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‘Champion Of Women’: Democrat Al Franken Resigns Amid Groping Scandal

Joseph Curl

Apparently, he’s not good enough, he’s not smart enough and, doggone it, people don’t like him.

Sen. Al Franken on Thursday announced that he would be stepping down from his Senate post “in the coming weeks.” The Minnesota Democrat couldn’t survive allegations from eight women that he groped them sexually. His sudden fall comes a day after 36 Democratic senators called for him to resign.

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