Don't forget that it was Franken's heavy questioning of Jeff Sessions about his Russian contacts....

[Tommy_Carcetti]

...both during his nomination hearings and at subsequent hearings, that lead to Sessions ultimately recusing himself and Robert Mueller being appointed to lead the investigation of the Russia-Trump connections.

Also, remember it was Roger Stone who back in February 2017 suggested that the Trump-Russia matter be investigated....by Jeff Sessions, of course.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/15/roger-stone-trump-investigation-russia-intelligence

Stone has called on the White House to order an immediate investigation through the Department of Justice over alleged improper links between members of the Trump inner circle and the Kremlin during the course of the 2016 presidential campaign. His request adds to a mounting chorus of demands from senior congressional members and outside advocacy groups for an official inquiry into the affair.

In an interview with the Guardian, Stone appealed to Trump, whom he has been close to for almost 40 years, to convene an inquiry through Jeff Sessions, the newly appointed US attorney general. “The president should tell his attorney general that either he finds proof of this, or he puts it to bed and announces none of it happened.”

(And when Sessions recused himself, Stone suggested that Trump fire Sessions.)

I really have to wonder if all of this wasn't precipitated by Roger Stone wanting to settling an old score for throwing cold water on what he wanted to be a whitewash of the Trump team's Russian connections.

[niyad]

1. thanks for the reminder.

[gratuitous]

2. So the question we need to ask ourselves is do we have Sen. Franken's back?

Or do we jettison an effective voice for liberal values based on anonymous accusations and whisper campaigns?

[guillaumeb]

6. An excellent framing in two sentences. eom

[CincyDem]

8. This captures the core issue for me...

...are we, as the dem base (along with our leadership), fair weather friends. I know politics is a game of fragile alliances but this is nuts.

At some point, you have to wonder who's going to be the person that wakes up to the next social media turbocharged anonymous claim and say "When they came after Al Franken, I was silent because I wasn't Al Franken..."

[BannonsLiver]

3. There's a few people around here who HAVE FORGOTTEN all about it.

They are the ones who will turn the movement they believe in so much into satire. Well on their way.

[pangaia]

4. You, of course, are not the only one to bring this up....

[Baitball Blogger]

5. They want blood and the Dems in the Senate are giving them their sacrifice.

[Wwcd]

7. The hit on Franken came from the top.

Net Neutrality vote is coming up soon also.
He has fought for NN for many years.

They needed tp silence Franken & its not about sexual misdeeds.
This hit is straight from the Rove playbook