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Originally Posted by Adder
We were doing that when it was one allegation. It became unsustainable when it was another allegation every week, especially when you factor in the assumption that there were likely to be more. Seems like he's just low-grade handsy. How do the Dems get anything, even basic messaging, done when there's another staffer or constituent saying he grabbed them every few days?
Resignation isn't really punishment. It's stopping the political bleeding.
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It’s a grossly disproportionate punishment for what Franken did. It’s intellectually lazy and knee jerk.
I expect better from the Democrats. It can’t call itself the party of thinkers and then engage in a zero tolerance witch hunt and dispense preposterous summary punishment.
This was a moment to lead by example, to criticuze “pendulum” thinking that leads to political and policy overreactions.
Instead, they just removed an essential voice in the Senate. It’s maddeningly stupid.
