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Susan Collins didn't ask for Al Franken and his accusers to testify. (Original Post)
Different Drummer
Sep 2018
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still_one
(92,366 posts)1. The truth is the Democrats pressured Al Franken to step down, and he did so because he didn't want
Last edited Mon Sep 17, 2018, 05:47 PM - Edit history (1)
to divide the Democrats after an extremely divisive election. He did it for the good of the party and country, in hopes we could unify faster
At least that is how I look at it.
Raster
(20,998 posts)2. The Congressional Dems also wanted to make a point about Roy Moore...
...and some threw Senator Franken under the bus to further sharpen that point... or so they thought. That's how I look at it.
still_one
(92,366 posts)3. that's true raster
realmirage
(2,117 posts)4. You can't really tell the other party how to behave while
giving people in your own party a free pass. It's pretty straightforward