Could Al Franken Make a Comeback? Amy Klobuchar Said Former Senator Has A Third Act

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Could Al Franken Make a Comeback? Amy Klobuchar Said Former Senator Has A Third Act
By Marie Solis On 4/15/18 at 2:43 PM EDT


There may be more to come for former Senator Al Franken, who resigned his post in January after facing sexual misconduct allegations from multiple women.

At Sunday’s TimesTalk panel for women senators — which featured Senators Susan Collins, Joni Ernst, Heidi Heitkamp and Amy Klobuchar — Klobuchar said she expects her former colleague and friend to make a comeback.

“He’s had two acts and he’s still going to have a third,” Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, told the crowd about Franken.

The Minnesota Democrat said she’s stayed in touch with Franken, and spoke to him just this weekend.

Klobuchar didn’t join the cohort of Democrats who called for Franken to step down in December, when a photo of Franken apparently grabbing a woman’s breasts resurfaced. The photo led to a landslide of accusations from women who said they’d been groped or otherwise harassed by the congressman, who’d built a reputation partly based on his support for women’s equality.

Despite criticism from some that Franken had been forced out, Klobuchar maintained that Franken had made his own choice, one informed by the calculation that the allegations against him would make it difficult to do his job in the Senate.

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[manor321]

1. He should get a 30 minute weekend show on MSNBC. Would be awesome.

[LakeArenal]

2. This again a misleading comment...

“when a photo of Franken apparently grabbing a woman’s breasts resurfaced.”

It was a fake boob grab. A vaudeville act.
Nothing more. When Tweedin was actually photographed touching a singer’s butt.

BS Then. BS now.

The want the narrative that Al was the aggressor. He was not.

[OnDoutside]

4. Well said.

[NewJeffCT]

9. 7 other women came forward

it wasn't just Tweeden, who accepted Franken's apology.

[LakeArenal]

10. Seven claims.

No ethics investigation.

[hlthe2b]

3. A far better response than the one who led the charge, I'll say that.

How's that fund-raising going, Gillibrand? Eh?

[marble falls]

7. Hubris is real.

[aikoaiko]

5. I hope so.

I hope its elected office.

[marble falls]

6. My prayer. I would suport his run for the White House! I hope he goes back into the Senate at ....

the least or the Govenor's office.

[LakeArenal]

8. Amen❣️🙏🏻

[Wounded Bear]

11. We sure as hell could use him...