Sen. Al Franken Admits No Guilt and Offers No Apology in Bizarre Resignation Speech

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has resigned following several allegations of sexual assault. Suggested Reading The Real Tea Behind Tina Knowles, Mathew Divorce Suge Knight Claims Tupac’s Mother Made This Shocking Move in His Final Moments Spoilers: Black TikTok Has Theories on Whether Taraji’s Daughter in ‘Straw’ Video will return here when scrolled back into view…

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has resigned following several allegations of sexual assault.

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Franken delivered one of the most oddball speeches a man accused of inappropriately touching and forcing himself onto at least eight different women has ever delivered.

Franken admitted no fault and issued no apology to the alleged victims; in fact, he noted that many of the accusations against him werenโ€™t true and that the others were completely different from the way that he remembers them. Which is the equivalent of saying, I didnโ€™t do it and if I did, I donโ€™t remember it that way. Franken also took the opportunity to take full-on swings at President Donald Trump and Alabama Senate hopeful Roy Moore, both of whom have been marred by sexual assault allegations.

โ€œI, of all people, am aware that there is some irony that I am leaving while a man whoโ€™s bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office, and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the full support of his party,โ€ Franken said.

No, Franken, your party doesnโ€™t support you, but that support shouldโ€™ve left your side three weeks ago when the first allegations came to light.

Make no mistake about it: This recent rally by Democrats to call for Frankenโ€™s resignation had very little to do with the women he reportedly molested, and everything to do with Democrats trying to establish a moral high ground in the sexual assault arena against Republicans. This has everything to do with Democrats wanting to create a belief that they are tough on their politicians while Republicans have not been. The reality is that this is politics at its lowest level, and neither group is without stain. Democrats and Republicans are both deplorable in this #MeToo era.

Nevertheless, Franken is gone, and the Democrats have their fall guy. They have someone that they can point to rightfully as proof that they know how to handle their own. But the Demsโ€™ late push to call for his resignation, and Frankenโ€™s bitter and reluctant resignation speech, are proof that in politics, the emphasis isnโ€™t on the victims but on the ideology to establish headway in later fights.

Franken didnโ€™t resign because he had a call to conscience; he resigned because he was an anchor pulling the Demsโ€™ boat to a full stop. So he fell on his sword and admitted nothing and offered no apology because the victims have never been the focus. This has been merely political theater at its worst.

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