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Woman reveals that Al Franken sexually assaulted her while he was in office

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Nov 20, 2017.

  1. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    I'm starting to think @Dick Whitman was working with Franken's accuser for the sole purpose of creating this thread with that title. Well-done!
     
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  2. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    I'll wait and see how this plays out.
     
  3. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the update. We were wondering.
     
  4. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    As valid as anything you've said on it, but anyway. Way to get that like in there too, FNF.
     
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  5. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    You have to hand it to this guy:

    Menz told CNN that what happened immediately after she took the photo with Franken that summer day in 2010 has also stayed with her. Standing nearby was another politician -- then-Minnesota Rep. John Kline.

    As she was getting ready to take a picture with Kline, Menz said the congressman asked her whether they should "mutually put our arms around each other" -- an interaction that struck her as being in stark contrast with what she had experienced moments ago with Franken.

    Reached on the phone on Friday, Kline, a Republican who retired from Congress this year, confirmed that he attended the Minnesota State Fair in 2010, as he did most years. Kline could not remember seeing the interaction between Menz and Franken. But when CNN described Menz's recollection of her interaction with Kline before they took a photo together, he told CNN: "As a matter of practice, I did that all the time."


    Woman says Al Franken inappropriately touched her in 2010 - CNNPolitics
     
    Last edited: Nov 20, 2017
  6. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    This is the kind of bullshit Breitbart does.

    Second woman accuses Franken of sexual misconduct

    "Are US senators going to call for a vote to remove Al Franken from the US Senate?" tweeted Corey Lewandowski, the former campaign manager to President Donald Trump who last year faced charges of misdemeanor battery against journalist Michelle Fields.
     
  7. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    It sure as hell doesn't qualify as a reacharound.
     
  8. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    Are you trying to say they're not investigating Moore? He's going to lose the race because the Post and other are investigating him. Trump, well, he's been investigated but to no consequences, so I got nothing there.
     
  9. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    It was a reference to YF wanting skip the investigation of Franken and go straight to punishment while at the same time wanting to ignore the accusations against Trump. Even he can't duck the claims against Moore at this point.
     
  10. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    In all honesty, the difference between Trump and Franken is that the Trump accusations were part of the record in front of voters and they chose him anyway. If Moore were elected, there wouldn't be an investigation of him in the Senate, right?
     
  11. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    Well? No.
    Soon? Yes.
     
  12. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    You have a point, I could still see a basis for an investigation. The accusations against Trump and Moore were known before the elections, but they were not fully investigated ahead of time. You think the calls for an investigation of Franken aren't done with the idea of keeping the door open to investigate Trump?
     
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