Posted on 12/18/2017 7:40:24 AM PST by COUNTrecount
Some Democratic senators now regret pushing accused groper Sen. Al Franken to resign, and are urging him to stay on, according to a new report.
“I think we acted prematurely, before we had all the facts,” one anonymous senator told Politico. “In retrospect, I think we acted too fast.”
Franken reluctantly bowed to his colleagues’ demands to step down earlier this month after he was accused of sexual assault by eight women, saying he’d leave the Senate “in the coming weeks.” Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith has been tapped as his replacement.
But at least four senators — including three who initially joined the chorus demanding the handsy lawmaker step down — now want the Minnesota pol to reconsider his planned January exit, the site reports.
Leading the call is West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin — who never called on Franken to resign in the first place, and who believes he should have been allowed to go through a Senate Ethics Committee probe.
“Here’s a man, that all he said [was], ‘Take me through the Ethics Committee. I will live by whatever decision and I will walk away thinking about this opportunity I’ve had while I was here. But you find out if I’m a predator,’” Manchin told Politico.
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ROTFL!
Poor choice of words...
That whole “I’m resigning” act was just a stage play to affect the election in Alabama. Regardless of the outcome, I knew Al Franken was going to find a reason to stay in and “fight it out.”
He STILL hasn’t resigned.
As MANY predicted here.
It was all a sham.
All according to plan...
The Governor tapped that.
Do the RATs have a list of women they haven’t groped, raped, and fondled yet? The party of arrogant, corrupt perverts!
They think it is cool to be creepy. How many creeps were elected to office during Obama reign?
She was the hands-on favorite.
Al is waaay behind on his groping by now!
Gee whiz .... who would ever have predicted this turn about? /SARC
I think "admitted groper" would be much more accurate.
This is my shocked face
Accused?
ACCUSED?!
THERE’S PHOTO EVIDENCE, YOU C-
-ONTEMPTIBLE PERSON!
The irony is thick with this one.
Translation:
Now that we realize that the people are not going to fall for our attempt to get President Trump to resign, we want to keep him in office.
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