Murray also said condemning Franken legitimizes "third-wave feminism," which he defines as the view that "men are all rapists or proto-rapists and that women in our society tread a constant and violent minefield their entire lives when dealing with the male sex." "Yet conservatives, like everyone else, should pause before playing this game."Īlthough there are many hypocritical liberals who think "rape is not rape if it is committed by a leftist" and who refused to condemn former president Bill Clinton, conservatives should avoid piling on Franken because it will further blur the lines "between bad manners and rape." "Who could suppress at least a smirk of pleasure at the news of Senator Al Franken’s being caught up in the sexual-harassment scandals that have been breaking ever since Harvey Weinstein crashed the world?" asked Douglas Murray in the National Review. More: President Trump appears to back Roy Moore: 'We don't need a liberal' in Alabama Senate seat From the right: Going after Franken heightens harassment hysteria The news of those accusations fell off the front pages after Trump won the election, but getting elected president "does not diminish the seriousness of fourteen credible allegations of sexual assault," Legum wrote. Legum listed 14 women who have accused Trump of sexual assault and said that in contrast to Franken, "Trump has not acknowledged any of these incidents or apologized for his behavior." Rather, he threatened to sue them and implied one of his accusers wasn't attractive enough to assault. President Trump "opened the door to a new scrutiny of his conduct" by attacking Franken on Twitter while maintaining his support of Roy Moore, wrote Think Progress editor Judd Legum. Having him lose his seat over what he did to Leeann Tweeden would be like getting Al Capone for cheating on his taxes."Īnalysis: Trump mocks Franken, reticent on Moore, despite his own history From the left: It's time for new scrutiny of Trump allegations "But he should never have been let into American public life, either. "Al Franken isn’t the monster Harvey Weinstein was," Last conceded. The Weekly Standard's Jonathan Last said, "Anyone who has followed the career of Al Franken should be unsurprised to learn that he was a jerk to Leeann Tweeden."Ĭiting excerpts from Tom Shales' Saturday Night Live oral history, Live from New York, that discuss cocaine use, Last described Franken as a "lying, drug-abusing (and disturbing) jackass." In addition to the drugs, Last cited an incident in which Franken was disrespectful to former vice president Spiro Agnew, and another where he allegedly pitched a joke about raping CBS News' Lesley Stahl, as examples of the Minnesota senator being "even worse than you think."
More: Congress has been warned for years it is not doing enough to stop sexual harassment From the right: Franken 'never deserved a place in public life' Any effort by journalists or Democrats to hold them accountable will be met with, 'What about him?'"
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"Every day Franken remains in the Senate as a visible symbol of liberal hypocrisy, Republicans get a free pass to grope, harass and abuse women.
"Now any Republican who is asked about Moore can simply deflect the question by invoking Franken and suggesting that both sides do it," Marcotte wrote.
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