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34. Harris was the first one to go on television and call for Franken to resign, the day a lot of
Wed Nov 17, 2021, 02:30 PM
Nov 2021

women Dem Senators came out (far from just Gillibrand) and called for Franken to resign


so I would say not

Like Gillibrand with Franken.







Gillibrand's tweet was the first, by just a few minutes, and a group of mostly female Senators had been planning and meeting for weeks before it all went down on December 6.

All Democratic Senators except 5 called in public or private for him to resign. Gillibrand is only a Jr. Senator from NY. She doesn't have the superpowers being attributed to her. Schumer was well involved, signed off on it, and gave the ultimatum.

Only Joe Manchin said he should not resign. 3 of the other 4 were on the Senate Ethics committee and could not comment, and the 4th, Bob Menendez of New Jersey, was under federal criminal indictment for corruption at the time and chose to say nothing.


Female Democratic senators coordinated a wave of calls for resignation

https://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/06/politics/senators-al-franken-resignation/index.html

Nearly three weeks after sexual harassment allegations first emerged against Sen. Al Franken, a wave of Democratic senators — in coordination and following a flurry of text messages and phone calls — called for his resignation in rapid succession Wednesday morning.

Starting around 11:30 a.m. ET, the senators posted statements in a coordinated effort, one after the other, on social media, saying the Minnesota Democrat should step down. Some comments were elaborate, lengthy and loaded with a moral message. Others, like that of Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, were straight to the point. "Al Franken should resign," she simply tweeted.

Within the next 90 minutes, 16 Democrats -- 10 of them women -- and one Republican senator -- Susan Collins of Maine -- had publicly urged their colleague to vacate his seat.






then, of course, there was this

Harris: 'I believe' Biden accusers

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/437107-harris-i-believe-biden-accusers

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that she believes women who say they felt uncomfortable after receiving unwanted touching from former Vice President Joe Biden.

"I believe them and I respect them being able to tell their story and having the courage to do it," Harris said at a presidential campaign event in Nevada.

The California senator added that Biden will need to decide for himself whether to run for president. "He's going to have to make that decision for himself. I wouldn’t tell him what to do," Harris said.

In recent days, several women have come forward to allege that Biden has touched them inappropriately.



so, Gillibrand with Franken is perhaps not the best analogy


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I think every woman who's ever worked a job knows what they're doing here Walleye Nov 2021 #28
Getting it in early and often, 2Gingersnaps Nov 2021 #32
Oh, and she's married to a white guy, they just hate that.Don't know why Walleye Nov 2021 #33
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A competent and popular Democrat... Wounded Bear Nov 2021 #4
Like Gillibrand with Franken. ananda Nov 2021 #20
Let us not forget that was engineered by Roger Stone, 2Gingersnaps Nov 2021 #31
Harris was the first one to go on television and call for Franken to resign, the day a lot of Celerity Nov 2021 #34
Warren joined in too. It's the idea of Dems on Dem. ananda Nov 2021 #38
Every single Dem Senator joined in calling for him to step down, except for the 5 I listed, Celerity Nov 2021 #40
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And a future Democratic presidential candidate PatSeg Nov 2021 #23
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