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In reply to the discussion: How about we do this? We don't demand people resign without an investigation being completed [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)The way the Senate works is it's a collaborative effort. You can't represent your state's interests if you are ostracized by other Senators and stripped of all committee seats. He would have been removed from committees and had no standing, once Schumer jumped on the bandwagon. He wouldn't have been able to join meetings of discussions on bills, contribute. Any bill he sponsored would not have been considered. He was effectively ousted. Forced to resign.
I was against Gillibrand, Harris, Booker, Schumer, Brown, and the others forcing him to resign. When McConnell signs your list, you know you're on the wrong side.
I believed at the time, and still do, that it was a Republican manipulation, that Franken hadn't done anything wrong, much less anything criminal, and that Gillibrand most of the early ones telling him to resign were doing so because it got rid of a possible Presidential contender, competition. Either that, or they are naive and easily manipulated by the Republicans. The ones that jumped on board after the first ones did are just followers and undeserving of any leadership position.