By resigning, U.S. Senator Al Franken is doing what is best for his country. Guilty or not of sexual harassment, that fact cannot be denied.
Al Franken’s resignation is what’s best for my country. That doesn’t stop me from weeping as I listen to him announce that he is leaving. As someone who owns and has read all of his books, including one where he wrote, “Jayne, Good work for the UN” (a friend got that for me), it hurts both that he’s resigning and that so many women have said he touched them inappropriately.
Even if HALF of the women who have made accusations against Al Franken are lying, that means there are still women who are speaking the truth. I can be skeptical about one. Maybe even two, especially if they are outspoken opponents – I can’t lie, I do judge. But THAT many accusers, many of them Democrats? Yeah, that’s really hard for me to say it’s all a “misunderstanding.”
What Al Franken said in his resignation expresses exactly why he had to resign. It was the right thing to do.
But with all that said: if you demanded this, then let’s hear your demands for the resignation of the man in the Oval Office. Let’s hear your unequivocal condemnation of Roy Moore. You can’t have it both ways.
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