Should Al Franken Resign? â Mother Jones
Al Franken
Earlier this morning  radio newscaster Leeann Tweeden revealed that  Sen. Al Franken  had behaved inappropriately toward  her  during a USO tour of the Middle East in 2006. During a rehearsal for a skit that included a kiss   she  says   he  stuck  his  tongue in  her  mouth  and then took this picture on the way home:
 Franken  immediately acknowledged what had happened and apologized. This prompted the now drearily familiar round of pronouncements that  he  hadnât apologized enough. âNo matter what your political affiliation â wrote Chris Cillizza at CNN  âyou have to see how inadequate Frankenâs first apology is.â So  Franken  apologized again. Oddly  Tweeden herself thought  his  apology had been just fine. Both of them:
.@jaketapper: âDo you accept  his  apology?â @LeeannTweeden: âI doâ¦the one that came out this morning  I accepted that one tooâ¦I believe  him . I think it is heartfelt.â â Saba (@saba_h) November 16  2017
No matter. Ed Kilgore thinks  Franken  is toast:
 Franken  is almost certainly going down  and the only question is whether  he  can somehow tough it out until the end of  his  current term in 2020. The odds are very low that  he  can  particularly since  his  entire career in politics and comedy is now going to come under fresh scrutiny for misogyny and/or hypocrisy.
By contrast   Franken  thought  he  was joking around but went farther than  he  should have. Once.Â¹ Itâs no whitewash to say that this is a considerably lesser offense. But if the only response we have to any kind of sexual abuse is to insist on resignation from office and expulsion from public lifeâmostly to protect our own reputationsâwe are not acting with any sense of proportionality. We need to start. Listen to Leeann Tweeden  folks.
Do you think  Al Franken  should step down or be expelled from the Senate? Leeann Tweeden: Iâm not asking for that https://t.co/5bbq62RFva pic.twitter.com/Nx0xcZkUyz â The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) November 16  2017
Earlier this morning  radio newscaster Leeann Tweeden revealed that   [TGT] had behaved inappropriately toward   [TGT]   during a USO tour of the Middle East in 2006. During a rehearsal for a skit that included a kiss    [TGT]   says   he  stuck  his  tongue in   [TGT]   mouth  and then took this picture on the way home:
 Franken  immediately acknowledged what had happened and apologized. This prompted the now drearily familiar round of pronouncements that  he  hadnât apologized enough. âNo matter what your political affiliation â wrote Chris Cillizza at CNN  âyou have to see how inadequate Frankenâs first apology is.â So   [TGT] apologized again. Oddly  Tweeden herself thought   [TGT]   apology had been just fine. Both of them:
.@jaketapper: âDo you accept  his  apology?â @LeeannTweeden: âI doâ¦the one that came out this morning  I accepted that one tooâ¦I believe   [TGT]  . I think it is heartfelt.â â Saba (@saba_h) November 16  2017
No matter. Ed Kilgore thinks   [TGT] is toast:
  [TGT] is almost certainly going down  and the only question is whether   [TGT]   can somehow tough it out until the end of   [TGT]   current term in 2020. The odds are very low that   [TGT]   can  particularly since   [TGT]   entire career in politics and comedy is now going to come under fresh scrutiny for misogyny and/or hypocrisy.
By contrast    [TGT] thought   [TGT]   was joking around but went farther than   [TGT]   should have. Once.Â¹ Itâs no whitewash to say that this is a considerably lesser offense. But if the only response we have to any kind of sexual abuse is to insist on resignation from office and expulsion from public lifeâmostly to protect our own reputationsâwe are not acting with any sense of proportionality. We need to start. Listen to Leeann Tweeden  folks.
Do you think  Al Franken  should step down or be expelled from the Senate? Leeann Tweeden: Iâm not asking for that https://t.co/5bbq62RFva pic.twitter.com/Nx0xcZkUyz â The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) November 16  2017