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Woman accuses Al Franken of kissing, groping her without consent
The Hill ^ | 11/16/2017 | Rebecca Savransky

Posted on 11/16/2017 7:49:49 AM PST by Trump20162020

A TV host and sports broadcaster on Thursday accused Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) of kissing and groping her without her consent in 2006.

Leeann Tweeden accused Franken of groping her, without her consent, while she was asleep and provided a photo as evidence.


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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 115th; alfranken; congresssexscandals; franken; leeanntweeden; metoo; senate; sexscandals; tweeden
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To: Trump20162020

These are serious allegations and Franken needs to step aside.


41 posted on 11/16/2017 8:11:30 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: JayAr36

Story after story regarding Roy Moore on CNN Breaking News. Not one tiny mention of Al Franken. Anyone surprised?


42 posted on 11/16/2017 8:11:45 AM PST by Russ
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To: Trump20162020

A sitting Senator sexually assaults an unconscious woman.

He needs to be charged and needs to resign.


43 posted on 11/16/2017 8:13:03 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Trump20162020

I believe the allegation. Mitch must open an ethics investigation
in the Senate and expel Franken


44 posted on 11/16/2017 8:13:38 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: Russ
WaPo's got it:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/11/16/al-franken-kissed-and-groped-me-without-my-consent-broadcaster-leeann-tweeden-says/?utm_term=.d785454e0ab0
45 posted on 11/16/2017 8:13:43 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: Trump20162020
Total BS. Not an Al fan by any means, but if the woman thought it was sexual assault, you file charges THEN. Not 11 years later when it's cool to do so.

I look at the photo and it's pretty obvious he was just goofing off.

46 posted on 11/16/2017 8:14:41 AM PST by Salvavida (The Missouri citizen's militia sends its regards.)
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To: Liz
....no woman in their right mind would WILLINGLY do anything sexual with that creep.

Au contraire, Pierre. Ariana Huffington would WILLINGLY jump into a cozy little snuggle with Al Franken.

Oops, sorry. You said no woman in her right mind - for Ariana Huffington, that ship sailed a long time ago.

47 posted on 11/16/2017 8:14:57 AM PST by alloysteel (The rhetorical question, "How stupid can you be?" is just considered to be a challenge by some.)
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To: Ms Mable

Hannity can take his Tick-Tock and shove it up his a...


48 posted on 11/16/2017 8:15:46 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: Trump20162020

EXPEL HIM FROM THE SENATE!


49 posted on 11/16/2017 8:16:19 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: jeffersondem

What the F is funny about this photo?

Was it funny?

Intended to humiliate her?

Showing his power over her?

Did he tell her he touched/faked touching her breasts or did she find out after the fact with this photo?


50 posted on 11/16/2017 8:16:27 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: RedMonqey

Yup, I cottoned on to that. But that may make it worse, to lefties anyway, that Franken did it to a journo.


51 posted on 11/16/2017 8:16:30 AM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Trump20162020
It is clear for all to see that this is a female baby
bear being mauled by failed comedian Al Franken


52 posted on 11/16/2017 8:17:41 AM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (United We Stand - Divided We Fall. Remember: Diversity is the opposite of unity.)
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To: Salvavida

That’s right, he’s a comedian so it’s OK to “goof off”. You have created the perfect Democrat talking points for this issue. OK, people, nothing to see here, move on...


53 posted on 11/16/2017 8:18:50 AM PST by Russ
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To: nikos1121

That’s right and if the R Senators had any balls, they’d write up a resolution to that effect yet today and put it on the calendar for about 5 weeks from now. Fight fire with fire.


54 posted on 11/16/2017 8:18:56 AM PST by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: mewzilla

FNC just had his 100% predicted response: I thought it was funny, it was meant to be funny, it wasn’t funny and I apologize.

Absolved.


55 posted on 11/16/2017 8:19:32 AM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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To: eyeamok
Joe Scarborough? Please don't mention what was found in his constituency office!
56 posted on 11/16/2017 8:19:34 AM PST by Riflema
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To: Trump20162020

The rest of the story suggests this was an act of petty revenge for her prior rejection of his unwanted advances.


57 posted on 11/16/2017 8:19:36 AM PST by calenel (The Democratic Party is a Criminal Enterprise. It is the Socialist Mafia.)
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To: jeffersondem
The picture is getting too much of the attention. He also insisted that they "practice" their skit where they had to "kiss."

After relenting, he proceeded to forcefully kiss her.

As a TV host and sports broadcaster, as well as a model familiar to the audience from the covers of FHM, Maxim and Playboy, I was only expecting to emcee and introduce the acts, but Franken said he had written a part for me that he thought would be funny, and I agreed to play along.

When I saw the script, Franken had written a moment when his character comes at me for a ‘kiss’. I suspected what he was after, but I figured I could turn my head at the last minute, or put my hand over his mouth, to get more laughs from the crowd.

On the day of the show Franken and I were alone backstage going over our lines one last time. He said to me, “We need to rehearse the kiss.” I laughed and ignored him. Then he said it again. I said something like, ‘Relax Al, this isn’t SNL…we don’t need to rehearse the kiss.’

He continued to insist, and I was beginning to get uncomfortable.

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.

58 posted on 11/16/2017 8:20:33 AM PST by ican'tbelieveit
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To: Salvavida
I look at the photo and it's pretty obvious he was just goofing off.

seriously?!...Trump has been hounded for a year about a comment he made while joking around...Franken is posing for a photo while touching the breasts of a sleeping woman...who now comes out and slams him for sexual harrasment / borderline assault ...no this is not going to fly.

59 posted on 11/16/2017 8:21:10 AM PST by ghost of nixon
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To: Salvavida
If he would do that in front of a camera ,what would he do with no cameras around
60 posted on 11/16/2017 8:21:16 AM PST by butlerweave
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