I Wish Al Franken Had Been in the Senate Today to Question William Barr

[dlk]

I think Franken would have held Barr’s feet to the fire in his unique way.

[sfwriter]

1. Yeah me too.

[Joe941]

2. He was railroaded!

I'm still upset about it.

[Mars and Minerva]

12. Very Upset. nt

[trueblue2007]

17. me too and i'm still very unhappy with Guillibrand.

running for president. bah humbug.

[Baltimike]

3. Me too, but the Senator from New York decided that Roger Stone's gal pals

before a fact finding investigation.

And I am not sure if she did it out of convenience. I am not sure she could have beaten him in a primary

[LakeArenal]

8. Kamala Harris was right there, too.

[Baltimike]

9. She joined in, as did the Senator from Hawaii, the Senator from New Jersey

and a host of others. i will never forget what they did to that man.

And how thin the accusations were

[pnwmom]

13. The only woman Senator who didn't join was Amy Klobuchar, and she said it was only because

they worked together. She agreed with his decision to resign.

[LakeArenal]

26. But she didn't sign it. Thank goodness.

I bet you she’s very glad she didn’t.

[Trumpocalypse]

14. Tweeden was a right wing plant

but is there any evidence the other 7 women were as well.

[LakeSuperiorView]

19. The question is, was there any evidence at all?

Guess we will never know, because some people's blind idol led the railroading to prevent an investigation.

[Trumpocalypse]

20. What investigation?

A Ethics committee hearing is not what you think and do you really believe the republicans on that committee would have given Franken a fair hearing?

[LakeSuperiorView]

21. IKR? There was none.

You have no idea what I think...


But keep on defending your hero, someone has to.

[Trumpocalypse]

22. I'm defending

truth and fairness against the group think of the mob.

[LakeSuperiorView]

23. You forgot Justice and the American way.

That's going come up in your quarterly review...

[Trumpocalypse]

24. No didn't forget justice at all.

[shanny]

4. I agree

and it makes me wonder: why is it that Al Franken was SO effective when questioning witnesses while so many others, with far more legal and even prosecutorial backgrounds, were/are not? His punches land; those thrown by many others do not. The pukes seem to just slither away...

Why? Perhaps that is why he was targeted, y'know?

[Charlotte Little]

11. This was exactly why he was targeted

And this is why I will never change my stance on Gillibrand or Harris. I supported both prior to all of that. Not anymore.

And I refuse to be shamed by the "you're attacking the women" crowd. I know Schumer asked Franken to leave, But Gil & Har were the most vocal for political points. I am completely disgusted by them both now.

Klobuchar has my full support. She's fully qualified without being thirsty.

[LakeArenal]

27. Love this!!!!

[superpatriotman]

5. The smartest Senator we've ever had IMO

Run out of town on a rail

[CozyMystery]

6. Me too. I'd vote for him for president if he won the primary (and if he ran)

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Oh, yes! So do I! He was absolutely the best with Jeff Sessions!

[flamingdem]

10. Al would have flustered him

and is sorely missed

[mastermind]

15. But like Maddow said tonight, Barr knows he has the votes so he can brush off the Dems

be as nasty as he wants but it would have been great to see Al do his thing though.

[orleans]

16. i was just thinking about him as i was

watching colbert's show

with gillibrand announcing that she's running for president. ugh.
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/15/678292493/new-york-sen-kirsten-gillibrand-announces-2020-presidential-run

[bdamomma]

30. wasn't Gillibrand the one who

neutered Senator Franken. I like Senator Klobuchar better than her.

[orleans]

31. yes, she 's the one who started the

"run al out of the senate" bandwagon

[bdamomma]

32. I really

don't care for her after what she did to Senator Franken. Now she wants to throw in her bid to run for President. Nah. I am not impressed.

[ancianita]

18. I swear I heard Franken through Amy's question about jailing journalists. Barr revealed his politics

[LakeArenal]

28. I thought so, too.

They run Al out, then try to adopt his style.
Just so showing that Al is the one who should be in charge of questioning fascists.

[bdamomma]

29. Miss him

I would love to hear him on the floor of the Senate now. He was railroaded.