Sanders Statement on Franken

[Donkees]

Wednesday, December 6, 2017
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement on Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.):

"Sen. Franken has said that he will be making an announcement about his political future tomorrow. The right thing is for him to resign. We are now at a crossroads in American culture. And it is an important one. The way we treat women in our country has been abysmal in almost every way. We are finally addressing the issue of sexual harassment, and we need to get it right. But the conversation we are having now is only the tip of the iceberg. It needs to be an ongoing movement of women and men that includes a national discussion about sexism, sexual harassment, objectification, inequality and abuse of power."

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-statement-on-franken

[Autumn]

1. It may be the right thing to do, but things are not normal at this time. We have a president that is

a disgusting pervert with credible accusers, an opposition party that is backing a child molester for the Senate and we are allowing a strong voice on our side to step down based on sketchy sources. This breaks my heart. Thanks for posting this Donkees.

[MuseRider]

2. Bernie is damned if he does

and damned if he doesn't on the forums out there.

I don't expect him to ever make a statement without knowing more that we do.

It is very sad. I wanted the Ethics board to look into this and find it was bogus, and it may still be, but I hate to see him go down. If he is guilty he does need to go IMO.

[Autumn]

3. I wanted Franken to wait until the Ethics board to look into this too. I think that Franken had

nade up his mind to resign and that's why all this came up today. This is all so insane.

[MuseRider]

4. It is really hard

when one you actually trusted and really respected and liked and one of your own goes down for something like this. I understand all the fighting about it, it is very hard. I do not like the backlash I am seeing, that worries me a lot.

[Autumn]

5. I think it's insane and irresponsible for them to call for his resignation without a

proper investigation. I could see it if they had the goods on him or found out that he had settled an accusation to keep it quiet or out of court but so far nothing like that has happened.

[Susan Calvin]

6. Bernie, I disagree. nt