What the Republicans will learn from the Franken debacle.

[Lanius]

22. I agree, good summation.

The Democrats want the moral high-ground on the issues of sexual harassment and assault (especially in the workplace). That's great, no one should have to up with this stuff, but the problem is the other side doesn't accept our standards (and they don't pay an electoral price for it).

I think Franken's resignation and betrayal by the Democrats in the Senate sends terrible messages, that (1) anonymous accusations are enough to sink a Democrat, but detailed, on-the-record accusations against a Republican amount to nothing, as long as he denies it and calls the accusers liars, (2) that Democrats caved AGAIN to pressure from the Republicans (it doesn't matter what, Dems always cave), (3) that Democrats allowed some in the media to make a false equivalency between Franken and Roy Moore and Chump, and (4) that we are now not allowing for due process (in this case, an ethics investigation) to take its course, and even anonymous accusations of sexual harassment or assault are being taken as truth; I know women shouldn't be treated as liars, but we have due process for a reason. The spineless Democrats should have let the Senate ethics investigation finish, but they caved under pressure from the Republicans and the media.