For many, this could be enough to call on Franken to resign.
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) has made headlines recently, as he was accused of groping and kissing model and news anchor Leeann Tweeden. He quickly issued a statement in response to the accusation:
I certainly don’t remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann. As to the photo, it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn’t. I shouldn’t have done it.
Then he doubled down with a longer apology, saying he respected women and asking for an ethics investigation to be opened on the case.
But now, another woman named Lindsay Menz has come forward with a claim that Franken grabbed her buttocks during a photo op in 2010 at the Minnesota State Fair. According to CNN, Menz stated:
[He] pulled me in really close, like awkward close, and as my husband took the picture, he put his hand full-fledged on my rear. It was wrapped tightly around my butt cheek. It wasn’t around my waist. It wasn’t around my hip or side. It was definitely on my butt.
In a statement to CNN, Franken responded:
I take thousands of photos at the State Fair surrounded by hundreds of people, and I certainly don’t remember taking this picture. I feel badly that Ms. Menz came away from our interaction feeling disrespected.
For many, this could be enough to call on Franken to resign:
Al Franken should resign. https://t.co/3MseeeJFBo pic.twitter.com/PQqm8bGWSb
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) November 20,2017
SPOILER: Al Franken’s apology to second groping accuser doesn’t actually include an apology https://t.co/dUTVNqLb7j pic.twitter.com/7DIL0FPAiV
— Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) November 20,2017
Yet again, Al Franken’s non-denial denial/“apology” totally misses the mark. https://t.co/lssN3GRQTG pic.twitter.com/B9AvTPaPO9
— Amber Phillips (@byamberphillips) November 20,2017
As much as it pains me, as Sen Franken has been a great voice for net neutrality, he needs to take the next step and resign. This is unacceptable and politics should not play a part. https://t.co/7WBdHI5chG
— Peter Dykhuis (@pdykhuis) November 20,2017
“I’m sorry you felt that way,” is not an apology, Mr Franken.
— Thelemic Waves (@ThelemicWaves) November 20,2017
