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AVALANCHE: Democratic Senators Turn on Al Franken After Latest Allegations
Mediaite ^ | 6 Dec 2017 | Josh Feldman

Posted on 12/06/2017 9:08:23 AM PST by mandaladon

Six senators on Wednesday called on fellow Democrat Al Franken to resign, in a jaw-dropping avalanche of statements addressing the latest allegations against the Minnesota senator.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, kicked things off, publishing a post on Facebook aptly titled “Senator Franken Should Step Aside” (read here). Democratic Sens. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Patty Murray of Washington and Kamala Harris of California all followed suit.

This comes on the heels of yet another woman coming forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Franken, which he has denied as “categorically not true.”

Gillibrand’s Facebook statement says that while she has considered Franken a friend, “this moment of reckoning about our friends and colleagues who have been accused of sexual misconduct is necessary, and it is painful.”

Hirono immediately followed suit, publishing a thread on Twitter explaining her decision:

(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; congresssexscandals; dncstrategy; enoughalready; franken; perverts
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1 posted on 12/06/2017 9:08:23 AM PST by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

Not to mention his molestation of a box of fake ballots.


2 posted on 12/06/2017 9:10:21 AM PST by fwdude (Why is it that the only positive things to come out of LGBT organizations are their AIDS tests?)
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To: mandaladon
They realize that their attacks on Moore, and Trump, ring hollow with Franken in the Senate. Besides, the dim governor will appoint a liberal that will run for reelection without sexual assault hanging over their head.
3 posted on 12/06/2017 9:12:32 AM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: mandaladon

Appears the Dems have adopted the strategy of getting rid of Conyers and Franken before the Alabama Senate election, using the “see, they’re gone...you can’t elect Moore” argument.

Of course the Dems are frauds since both of these seats are safely Democrat, so they’re not really sacrificing anything.

Don’t fall for this Alabama! Vote for Moore.

Besides, these Dems are guilty and Moore has been falsely accused.

Go Trump - MAGA
Go Melania aka Lady MAGA

Pepe is pleased


4 posted on 12/06/2017 9:12:35 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: mandaladon
Schadenfreude!

This started as the Left's gambit to take down Judge Moore. But it has only made Judge Moore stronger, while knocking down rows of Leftist blowhards like rows of dominoes.
 

5 posted on 12/06/2017 9:12:57 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: mandaladon

Hey...jerks like him pretend to be the Virtuous People, and castigate the heterosexual Right.

Live by the sword buddy....die by it.

The harpy gynocracy will not be satisfied until they have every male on the planet castrated.


6 posted on 12/06/2017 9:13:11 AM PST by Regulator
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To: mandaladon

This tells me polling has Roy Moore way ahead. When he wins this turn against Franken will be used to try and force Republicans NOT to seat him.


7 posted on 12/06/2017 9:13:16 AM PST by LeonardFMason (426)
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To: mandaladon

Schadenfreude can be fun for a while, but one really has to be a little concerned that we’re heading into witch hunt territory.


8 posted on 12/06/2017 9:13:35 AM PST by trad_anglican
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To: LeonardFMason

The republicans cannot NOT seat him. If he is elected, he is seated.


9 posted on 12/06/2017 9:14:55 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian (Islam delenda est.)
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To: mandaladon

They are willing to throw Franken under the bus, knowing full well they will keep a Dem seat in the Senate.

All they are doing is making way for blue-state Republicans to get the boot and be replaced with a Dem


10 posted on 12/06/2017 9:15:14 AM PST by Be Careful
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To: mandaladon

Looks like what Franken has been doing is par for the course.


11 posted on 12/06/2017 9:15:26 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

This is to put the pressure on President Trump to resign because of all the allegations make against him.


12 posted on 12/06/2017 9:16:50 AM PST by cynicalman
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To: mandaladon

My bet is that Franken has been harassing female senate staffers and the Lady Senators know it!


13 posted on 12/06/2017 9:17:00 AM PST by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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To: LeonardFMason

It means the polling results tell them non-Somali whites are ready to vote for Ellison to take his seat.


14 posted on 12/06/2017 9:17:01 AM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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To: LeonardFMason

That is exactly why they are coming out en masse on the the same day.


15 posted on 12/06/2017 9:17:05 AM PST by steadcom
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To: mandaladon

Big Deal, so he gets replaced with another Democrat.


16 posted on 12/06/2017 9:17:17 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: mandaladon

If the Picture of Franken pretending to grab the Boobs of the sleeping Woman didn’t exist, he wouldn’t be embattled.

The obvious Yearbook Forgery is the only hard evidence (pardon the pun) they have against Judge Moore, but you would think there was a real picture of him doing something.


17 posted on 12/06/2017 9:17:28 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

Constitutionally the Senate can refuse to seat him or even kick him out.


18 posted on 12/06/2017 9:18:12 AM PST by arthurus
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To: mandaladon

This is about enough Democrats falling on their sword, to increase the pressure on Trump to do the same.


19 posted on 12/06/2017 9:18:34 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: mandaladon

They are Democrat, not Democratic.


20 posted on 12/06/2017 9:19:59 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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