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In reply to the discussion: I don't know why we couldn't wait until the ethics investigation played out with Franken [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)1. In the cases of Weinstein, Spacey, O'Reilly, Ailes, Lauer, etc., you have tons of folks all around them saying they knew they were creeps. You don't have that with Franken.
2. In the cases of Weinstein, Spacey, O'Reilly, Ailes, Lauer etc., you have the people stepping forward and giving their names, etc. The anonymous nature of many of the accusations against Franken are troubling.
3. The original accusation by Tweeden is not credible for several reasons.
4. There is nothing that this resignation gives us that we couldn't get from waiting until the ethics committee completes an investigation.
I stopped defending Franken after the accusations beyond Tweeden came out. I was concerned enough to take that step. But I had the expectation that a senate ethics investigation would play out.