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Al Franken hit with groping allegation from second woman
Fox News. com ^ | November 20, 2017

Posted on 11/20/2017 11:58:40 AM PST by Kaslin

Days after a photo surfaced of Sen. Al Franken grabbing a woman’s breasts as she slept, a second woman has come forward with allegations the Minnesota Democrat inappropriately touched her in 2010.

The woman alleges Franken grabbed her buttocks while posing for a photo with her at the Minnesota State Fair, according to CNN.

The woman, Lindsay Menz, first tweeted about the alleged incident last Thursday, in response to explosive claims by Los Angeles radio anchor Leeann Tweeden that Franken forcibly kissed and groped her during a 2006 USO tour.

"In August 2010, @alfranken grabbed me while taking a photo together at the Minnesota State Fair. I felt violated & embarassed. I 100% believe your account of him & his actions, @LeeannTweeden. Thank you for sharing your story," Menz tweeted.

The incident would have occurred while Franken was in the Senate, unlike the 2006 incident, which happened before he was elected.

Menz contacted CNN and provided more details on Thursday, hours after the first allegation was made public, according to the cable TV news network.

FRANKEN SPOKESMAN SAYS SENATOR WON'T RESIGN

The 33-year-old woman alleged the incident occurred at a booth at the fair where elected officials, political candidates and celebrities stopped by and had their pictures taken.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: alfranken; assman; congresssexscandals; franken; leeanntweeden; lindsaymenz; minnesota; mustresign; sexoffender; thetrumpcurse
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1 posted on 11/20/2017 11:58:40 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

I’d rather have my picture taken with the prize sow and her piglets.


2 posted on 11/20/2017 12:09:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Kaslin

But but Roy Moore, Trump should resign or something.

Oh, and Al, Harvey and the rest of the Hollywood democrat money machine are sorry so all is good bro.


3 posted on 11/20/2017 12:12:29 PM PST by FlipWilson (The)
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To: Kaslin

Melanie Morgan was the 2nd victim.


4 posted on 11/20/2017 12:14:43 PM PST by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Kaslin

If the skanks at SNL were not afraid of being Blacklisted more would speak up.
Lets face it this guy is a perv.


5 posted on 11/20/2017 12:18:38 PM PST by CGASMIA68
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This brings back fond memories of the Kennedy - Chris Dodd female assistant sandwiches at all the DC gatherings.

Good times.... good times.


6 posted on 11/20/2017 12:24:36 PM PST by USCG SimTech
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To: Kaslin

Maybe we should not be so hard on Al Franken because he has a “sickness” and he “is seeking help” and he is “so brave” to fight his addictions. On the other hand.... NO!


7 posted on 11/20/2017 12:28:37 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: Kaslin
"In Tweeden’s account, published by the Los Angeles radio station KABC 790, Franken first assaulted her during the tour. Franken had written a comedy skit in which he would have to kiss her, and he insisted on rehearsing the skit backstage, despite her protests. Per Tweeden’s account:

He repeated that actors really need to rehearse everything and that we must practice the kiss. I said ‘OK’ so he would stop badgering me. We did the line leading up to the kiss and then he came at me, put his hand on the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth.

I immediately pushed him away with both of my hands against his chest and told him if he ever did that to me again I wouldn’t be so nice about it the next time.

I walked away. All I could think about was getting to a bathroom as fast as possible to rinse the taste of him out of my mouth.

I felt disgusted and violated.

Tweeden wrote that she chose not to alert her supervisors of the incident, so as not to “cause trouble” while in the middle of a war zone, and ignored Franken for the remainder of the tour. It wasn’t until she returned home to L.A., she wrote, that she saw the photo, taken during the 36-hour flight from Afghanistan to L.A. “I felt violated all over again. Embarrassed. Belittled. Humiliated,” she wrote.

Every time I hear his voice or see his face, I am angry. I am angry that I did his stupid skit for the rest of that tour. I am angry that I didn’t call him out in front of everyone when I had the microphone in my hand every night after that. I wanted to. But I didn’t want to rock the boat. I was there to entertain the troops and make sure they forgot about where they were for a few hours. Someday, I thought to myself, I would tell my story.

Franken has already responded. Suffice it to say, this won’t cut it.

https://newrepublic.com/minutes/145859/al-franken-big-trouble

8 posted on 11/20/2017 12:33:44 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: Kaslin

Hannity mentioned a 3rd person. We shall see.


9 posted on 11/20/2017 12:34:07 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Kaslin

He didn’t remember groping that particular lady at the Min. St.Fair since there were so many to remember .


10 posted on 11/20/2017 12:52:28 PM PST by Lionheartusa1 ()-: There is nothing DEMOCRATIC about the democrat party ,, stop using that term :-()
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To: Kaslin
Here's the gropee in question. She doesn't betray a look of discomfort but I'm sure Franken is guilty, he's a liberal afterall.

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11 posted on 11/20/2017 12:56:20 PM PST by PeteePie (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Kaslin; flaglady47; Maine Mariner; Freedom56v2; pax_et_bonum; Seattle Conservative; Bob Ireland; ...
Senator Al is the ultimate dope
He gets kicks from a feel and a grope
Instead of a spankin'
This creepy guy Franken
Should be hauled from the Swamp with a rope

Leni

12 posted on 11/20/2017 1:20:59 PM PST by MinuteGal
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To: Kaslin

Ahahahahahaha the age of Trump. Where the right is empowered to fight back, and wins. Trump throws his weight around and destroys the NFL, and wins and is proven right about everything he tweets while the left despairs.

It’s amazing.


13 posted on 11/20/2017 1:32:51 PM PST by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: MinuteGal

Add poetry to your talents ;)


14 posted on 11/20/2017 1:32:53 PM PST by Freedom56v2 (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz~Thx Kalamata ;))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The hogs probably smell better than Franken.

He just looks like he has bad breath and poor personal hygiene.


15 posted on 11/20/2017 1:43:37 PM PST by digger48
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To: Kaslin

Turn out the lights, the party is over, and the fat lady is singing. Hasta la vista, Al!


16 posted on 11/20/2017 1:52:00 PM PST by KingofZion
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To: digger48

Pigs will keep clean if you allow them to.


17 posted on 11/20/2017 1:59:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: granite

This article is about women who claimed that Franken groped them.

Melanie Morgan is claiming harassment and intimidation.


18 posted on 11/20/2017 2:04:33 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: Kaslin

Wow... Old Al’s turning out to be a real Male Slut, ain’t he???

Maybe we should take some more moral directions from him...

/s


19 posted on 11/20/2017 2:07:30 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

It’s a real shocker to me. I thought he was gay all this time.


20 posted on 11/20/2017 2:10:00 PM PST by CJ Wolf (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
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