I am not clear on why Bernie would want to railroad Franken. What were his ulterior motives?

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9. Hell Franken himself did not want to look like he was against it

Which is why he was so kind to his accusers in the first place.

It left the opening for these senators to do what they did because he did not come out with a full force denial and opted instead to try to respect the women's feelings regardless of if the allegations were true or not.

His attempt to keep the movement on track is what led to his downfall and eventually led to these dems being afraid to stand up for him in the face of the women in the senate coming after him.

What i find the most tragic is that he made his statements in a way that the movement says they should be made and
,I think should be made, but the lesson in the end is if you do so you show weakness.

In one fell swoop the actions of the democrats undercut due process AND the message they were supposedly trying to send.