Posted on 12/06/2017 3:42:29 PM PST by mdittmar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Al Franken will resign from the U.S. Senate on Thursday, Minnesota Public Radio reported, after more than half of his Senate Democratic colleagues urged him to do so in light of sexual misconduct accusations.
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Franken’s resignation will make it easier to dump Judge Moore if/when he wins.
Doesn’t add up in my head? It’s like Wimpy and his hamburger... Would you quit the Senate today so that your colleagues can argue someone else should quit the Senate in the future?
And in both cases, the replacement will be appointed by the same party that vacates so it changes nothing in terms of party division.
That’s the diabolical script.
Not gonna happen...
If Franken wanted to resign he would have resigned. This is more poorly thought-out BS from the press.
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