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To: mewzilla

Franken walks back defense of event with Kathy Griffin
6/01/17

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on Thursday walked back his previous defense of a joint appearance with Kathy Griffin planned for an upcoming event, encouraging her not to attend.

Franken said he faced backlash for keeping the planned appearance after Griffin posed with…

“After hearing from many Minnesotans who were rightfully offended, I’ve come to the conclusion that it would be best for her not to participate in the event we had previously scheduled. I understand why Minnesotans were upset by this, and I take that very seriously,” Franken said Thursday, according to Politico.

The change of plans comes a day after Franken said during a town hall discussion Wednesday that he still planned on making a joint appearance with Griffin at the event because she had asked for forgiveness.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/336037-franken-walks-back-defense-of-event-with-kathy-griffin-cancels


26 posted on 06/02/2017 5:49:54 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount

Holy merde. Wonder if he’d gotten wind of her 2016 comment about Barron Trump...


31 posted on 06/02/2017 6:05:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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