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newmedman, Stop second-guessing Al Franken's resignation. He has to go.

By Helaine Olen
Opinion writer
December 19, 2017

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...make no mistake, Franken resigned. He could have fought back and tried to hang on. He did not.

Casting doubt on what happened with Franken now makes it seem as if Democrats take women’s concerns in this area seriously only when they need them imminently at the election booth and then abandon those concerns as soon as they do not. Do Democrats really want women to believe this?

If Democrats want women to be there for them, they need to continue to be there for women. Gaslighting Gillibrand and the other female senators who backed her, while humiliating Smith and casting doubt on Franken’s accusers, is the exact wrong way to go about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/12/19/stop-second-guessing-al-frankens-resignation-he-has-to-go/?utm_term=.f7a60f3934c4

Don't be too hard on Klobuchar,

'Their patience had worn incredibly thin': How the dam broke on Al Franken

By Ashley Killough, CNN
Updated 1:30 PM ET, Thu December 7, 201

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The other senator from Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar, was quieter than others, but her
office put out a statement saying she had spoken to Franken Wednesday morning.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/06/politics/senators-al-franken-resignation/index.html

she didn't even make the photo parade. See inside that one.