
After Menendez’s April 2015 indict­ment, the sen­a­tor had the sup­port of the major­i­ty of the state par­ty. His cam­paign web­site fea­tured an “I stand with Bob” logo while Demo­c­ra­t­ic law­mak­ers defend­ed him, specif­i­cal­ly Sen. Cory Book­er (D‑NJ). But the tone appears to have shift­ed.
“The alle­ga­tions in the indict­ment against Sen. Menen­dez and four oth­er defen­dants are deeply dis­turb­ing,” the Demo­c­ra­t­ic gov­er­nor said in a state­ment Fri­day.
Ear­li­er in the day on Fri­day, Reps. Dean Phillips (D‑MN), Mikie Sher­rill (D‑NJ), Andy Kim (D‑NJ), State Assem­bly Speak­er Craig Cough­lin, and state Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty Chairm …