Occam's Razor.....

[Denzil_DC]

15. Invoking Occam's Razor to present a false dichotomy is manipulative and an insult to Occam.

And razors.

There are far more than two options, including the possibility that very little deep thought or judgment was involved among the Democratic Caucus, rather than kneejerk blind panic and me-tooism (in the old business manual sense, not the current one), as borne out in this OP from Jakes Progress:

I thought Rachel might help.

She had Senator Hirono on to say why she and the gang of vigilantes came to the decision to demand Franken's resignation.

I mean. Okay. Maybe they had some really damning evidence, some first had knowledge of some behavior, something other than republican and anonymous accusations.

But no. Hirono said she just sort of decided it was time, that one more unsubstantiated claim was, you know, just too much.

So. Rachel didn't get it from anyone. Hirono said that Gellibrand put out her statement, so she rushed hers out there too. We seem to be able to find out testimony from inside grand jury deliberations, the contents of CIA wiretaps, the lunch menu for Air Force One. But no one can say why these senators turned on one of their own.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029939174

Since you've persistently told DUers that DU is irrelevant to "the real world" and politics, one wonders why you bother continuing to peddle these straw men to a bunch of people you consider unimportant.