Franken on Senate resignation: 'They made it impossible for me to get due process'

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16. well, yeah, he's saying that now

...but here's his resignation speech:

"It’s become clear that I can’t both pursue the Ethics Committee process and at the same time remain an effective senator for them. Let me be clear. I may be resigning my seat, but I am not giving up my voice. I will continue to stand up for the things I believe in as a citizen and as an activist. But Minnesotans deserve a senator who can focus with all her energy on addressing the challenges they face every day."

Convenient to blame Democrats who agreed with him then, now, that it would distract from his job and the work the party needed to do at the time.

You make it sound like they had some other motivation than his own stated one, that the ethics investigation would be a distraction and that his seat could be filled with another Democrat committed to the same agenda, Tina Smith.