Senator Al Franken, Democrat of Minnesota, is the latest figure to be charged with sexual misconduct and abuse of women. Unlike some of the other instances, however, this one does not boil down to a "he said, she said" problem. The woman making the charge, Leeann Tweeden, a radio personality and actor actually has a photo that Franken had taken during a USO tour when Tweeden was asleep.
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There's the senator groping the sleeping Tweeden.
Tweeden also charged that Franken misbehaved during a rehearsal for a skit when he kissed her and forced his tongue into her mouth.
Since Franken can't deny the photo, he only says that he remembers the rehearsal differently. Then he apologized profusely. After both the Republican and Democrat leadership in the Senate called for an investigation of Franken, he himself joined the call for an investigation.
The key here is that we now have a prominent Democrat in the Senate charged with sex abuse just like Roy Moore, the Alabama Republican candidate for the Senate. If Moore wins and any action is taken to expel him, a similar fate should befall Franken. Truly, I doubt that many Democrats will want to expel Moore if Franken is joining him.
UPDATE: In the five minutes since I posted this, I've already heard that there is a second woman who came forward now to accuse Franken of abuse. I don't know the details, but this should be interesting to watch. Also, a media person on NBC has already announced that what Franken did wasn't really "groping". Maybe she's blind and can't see the picture.
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