Tweet: Al Fraken for the win "tell me when it happened before!"

[applegrove]

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[SouthernDem4ever]

1. That repuglican stategist didn't know what she was talking about

We need Al Franken back in the senate, or the house if he can land there.

[ificandream]

9. Absolutely. Everyone should send him a note to run for something.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Damn! I miss Al.

He is good and he knows how to dismsntle lies.

[keithbvadu2]

3. 1+

[jalan48]

4. We lost a powerful voice when he was forced to resign.

[Trueblue1968]

8. jalan48, i so agree with you and dam the dems who forced him out. I hope he runs again.

Al Franken, we miss you.

[brooklynite]

12. "I hope he runs again..."

Never understood where people imagine he would run.

[jaxexpat]

21. We miss and need him a hell-uv-a-lot more than we'd miss or need those that took him down.

"I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat!", Will Rodgers. Still true almost a century later.

[mitch96]

5. Bravo! He just pined her lying ears against the board... WITH THE FACTS!!

She made a false statement and could not back it up... uff Like a good lawyer he asked a question he already knew the answer to...
The stammering to find a retort was classic.. um, err... well, ahhhh.... but but but...
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[Rebl2]

23. Saw this yesterday

and you are correct she did a lot of stammering.

[patphil]

6. That poor woman was way out of her depth.

Perhaps if she was debating a 3rd grader she might have had a chance.
It also would have gone better for her if she had some worthwhile, legitimate arguments.
As it was, Al completely overwhelmed her.
And I'm being kind here.

[J_William_Ryan]

7. Refusing to confirm

Garland was a prime example of the right’s war on democracy.

The people re-elected President Obama in 2012 to a four-year term ending January 20, 2017 – not February 2016.

[japple]

10. And "chief justice" John Roberts opining the security fences around the Supreme Court.

That's never happened before (at least I don't think it has.) And the Supreme Court building is now closed to the public. What happened here?

[peppertree]

11. You can see Jim Acosta agreeing with every word - but pursing his lips out of fear

The Licht-phobia is palpable at dear old CNN.

[erronis]

13. Absolutely a STFU moment for that (r)epuglicon apologist. Go, Al!

[allegorical oracle]

14. Will always believe McConnell pulled a bluff out of his butt when he denied that Obama could fill

that SC vacancy. First, as I recall, he said it was "too close" to the election to fill the vacancy. Obama still had 11 months left in office. Then, as skeptics began calling foul, somebody devised some argle bargle about how if the president is of a different party than the majority in the senate, THEN the president can't fill a SC vacancy.

The Constitution clearly says that the president SHALL fill SC vacancies. Not just maybe...not if the senate majority is a different party...not if an election is still nearly a year away. SHALL fill...period.

[peppertree]

15. These right-wing Stepford Wives mess with the Frankster at their own peril

[catbyte]

16. I'm sorry, but the biggest mistake the Democrats in the Senate did was to force him out.

I still don't think that a bad, lame joke gone wrong was worth forcing him out of the Senate.

I'm ready for the flames.

[dchill]

17. Yeah, good thing we got rid of HIM!

SARCASM!

[gratuitous]

18. Gee Al, why are you throwing poor Alice's words back in her face?

She isn't listening to what she's saying, why are you listening? Such a dastardly trick to repeat her exact words back to Stewart and ask her when it happened. So mean!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

19. i wish Al had injected that Obama nominated a moderate in order to placate McConnell,

..but Mitch wanted only extremists. McConnell broke the SCOTUS. Roberts is defending the indefensible.

[Evolve Dammit]

20. Driven out over a stupid photo that he acknowledge as stupid. A far cry from the Pussy Grabber and

actual Mob Boss. We could use his voice. Al is astute and a fighter for Dem values.

[PhylliPretzel]

22. Tina Smith,

who took the Senate seat vacated by A, is a strong Democrat and a loyal vote for the Democratic initiatives, so we didn't lose out on that score. Fortunately Al can speak out of the issues, so not a total loss.

[betsuni]

24. The whole segment is fabulous. Thank you, Al.

[barbtries]

25. it's a lesson to all Democratic spokespeople.

this is how to be. stop taking their bullshit!

[calimary]

26. Al needs to get back on TV.

A LOT more.

He needs to be a go-to talking head to take stands on our behalf - and NOT BE BULLIED DOWN by some fast-talking, tall-tale telling GOPer. He really pushed into the conversation AND against whatever talking points his opponent was trying to sell.

WE NEED THAT! MORE PLEASE! YES, I'm SHOUTING!!!

[Mysterian]

27. That makes me feel real good

To see an imbecile propagandist put in their place.

[pansypoo53219]

28. i'd add bush v gore 2000. they came up with an excuse to install georgee to preserve the tilt right

[applegrove]

29. And Roger Stone was there too.

[kwolf68]

30. That's how you get it done

Franken simply had truth on his side. Truth is a cold slice to the belly. Nice going sir.

[GuppyGal]

31. Excellent clip...thanks Al Franken and CNN

[eissa]

32. I'll never get over his railroading

We lost a powerful, intelligent voice over flimsy allegations. May the Dems rue the day they cowered to Roger Stone and his dirty tricks.