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In reply to the discussion: Is Our Revolution trying to unseat Al Franken? [View all]still_one
(92,187 posts)I want Franken to resign.
Even though the Governor is a Democrat, Minnesota has a mechanism where they can call for a special election to fill a vacant seat, and there is no way I want to risk a Norm Coleman getting in their before 2020.
A DEMOCRAT was elected to serve until 2020, and we need a chance to take back the Senate in 2018 before anyone even considers resigning.
It isn't a question of NOT believing, it is a question of cutting off one's nose to spite their face.
If Democrats regain control of the Senate in 2018, then I will be less impassioned about it, but with the potential for another Supreme Court nominee coming up before 2020, plus a whole host of other issues relating to Civil Rights, Women's Rights, the environment, etc. it is damn foolish for Democrats to push for his resignation, unless another Democrat is guaranteed to occupy that seat until 2020, or we regain a comfortable majority in the Senate in 2018.
However, the issue that some seem to be ignoring is that it is up to the people of Minnesota to decide this, and the only ones that I have heard suggesting his resignation are NOT from Minnesota