Franken is trying to rewrite history by blaming Democrats who called for him to resign

[Jedi Guy]

92. That was exactly it.

Democrats came out strongly in support of the MeToo movement (which I'm not saying was a mistake), so when the accusations were leveled against Franken, the Party was in a bind. Either defend Franken and risk the cries of hypocrisy from the right, or pressure Franken to step down to maintain a consistent stance on the movement from the public's perspective.

The frustrating thing is that clarification and nuance could have easily solved the problem, particularly since the right is going to scream and shout no matter what we do. It would have been worth the effort to at least try to defend Franken rather than rushing him into resigning in the interest of "optics."