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Dem Sen Durbin: Franken Leaving Should ‘Establish a National Standard’ For Roy Moore
Breitbart ^ | 10 Dec 2017 | Pam Key

Posted on 12/10/2017 3:15:21 PM PST by Cheerio

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) leaving the U.S. Senate should “establish a national standard” on how the Senate deals with Alabama GOP Senate hopeful Roy Moore if he wins.

Partial transcript as follows:

DICKERSON: Joining us now is Senate Democratic Whip Richard Durbin. He is in Springfield, Illinois. Welcome, senator. I want to pick up on something that Senator Collins said about the choice that senators may face if Roy Moore is elected in Alabama. And the question is: What business does the Senate have in overturning the will of the people of Alabama if he is elected? Senator Collins said that’s a very tough decision. What’s your sense of it?

DURBIN: Well, John, I can tell you this. First, the decision is to be made by the voters in Alabama on Tuesday. And I hope that they will do the right thing in terms of defining their standards and values when it comes to people representing them in Washington. But we have heard from Republican senators first who have suggested that if Roy Moore ends up being elected to the Senate, he would face close scrutiny, investigation, even removal from the Senate once he arrives.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Illinois; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 115th; abortion; alabama; alfranken; dems; dickdurbin; douchejones; dougjones; falseequivalence; illinois; markdayton; mediawingofthednc; minnesota; moore; partisanmediashills; perverts; plannedparenthood; roymoore; saturdaynightlive; saturdaynightvile; sex; tinasmith
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To: Cheerio

Well, it has. Franken hasn’t gone anywhere.

This is so much B.S.

Franken admitted that his charges were true.

Moore has never done that and Moore’s accusers have major problems with their claims.

Demanding we treat them the same is preposterous.

Durban has never demonstrated he had a lick of sense.


41 posted on 12/10/2017 3:40:22 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell / Ryan: Why pass legislation when we can pass Leftist legislation for Leftists?)
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To: Cheerio

Pictures or it isn’t true.


42 posted on 12/10/2017 3:40:47 PM PST by Fhios (Down with your fascism, up with our fascism.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Interesting:

CongressCritter Meeks - Pimp

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/05/another-democrat-used-secret-congressional-slush-fund-settle-sexual-harassment-allegations/


43 posted on 12/10/2017 3:41:06 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Cheerio

The RATS now taking the high ground? What a joke!!! Especially proffered by this clown. Every time he speaks on the floor it is a contemptible harangue. This man is a special kind of fool, unique to the RATS.


44 posted on 12/10/2017 3:41:52 PM PST by Fungi (Fungi rule the world, no one knows it yet.)
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To: Cheerio

Here’s an idea: why don’t we let the voters of Alabama decide what the standard of conduct should be in this case? While we’re at it, lets let the voters decide whether they even believe the accusations.

But of course, this is crazy talk. If we’ve learned anything over the last year, its that the Democraps don’t give a rats backside what the voters think.


45 posted on 12/10/2017 3:42:30 PM PST by VOR78
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To: OpusatFR

“””Well no photos of Moore have surfaced with his hands on a sleeping woman’s breasts.””””

I was just about to type that. I say if these women can produce a photo of Moore feeling them up then he should be kicked out.


46 posted on 12/10/2017 3:43:06 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: Cheerio

Roy Moore has been married for thirty plus years with no hint of scandal or wrong doing. All the folks who claimed he kissed them were of age and said he stopped when asked

The two liars who claim he did something else are not credible on any statement

Al Franken has been accused of his lead behavior since he has been in the senate


47 posted on 12/10/2017 3:43:21 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: OpusatFR

Yep, there are significant differences.


48 posted on 12/10/2017 3:45:17 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Cheerio

What did I miss? Did Franken resign today?


49 posted on 12/10/2017 3:48:46 PM PST by stevem
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To: OKSooner
As has already been pointed out, Al Franken hasn't gone anywhere.

We're not supposed to notice this. They think we're really stupid.

50 posted on 12/10/2017 3:49:59 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Cheerio

Bill Clinton resigning should have established a national standard.


51 posted on 12/10/2017 3:50:39 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Cheerio

Franken is still a US Senator. He has not resigned...nor do I think he will.


52 posted on 12/10/2017 3:53:17 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: biggredd1
They were just about to tip the country. 4 more years of illegal immigrants & legal immigrants and the entire country would be the state of California.

Exactly!

I've written this same thing a few times on FR. They were so close to turning us into a Communist state that they are now having tantrums because they were almost touching the brass ring but missed it.

We have to keep pushing ahead and working extremely hard to reverse everything they have done over the past 25 years. Obama did more than the other commies because of the pass he was given due to the color of his skin but we finally were able to put them in check for now. We must push through while they are still on their heels. Knock them out for good.

53 posted on 12/10/2017 3:56:11 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Cheerio

Good grief...this is like saying that Budd Dwyer set the precedent for all corrupt politicians.


54 posted on 12/10/2017 3:56:50 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: VOR78

well , There are no photos of Roy Moore grabbing women’s bodies , There is no comparison , between Franken’s proven guilt by actual Photo documentation in the act of groping women .....And The Honorable Judge Moore , who is being pressed to bail on hear say bogus false evidence thrown against him by radical anti-American liberal leftists


55 posted on 12/10/2017 3:57:29 PM PST by huckleberry55
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To: Cheerio

Franken will say he has to do the job the voters elected to do. He will admit he used some bad judgement but will need to carry on his crusade against Trump.

Oops, Franken would never use the word “Crusade” in Minnesota.


56 posted on 12/10/2017 3:58:20 PM PST by yarddog
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To: Cheerio

Apparently, the entire left is unaware of the concept of ‘innocent until proven guilty.’


57 posted on 12/10/2017 4:00:32 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Cheerio

Franken hasn’t left. So that means Roy should stay.


58 posted on 12/10/2017 4:02:20 PM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: Cheerio

The same people who tell us that AZ citizens are the only ones who can recall McCain, the senator that has betrayed all of us, while holding office?

When this bunch calls for Bubba’s bennies to be cut, I would take them only slightly more serious, and then again only if the accusations were PROVEN to be true, which so far are not.

If these accusations against Moore were more credible, they would file some charges or make a sworn statement. They are not and therefore, they will not.


59 posted on 12/10/2017 4:07:14 PM PST by del4hope
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To: Cheerio

The Al Franken precedent is to lose an election and demand recounts and then steal it by fraud.

As far as the accusations against Moore, I do not find people who openly advocate for ripping babies apart to be trustworthy. They lie.


60 posted on 12/10/2017 4:08:18 PM PST by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
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