Curious-- how many of you would vote for a Democratic candidate if they were convicted of a felony during their

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50. Chuck Schumer never wanted Al Franken in the Senate to begin with

If you've read Al Franken's book "Giant of the Senate" which was written before he resigned, he mentions several instances where Schumer discouraged him from running for the Senate. When Franken had to go through a lengthy recount process in Minnesota there was -zero- support coming from the Senate Democrats, and at the time they were led by Schumer. Even after Franken won the recount and he was duly sworn in, Schumer made every effort to exclude him from the political process.

I can only assume that Kirsten Gillibrand acted on behalf of Schumer when she ultimately led the effort to force him to resign when the controversial photos came out. They refused to support him.