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Showing Original Post only (View all)Journalist Says Franken Groped Her At A Party In 2009 [View all]
Source: Talking Points Memo
Tina Dupuy, a journalist and former Democratic congressional staffer, on Wednesday alleged that Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) groped her at a party in 2009.
It happened at a Media Matters party during the first Obama inauguration, Dupuy wrote in the Atlantic, referring to an event in February 2009, after Franken was elected to office in a close race.
Dupuy said she saw Al Franken and asked to take a picture with him because her foster mother was a fan.
We posed for the shot. He immediately put his hand on my waist, grabbing a handful of flesh. I froze. Then he squeezed. At least twice, Dupuy said.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/journalist-says-franken-groped-her-at-2009-party
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Right. What is her agenda? Hugging around the waist for a photo is not groping and she knows it.
brush
Dec 2017
#19
Yeah, no touching or human contact allowed anymore, that's now groping don'tcha know
Kimchijeon
Dec 2017
#25
That's enough for me. Franken should continue looking for an ethics investigation.
rgbecker
Dec 2017
#41
I won't discard what she said happened, but I also do NOT want Al to even consider resigning until
still_one
Dec 2017
#42
That could be. I lost my dog in 2013, so my comment was purely meant as satirical
still_one
Dec 2017
#48
Too bad she didn't visit with trump, he would have shown her what a real grope is.
The_Casual_Observer
Dec 2017
#27