Growing list of Senate Democrats call for Sen. Al Franken to resign?

Did you know that Sen Franken The Minnesota senator called the latest anonymous accusation
“categorically not true” but says he’ll make an announcement on
Thursday?

Did you know that Alex Brandon, Associated Press

Politico reported that a former Democratic aide says Sen. Al Franken tried to forcibly kiss her in 2006?

 

Did you know that a large
group of Democratic U.S. senators called Wednesday for Sen. Al Franken
to resign, throwing the Minnesota senator’s political future into
jeopardy over a growing list of sexual harassment allegations against
him?

Amy Klobuchar,

Franken’s
fellow Democrat in the Senate, Amy Klobuchar, stopping short of adding
her voice to the
resignation chorus, said in a tweet: “This morning I
spoke with Senator Franken and … I am confident he will make the right
decision.”

Did you know that the
initial wave for Franken’s resignation was comprised of all
women from the chamber’s 16 Democratic female senators in a series of
social media posts that appeared nearly simultaneously on Wednesday
morning?

Did you know that numerous male colleagues from the Senate’s Democratic
caucus, as well as Republicans, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of
Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine. Democratic National Committee
Chairman Tom Perez also urged Franken to step down?

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp

Did you know that ” Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota explained in a tweet
that “for decades as a country, we have been far too tolerant and
dismissive of past allegations.”

Early
Wednesday afternoon, according to the Boston Globe, an aide to
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she told Franken that he should
resign?

Did you know that if Franken
does resign, it would fall to DFL Gov. Mark Dayton to appoint a
temporary replacement?

Did you know that Franken seat would be on the ballot in next
November’s election — joining an open governor’s race and Klobuchar’s
re-election bid, which would make for the highest-stakes Minnesota
election in a generation?

Did you know that the latest
accusation against Franken came from a former Democratic congressional
aide who told a national politics news website that he tried to force a
kiss on her after a recording of his radio show in 2006, three years
before he took office?

Did you know that the
Democratic senator is among a growing list of politicians, entertainers
and news media figures facing a wide range of allegations involving
sexual misdeeds?

Did you know that Numerous
women have leveled accusations against Franken — some anonymously?

Leann Tweeden

Did you know that the
first was Los Angeles radio host Leann Tweeden, who said Franken forced a kiss on her during a USO tour several years ago before he joined the
Senate/

Did you know that Stephanie Kemplin said that Franken had cupped her breast when she stood next to him for a photo in December 2003 during her military deployment in Kuwait?

Stephanie Kemplin and Al Franken

told CNN that

Lindsay Menz

Did you know that Kemplin said that Franken grabbed her buttocks at the Minnesota State Fair while posing for photos during events in 2007, 2008 and 2010?

Did you know that Lindsay Menz said that Franken had made her feel uncomfortable with him trying to touch her?

Did you know that as the
accusations against Franken have accumulated, the number of women on a
list publicly supporting him has grown as well, at this point more than 100 women
are former staffers in his Senate office, former colleagues from
“Saturday Night Live,” elected officials, nonprofit board members,
community leaders and members of the DFL Party?

 

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