As Twitchy told you, today, Al Franken announced his resignation. Well, “in the coming weeks,” anyway. Whatever the hell that means.
Sen. Al Franken: "In the coming weeks, I will be resigning as a member of the United States Senate." pic.twitter.com/CX5dWKmN0R
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 7, 2017
Looks like Franken is trying to temporize: "In the coming weeks" he'll resign? He's hoping that Roy Moore wins and is seated, and he'll be able to reverse his resignation.
— Steven F. Hayward (@stevenfhayward) December 7, 2017
But just how sorry is he about any of this? It shouldn’t come as a major shock to you to learn that the answer is: Not very.
Also worth noting Franken did not apologize to any of the women who have accused him of harassment — in same speech in which he said “all women deserve to be heard.”
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) December 7, 2017
That was a very strange resignation speech by Franken; it cast doubt on any of the accusations being true, threw some broadsides at Republicans…and he resigned.
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) December 7, 2017
Franken did not apologize. At all.
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) December 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/JamesHasson20/status/938824266757365761
And by the way, all those women were lying liars who lie:
Franken said some of the sexual misconduct allegations against him "simply aren't true" and others he remembers "very differently." pic.twitter.com/mHibRtHjdN
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) December 7, 2017
At what point will @alfranken actually tell us, specifically, WHAT his "different recollection" of these events are? All he says is "he remembers it differently" but has not given ANY details of HIS recollection.
— Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) December 7, 2017
Believe all women? Eh, not so much.
Um, what? Franken denying AND resigning? Kind of blows up the narrative about how he supposedly honorably fessed up.
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) December 7, 2017
These women are liars but I’m leaving anyway. Franken covering himself in glory here.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 7, 2017
Wanna know why Sen. Al Franken is awful? He turned his resignation into a show supporting the women accusing his opponents while calling the women he groped and assaulted liars when there was proof of it.
— Wittorical (@Wittorical) December 7, 2017
He literally didn't take any responsibility.
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) December 7, 2017
“I am resigning because of stuff I didn’t do.” -Al Franken
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) December 7, 2017
I can’t serve anymore because women lied about me.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/938814479269355521
Al Franken: My dedication to believing women is so strong that I am resigning even though these lying whores are all lying about me
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 7, 2017
Al Franken in 2015: "Believe all women."
Al Franken in 2017: "I must now resign because of all these lying sluts."
— Met My Baby Mama In A DC Strip Club Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) December 7, 2017
Hi @alfranken you just outlined a conspiracy theory about how several women with no apparent ties apparently suddenly came together to falsely accuse you. Can you elaborate?
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) December 7, 2017
So @alfranken, now that you say the women are liars, were you lying when you apologized to them? Maybe you should write a book on lying to explain?
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) December 7, 2017
Am I wrong in asking which women accusers Franken believes are liars?
Because…that was the floor of the Senate. America has a right to know., right?
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) December 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/938820170654601218
"Doggone it, people lied about me!"
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) December 7, 2017
Let Al Franken's legacy as a Senator be that we went out calling women liars.
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) December 7, 2017
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