CNN Reporter: Before The Dam Broke On Franken, The Silence From Democrats Was 'Remarkable'

Townhall.com ^ | Dec 09, 2017 | Matt Vespa

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Well, the dam broke for Sen. Al Franken (D-MN). He’s going to leave. After eight women accused him of sexual misconduct, along with the resignation of Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) who also faced sexual harassment accusations, Democratic leadership decided it was time to clean house. It’s not a profile in courage. It’s not a come to Jesus moment. It’s all politics, which you already know. Franken is from a Democratic state with a Democratic governor. He was expendable and his exit allows Democrat to refocus their pressure on Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore. It still doesn’t erase the fact that they gave Bill Clinton and his credible rape allegations a pass, which created this culture. Even with Franken, some Democrats were circling the wagons, giving weak statements, like deferring to the Ethics Committee.

Still, even some reporters, like CNN’s MJ Lee, noted how the deluge of Democratic senators calling for his resignation this week was something of a shock since a lot of them went into the bunker when these allegations surfaced.

“Obviously this is something that we have been keeping track of over the last couple of weeks as these stories—allegations of sexual harassment began to mount,” she said. “Up to this point, the silence was pretty remarkable.”

Lee added that it was clear that Senate Democrats were “reluctant” to call on Franken to resign until Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-MN) finally decided she wanted the comedian to go; she had refused in prior remarks. Yeah, what’s also remarkable is that the party of women took almost a month to decided what to do, only getting more aggressive as it looks apparent that Moore is going to win the Alabama special election on Tuesday. What better opportunity to turn the page and redirect the attacks against the GOP.

Franken is a liberal Democrat, he votes the right way, and he should stay—it wouldn’t shock me at all if that’s what the Left privately thinks. Quite a sad commentary—and both sides are up to their necks in this.

[neverevergiveup]

“Franken did not resign. He said he was going to resign.”

He's resigned himself to resign, at some point in the future.

[Flintlock]

Hes a-gonna LEAVE????

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeealllly????

Wanna BET??? How much??

[Moonman62]

Franken is a liberal Democrat, he votes the right way, and he should stay—it wouldn’t shock me at all if that’s what the Left privately thinks.

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They wanted Franken to stay because he raised a lot of money. They could care less about who he attacked.

[Ancesthntr]

“Well, the dam broke for Sen. Al Franken (D-MN). He’s going to leave.”

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Is he, really? He said that he was going to resign “in the coming weeks.” IOW, he didn’t ACTUALLY resign. When the Alabama Senate race is over, I am willing to bet that he starts backtracking, and ends up staying.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Don’t believe Franken till he walks out the door for the last time.

[GailA]

It's not just the Dems that sat silent, GOP did too as they had their own perverts to cover up.

This is US Rep Diane Black, several terms in the House, steered gov't contracts to her hubby's business, sat silent, now wants to name the names who tax payers paid off the victims for. Reason..she wants to be Tennessee's next Governor. WE DON'T NEED a DO NOTHING LIKE HER! Randy Boyd is PRO-AMNESTY, PRO-REFUGEE, MORE TAXES a RINO.

[pepsi_junkie]

Bah, forget Democrats. Self righteous Mitch McConnell is running the Senate, what ethics investigations has he initiated against any of the crooks and deviants in that august body? None.

Until a conservative republican comes along and embarrasses him by beating the guy Mitch hand picked. Then after Mitch nationalizes that election and it seems the interloper might win anyway, only then does Mitch McConnell discover his conscience and insist that there must be an investigation that will ultimately lead to a THIRD effort to get rid of Moore.

I really hope Moore finds something on that self righteous pompous hypocrite Mitch McConnell and blasts it out for the world to see.

[Windflier]

"Well, the dam broke for Sen. Al Franken (D-MN). He’s going to leave."

So he claims...

[Lurker]

“He’s going to leave.”

That remains to be seen.

L

[SunkenCiv]

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