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In reply to the discussion: Kirsten Gillibrand Stands By Her Call For Al Franken's Resignation [View all]Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)38. OK Thanks for explaining
the double standard.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Kirsten Gillibrand Stands By Her Call For Al Franken's Resignation [View all]
left-of-center2012
Mar 2019
OP
Why isn't Senator Harris's call for Senator Franken's resignation equally disqualifying?
SFnomad
Mar 2019
#17
Senator Harris called for Senator Franken's resignation just like Senator Gillibrand
SFnomad
Mar 2019
#88
I didn't like her call for resignation either, but that's a straw man argument in this thread.
bearsfootball516
Mar 2019
#94
Yes. The first accuser was a Roger Stone associate. I'm not making this up. nt
Baltimike
Mar 2019
#116
Mind you - this in NO way means I feel the same way about the #metoo movement.
calimary
Mar 2019
#125
After Gym Jordan's stunt and still in the Senate/House, and rump, fair is fair, and IMHO, ...
SWBTATTReg
Mar 2019
#4
We have every right to form opinions on the credibility of both the accused and the accusers based
BlueStater
Mar 2019
#31
An unfunny, tasteless joke from his days as a comedian doesn't make him a sexual abuser.
BlueStater
Mar 2019
#61
If it was sexism, the other female senators who signed on to ousting him would be getting attacked
Demit
Mar 2019
#33
Randi Rhodes is the last person I'd use as a character reference after she called Geraldine Ferraro
SFnomad
Mar 2019
#141
She out of ANYONE had to do this. And she did after the 8th woman came out. HYPOCRITE if she didnt
UniteFightBack
Mar 2019
#74
She's probably getting private polling that (aside from anything else) it's a millstone around her
OnDoutside
Mar 2019
#91
Unfortunately a number of them marked her with a view to 2020, when the line was holding up to that
OnDoutside
Mar 2019
#95
The notion of holding the line while, y'know, Due Process, takes its course. Apologies if that's an
OnDoutside
Mar 2019
#98
Not exclusively, no. If you are the member of a club, Congress etc, you agree to follow the rules of
OnDoutside
Mar 2019
#112
Well remind me who rounded on him, led by your friend ? This was headed to the Ethics Committee
OnDoutside
Mar 2019
#128
Yes when your friend jumped the gun for her own reasons, other Dems didn't want to be seen to be.
OnDoutside
Mar 2019
#133
What evidence do you have that the Senate Ethics committee wouldn't have treated him
OnDoutside
Mar 2019
#135
And do you deny that Gillibrand was the one who jumped the gun to stab her Senate colleague in
OnDoutside
Mar 2019
#147
I'm content that anyone reading your post will recognise your rewriting of history to create a
OnDoutside
Mar 2019
#149
I admire your clean up effort but so many of us here watched all this play out in real time,
OnDoutside
Mar 2019
#162
Spun facts certainly. Well you could provide that evidence as to why the you know the Senate Ethics
OnDoutside
Mar 2019
#164
this disqualifies her in my eyes and almost all other democrats I personally know, a MISTAKE she
beachbum bob
Mar 2019
#106
She was not the only candidate calling for Al Franken's resignation, and for those arguing that "she
still_one
Mar 2019
#151