Woman who accused Franken says she accepts his apology

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 11/16/17 01:45 PM EST

The woman who accused Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) of sexual misconduct said Thursday she accepts his apology.

"The apology, sure I accept it, yes. People make mistakes and of course he knew he made a mistake," she said. "So yes I do accept that apology." She said it's up to Congress whether they want to have an ethics investigation into Franken's behavior.

"There's no reason why I shouldn't accept his apology," she said.

She said she wasn't "looking for anything" when she shared her story.


Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/360709-woman-who-accused-franken-says-she-accepts-his-apology

[onetexan]

1. GOOD! Hope she doesn't sue him and lets this go from now on

[BootinUp]

2. That was quick. Nt

[SpankMe]

5. No it wasn't.

The Repubs will be banging on this forever. This isn't close to being over. Those assholes will draw some equivalence between non-contact, comedic titty-grabbing vs. hitting on a 14 year old.

More progressives are going to get caught up in this. We need to differentiate ourselves from the RW assholes by how we respond.

[BootinUp]

9. I am almost surprised she didn't say

Mission accomplished.

[Roland99]

22. Exactly. Given roger stone knew last night photo was part of a skit

https://mobile.twitter.com/TearsInHeaven09/status/931196735107448832

[longship]

3. Well, that's good.

Both parties acted honorably to resolve this.

[defacto7]

27. Resolve?

If it were only that simple....

[longship]

31. I meant between the two of them.

Sorry. I should have qualified my post.

[Zoonart]

4. I am not making any judgment as to the veracity of this claim,

however, funny it should hit the fan just as the Republicans pass their disgusting shit burger of a tax plan. Now all of the media attention and all of the activist ire that should have been focused on the Tax Bill has been diverted to Al Franken.

I think we as a people and the media especially are begin played.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. I think you're right. The timing does seem very advantageous for Republicans.

[PatSeg]

12. Yes

Between the diabolical tax bill and the many Roy Moore allegations, they needed a big headline distraction. They are masters at this sort of thing.

[hamsterjill]

26. Yes and they targeted Al Franken for going after Jeff Sessions, etc.

Franken has been very vocal, and the Republicans are inducing payback.

Yes, there should be an investigation. Yes, if Franken sexually harassed this woman, he should be held accountable. Yes, sexual harassment of any kind is wrong.

But come on! We can all see through this. If there weren't accusations being made public against Roy Moore, do we really think these accusations would have been made public about Al Franken?

[PatSeg]

29. This all story is really sounding fishy

John Ziegler, who says he cannot stand Franken, says he thinks he is being railroaded.

Even the nature of the report itself fails to live up to normal journalistic standards. She did not tell this story to a major news outlet which then verified the details on its own. This was just her own personal account of what she says happened, with no independent reporting or examination of Franken’s side of the story, published on the website of her employer, a very lowly-rated “conservative” talk radio station.

This story, as it currently stands, is not fair journalism and my fellow conservatives would be screaming bloody murder if the target was a Republican they liked, rather than a Democrat they hate.

https://www.mediaite.com/online/i-loathe-al-franken-but-it-sure-seems-like-he-is-getting-totally-railroaded/

Thus far, doesn't pass the smell test.

[Maggiemayhem]

18. I agree. How did Roger Stone know and tweet about it at one am?

[muriel_volestrangler]

23. The timing comes from the Harvey Weinstein saga

which has also brought out the Kevin Spacey story (developments today: 20 young men involved with the Old Vic theatre in London which Spacey ran for a decade say he behaved inappropriately with them), the Moore story, the Michael Fallon story (British defence secretary, resigned last week for inappropriate behaviour), the Damien Green story (Theresa May's effective number 2, on whose parliamentary computer porn was apparently found about a decade ago), the Louis CK story, the Bush Senior story ...

[underpants]

6. Hmmm Roger Stone knew about this last night

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029850774

[dweller]

7. I wonder how much he paid her

for coming out with this?

[lame54]

8. They don't use her name...

she is "the woman"

her name is already out there

it is a strange omission

[stillcool]

11. it's up to Congress?

what is?

[red dog 1]

13. Kick for exposure!

[ginnyinWI]

14. There is a huge difference between being contrite over one incident, and

denying all charges, categorically, over and over and over, even though they keep on coming in for Moore day after day after day. He was/is a serial pedophile which is to say, a criminal, and won't take responsibility.

Being really sorry, or being defiant. There is no moral equivalency.

[TexasBushwhacker]

35. Al quickly admitted his mistake and apologized

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She accepted his apology. Case closed. I would like to hear the photographer's side though. The photo looks staged to me. I wonder if she was in on the joke. There's not excuse for the aggressive kiss though.

Roy Moore called all his accusers liars and doesn't admit to dating any teenagers, but then said if he did it was with her mother's permission. Dude, if she's so young that parental permission was required, SHE'S TOO FUCKING YOUNG FOR YOU!

[ginnyinWI]

37. I also noticed Moore saying

that it didn't happen, and there's no evidence. Huh? If it didn't happen, why do you have to say that there is no evidence?? Smells very fishy to me.

And how, just how, would all these women speak up and just lie about what happened to them with this creep? What, are they all being paid off by some nefarious right wing billionaire?

[TomCADem]

15. Doesnt Matter. Fox News Will Push False Equivalence

Between Franken’s apology and Trump/Moore’s denials and threats towards accusers.

[yuiyoshida]

16. I can see the Republicans impeaching him

just to remove a Senator most of Republicans hate, to elect a Republican to that seat. I hate these bastards with a passion.

[rtracey]

19. not going to happen

Not going to happen, because the Senate needs a 2/3 majority to convict and with the senate so close with votes, there will not be 2/3 majority.

[pat_k]

33. Yep. Hasn't happened since the civil war.

Might be fun to see them try. Could backfire in all sorts of ways.

[Nitram]

17. That is very understanding of her.

Is it possible that an investigation would have turned out badly for her? there were other people present on each occasion.

[JI7]

21. There should still be an investigation

[Nitram]

25. I agree.

[DesertRat]

20. I watched her interview with Jake Tapper on CNN

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A lot of detail...she's very believable. I wish that I didn't believe her, because I love Sen. Franken. But I do believe her.

[videohead5]

24. We have got to face it

I still love Al...but sometimes good people do bad things.Al has not denied anything she said and is taking responsibility for it and apologized.

[.99center]

28. Did CNN and the accuser clarify that Al wasn't groping her?

The picture proves he wasn't touching her.

[DesertRat]

32. Here you go:

[truthisfreedom]

34. Ugh. Al, Al, Al.

How much time and money did I give your campaign, dude? Thousands. Gahh. It better not have been wasted. You'd better find a way to keep your seat. And find a way to regain the trust of your constituency.

[IronLionZion]

30. Freepers are demanding prison time

[unhip white guy]

36. Leeann Tweeden

Why did the OP delete her actual name from the article?

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/360709-woman-who-accused-franken-says-she-accepts-his-apology
Second paragraph

[DeminPennswoods]

38. Mission Accomplished

Her accusation helped retard the media frenzy over Moore. Now it's not really a big deal.

[RobinA]

39. So Why Even

bring it up???

Me to National Media: Uh, Mr. Currently Famous Guy threw a beer on me back in the '70's because I refused his advances. Just sayin'.

Famous Guy: Oh, sorry.

Me: OK, no problem. just thought I'd mention it.

Huge national uproar

Me: I accepted his apology, who knew?