Should Al Franken Resign if Trump doesn't and Roy Moore is elected?

[Chasstev365]

Let Session, Hannity, Stone, and Trump win? HELL NO!

I am SO tried of Democrats playing by rules and being expected to do what's right when the Republicans are never held accountable for the same things!

[Matthew28]

1. I agree

Stay and fight like hell against the goddamn savage republicans.

[Chasstev365]

6. Grill Jeff Sessions like an angry prosecutor & make him wipe that smug smirk off his face!

[Voltaire2]

2. Yes he should resign because of what he has done.

It doesn’t matter what those other assholes do.

[Break time]

15. The high road??

Fuck em all, he should not even consider resigning. In the first place these are all "he said/she said" and until there is an investigation he is just fine staying and continuing to fight for us...

AND the things he is accused of, notice the "accused" part, don't even belong in the same paragraph or page or forum as the things drump and dippy shit from alabama have been accused of...

They are making a run at the most effective Dems we have going, I am waiting for the man that comes out with accusations against Warren that she harassed him..

[pangaia]

26. What do you KNOW for sure he has done?

What has fucking moron done and all those other slimy shitpisser republicans?

[Thor_MN]

32. He will be up for election again in 2020. Move to Minnesota and you can vote against him.

Otherwise, (assuming you don't live here) your opinion is not worth much.

Minnesota will decide on Franken, people in other states can't vote one way or the other.

[BeyondGeography]

37. Senators welcome financial and human capital from all corners

And they get it because all of us have a stake in D/winnable Senate seats. Stop telling non-Minnesotans they don't matter in this discussion. It's not only provincial, it's wrong.

[Thor_MN]

40. If you don't live in Minnesota, you can't vote for or against Franken.

Sorry if that fact bothers you. You are welcome to your opinion, but it clearly doesn't matter towards electing a Minnesota politician.

Provincial? Do you understand how State elections work? Or are you advocating for voter fraud?

I think Roy Moore is a slimey asshole, but I can't vote against him. My opinion doesn't mean anything towards his chance of being Senator. If one doesn't live in Minnesota, your opinion doesn't matter towards Franken being a Minnesota Senator.

If you choose, go ahead and send money to the GOP to campaign against Franken in 2020. Your opportunity to do that in 2014 has long expired.

[BeyondGeography]

41. Pathetic

[Thor_MN]

43. Check the mirror. Pathetic is thinking you can influence elections in other states.

Indisputable fact: Only Minnesotans can vote for Minnesota Senators.

[BeyondGeography]

44. Here, it's never too late to learn how your country works

https://uspirg.org/sites/pirg/files/reports/Outside%20Influence%20-%20Out-of-State%20Money%20in%20the%202016%20Senate%20Elections-1.pdf

There's a nice, colorful table on page 5 that tells you how much impact out-of-state money has on Senate battleground races.

[Thor_MN]

48. Pathetic. Still can't vote for or against him, can you?

[VermontKevin]

46. Silly me. I donated to Doug Jones because I wanted to influence Alabama's elections.

[Dawson Leery]

3. Stay and fight.

[marylandblue]

4. No, he should not resign.

Under normal circumstances, maybe yes. But our politics have become so coarsened that there is no point. There is nothing to be gained and a lot to lose.

[Vogon_Glory]

5. Id like to see an honest ethics investigation first

I’d like more indisputable proof that Al was following in the footsteps of Bush 41 and his wandering hands before we condemn him in a public auto-da-Fe.

[nini]

8. Me too

The last election cycle taught me to never trust anyone/anything anymore.

Investigate - then decide.

[badhair77]

16. Exactly.

I want an ethics investigation.

[BeyondGeography]

7. Its about 2020 and keeping the seat for me

and if Al Franken is a serial ass grabber I’m not seeing how he’s our best option.

[AlexSFCA]

9. what about senate ethics investigation?

are the accusers ready to testify under oath for the senate committee?
This is an obvious deflection attempt to elect moore. If it is effective meaning Franken would resign, wait until right wing goes after every democratic senator one by one.

[LisaL]

20. Exactly. Franken asked for an investigation, lets have an investigation.

[Snackshack]

10. There is absolutely no...

Reason Sen. Franken should resign.

Unfortunately I agree 100% with your post.

[mythology]

11. Is there a limit to how many women can come forward with stories of him sexually harassing them?

Also Wesley Goodman, Arlan Stangeland, Donald Lukens, Robert Packwood, Bob Barr, Newt Gingrich, Ed Schrock, Don Sherwood, Mark Foley, Bob Livingston, Larry Craig, John Ensign, Chip Pickering, Mark Souder, Chris Lee, Vance McAllister, and Tim Murphy, all Republicans who either resigned or didn't run for reelection after sex scandals.

[sarah FAILIN]

12. How can anyone even suggest this?

You've got republicans sending dick pics and molesting little girls and they are not going anywhere.

I don't care if Franken grabs MY ass as long as he keeps fighting for us instead of trying to destroy us like the reps are doing.

[pangaia]

28. HOORAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[smirkymonkey]

35. I agree. As long as republicans are getting away with things that are ten times worse, he

should stay put. I am sick of this double-standard bullshit.

[USALiberal]

13. No way he should ever resign! n.t

[no_hypocrisy]

14. Why should only Democrats have to resign?

[Initech]

18. Because the republicans are drunk with power.

[Puzzledtraveller]

22. but the danger is in us kicking our own to the curb

I don't trust the Dem leadership when it comes to these things.

[LisaL]

19. My feelings exactly.

Republicans just don't care. Trump is elected, Moore is about to be elected.
But democrats should be resigning without even an investigation if they are accused of something.

[Puzzledtraveller]

24. We know the republicans think that way

I am more worried about that our own leadership overreacting.

[Initech]

17. HELL NO!!!!! Fuck the Christian right and the Moral Majority!

This is anything but moral!

[walkingman]

27. I second that.

[Puzzledtraveller]

21. No

Franken rises nowhere near to theirs. I think a direct apology and admitting wrong doing was sufficient. I think the ethics investigation was too much.

[treestar]

23. There is no way he should

Even consider it until the Moore/Jones election. If Moore wins there is no way he should resign

[onecaliberal]

25. No. Sorry but no. Call my whatever you want and I am a woman. He should stay.

Republicans are going to seat a god damn pedophile, a sexual assaulting him it is sitting in the oval destroying our country from the inside out.

[pangaia]

29. NO!

I wouldn't care if he grabbed my ass at this point.

If for no other reason than the nation is under attack and he is a marksman on the first line of defense.

[JonLP24]

30. I just don't think people should do something inappropriate

It shouldn't be a partisan issue but unfortunately that is politics in America.

[McCamy Taylor]

31. Problematic thread title.

When I see a thread title like this, I have to wonder why are people on a Democratic message board so anxious to lump Franken with Trump and Moore? Because that is what the title does, whether the author meant it to do this or not.

Effect counts just as much as intention.

[flamingdem]

33. It's not even a question of "rules" the word you used

There's no proof against Franken vs the p grabbing tape and the yearbook etc etc against Moore.

Please be careful with your wording right now

[egduj]

34. Whether a sexual predator is a member of government should not be based on conditions.

[Alea]

36. NO

Hell NO

[BootinUp]

38. Im a fair weather Dem.

When the going gets tough I buckle.

[revmclaren]

39. Hell Fucking No!!!!!!

[MFM008]

42. NO

[Angry Dragon]

45. NO!!

[djinmo]

49. NO

NO and also HELL NO!!