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5. Kamala Harris was the first to go on telly and call for him to resign, around 30 minutes after

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Thu Feb 10, 2022, 01:52 PM

Feb 2022

Gillibrand and (all within minutes) many other Dem Senators (mostly from the group of Dem Senator women who had been meeting for weeks about it) started tweeting and FB posting for him to go.

Democrat Sen. Kamala Harris calls on Franken to resign

there were others not listed in that graphic btw

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Franken on Senate resignation: 'They made it impossible for me to get due process' [View all] left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 OP

Indeed they did, Al. All but a tiny minority on this site know that was the case... hlthe2b Feb 2022 #1

They may know it now sarisataka Feb 2022 #6

We lost a valuable and important voice in the Senate. dalton99a Feb 2022 #2

and we all know who they are JohnSJ Feb 2022 #3

Indeed. hlthe2b Feb 2022 #10

This was a real low point for the Democratic Party. Of all the people & entities who failed ... Hekate Feb 2022 #4

And the right used it against Democrats maxrandb Feb 2022 #8

I agree. It was infuriating at the time knowing this SalviaBlue Feb 2022 #28

Kamala Harris was the first to go on telly and call for him to resign, around 30 minutes after Celerity Feb 2022 #5

It was like a stampede leftstreet Feb 2022 #7

in the end all but 5 privately or publicly told him to go Celerity Feb 2022 #9

those senators' reasoning was exactly the same as Franken's own rationale for resigning bigtree Feb 2022 #17

so did he resign because Kamala Harris said he should? bigtree Feb 2022 #11

He was the one who made the decision, but the OP shows he is (at least partially) blaming Celerity Feb 2022 #12

well, yeah, he's saying that now bigtree Feb 2022 #16

I made no comment as to his motivation, that was all you from the start Celerity Feb 2022 #18

okay, you just provided the graphic and youtube vid. Thought it was a slam bigtree Feb 2022 #20

I do not think he should have resigned, he should have let the process play out. The distraction Celerity Feb 2022 #22

the accusations were coming in pretty fast bigtree Feb 2022 #26

That's funny -- I just woke up this morning to the memory of tandem5 Feb 2022 #13

They did him dirt Leith Feb 2022 #14

Come back, Senator superpatriotman Feb 2022 #15

Should he run for a House seat? Celerity Feb 2022 #19

Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand need to apologize too! ananda Feb 2022 #21

all but 5 Dem Senators need to (who were in the Senate then) Celerity Feb 2022 #23

He was piled on, unfairly. Greybnk48 Feb 2022 #24

I still wonder what an investigation might've uncovered suegeo Feb 2022 #25

I'm glad he finally spoke about this now that tavernier Feb 2022 #27