This is the word of a Conservative Sean Hannity operative, who later RETRACTED her statement when it led to his resignation.
It seemed like she actually liked Franken, but in her job as a Hannity operative, she decided to use her connection to him to stir up trouble, and it went further than she expected.
So EVERYTHING she said has to be taken with an enormous grain of salt. She never had to testify under oath, and there wasn’t a single other witness to any of her claims, and she later apologized for how far it went, and expressed regret that she had hurt him so badly.
It was nothing but a Republican smear job, and Schumer jumped on it for his own dirty purposes. Whether you believe the story or not, Schumer had an obligation to resist it and protect his Senator, and he decided to side with the enemy.
As for the rest of his “accusers,” they were all people who got their photos taken at his famous cattle-call photo sessions at the Minnesota State Fair, where he took thousands of photos. He had about 10 seconds with each person, they come up, he grabs them, pulls them in close, smiles, and they snap the photo. In thousands of lightning fast photos, could his hand have landed somewhere odd? Almost certainly. That isn’t assault, it’s just an accident. It’s like accusing someone of sexual assault because someone accidentally briefly touched your body on a crowded bus.
Every person who accused him of inappropriate touching was a rabid Trumper, happy to jump on the smear campaign to destroy Franken. None of them had EVER made the claim before, even in private. One person even claimed he didn’t grab her anywhere inappropriate, she just “knew” it was sexual. Remember, all these accusers waited in a long line to smile and get their picture taken with Al, and never said a word about it until they broke for Trump, and then this smear campaign started. Suddenly, they were traumatized by an assault years before that they had never mentioned to anyone before. And again, none of them ever had to testify to their story under oath. They are all people who follow a guy who is a proven traitor, racist, racist, who weaponizes lying on a daily basis. Why wouldn’t his rabid fans feel like they can do it too, “for the cause?”
Then there were the anonymous accusers who don’t count at all. If you won’t give your name, then you, and your unsubstantiated, unwitnessed, anonymous story, don’t exist. Period.
Maybe he did it, but we’ll never know, because Schumer REFUSED to allow Al to have a hearing in front of the Ethics committee where he could have defended himself, and confronted his accusers. We are complaining because MAGA NAZIs are denying Due Process to immigrants, but here’s a case when the leading Senate Democrat denied Due Process to one of his own.
Schumer betrayed Al Franken, and he betrayed us, by flushing a solid, honest man who had an excellent chance of being president, and establishing a Progressive agenda. It’s vitally important to recognize this incident for what it really was - the Democratic Leadership protecting their own neo-Liberal, Republican-Lite agenda that has led to the rise and dominance of the the MAGA Nazis. Chuck Schumer was the architect of that assault on Al Franken’s reputation, helping the MAGA Nazis rise to power, and he is STILL in that position.
Schumer is standing in the way of the rebellion, and he needs to resign, or be primaried out of office.
This is the word of a Conservative Sean Hannity operative, who later RETRACTED her statement when it led to his resignation.
It seemed like she actually liked Franken, but in her job as a Hannity operative, she decided to use her connection to him to stir up trouble, and it went further than she expected.
So EVERYTHING she said has to be taken with an enormous grain of salt. She never had to testify under oath, and there wasn’t a single other witness to any of her claims, and she later apologized for how far it went, and expressed regret that she had hurt him so badly.
It was nothing but a Republican smear job, and Schumer jumped on it for his own dirty purposes. Whether you believe the story or not, Schumer had an obligation to resist it and protect his Senator, and he decided to side with the enemy.
As for the rest of his “accusers,” they were all people who got their photos taken at his famous cattle-call photo sessions at the Minnesota State Fair, where he took thousands of photos. He had about 10 seconds with each person, they come up, he grabs them, pulls them in close, smiles, and they snap the photo. In thousands of lightning fast photos, could his hand have landed somewhere odd? Almost certainly. That isn’t assault, it’s just an accident. It’s like accusing someone of sexual assault because someone accidentally briefly touched your body on a crowded bus.
Every person who accused him of inappropriate touching was a rabid Trumper, happy to jump on the smear campaign to destroy Franken. None of them had EVER made the claim before, even in private. One person even claimed he didn’t grab her anywhere inappropriate, she just “knew” it was sexual. Remember, all these accusers waited in a long line to smile and get their picture taken with Al, and never said a word about it until they broke for Trump, and then this smear campaign started. Suddenly, they were traumatized by an assault years before that they had never mentioned to anyone before. And again, none of them ever had to testify to their story under oath. They are all people who follow a guy who is a proven traitor, racist, racist, who weaponizes lying on a daily basis. Why wouldn’t his rabid fans feel like they can do it too, “for the cause?”
Then there were the anonymous accusers who don’t count at all. If you won’t give your name, then you, and your unsubstantiated, unwitnessed, anonymous story, don’t exist. Period.
Maybe he did it, but we’ll never know, because Schumer REFUSED to allow Al to have a hearing in front of the Ethics committee where he could have defended himself, and confronted his accusers. We are complaining because MAGA NAZIs are denying Due Process to immigrants, but here’s a case when the leading Senate Democrat denied Due Process to one of his own.
Schumer betrayed Al Franken, and he betrayed us, by flushing a solid, honest man who had an excellent chance of being president, and establishing a Progressive agenda. It’s vitally important to recognize this incident for what it really was - the Democratic Leadership protecting their own neo-Liberal, Republican-Lite agenda that has led to the rise and dominance of the the MAGA Nazis. Chuck Schumer was the architect of that assault on Al Franken’s reputation, helping the MAGA Nazis rise to power, and he is STILL in that position.
Schumer is standing in the way of the rebellion, and he needs to resign, or be primaried out of office.