Because he’s been a central player on the Senate Judiciary Committee, relentlessly hammering away at Sessions and holding the Justice Dept. accountable for its bullshit.
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People could also protest his public appearances, constituents could demand town hall events, tell him he no longer has their confidence at them and ask him to resign etc. There’s no reason he has to wait until his term is up to feel consequences.
With respect to Conyers, I was just going on the fact that he’s been pretty defiant about resigning and leadership seems to want to push him out. So far I don’t think there’s been a call within the caucus for Franken to go. But overall yes, I think it’s obvious Conyers will probably be gone before Franken but damn if…
THIS. Who could replace him? Literally anyone who doesn’t force sex acts on people. Minnesota’s governor is a democrat.
This is all true and well said. I will say further that his atonement is less and less believable to me as more instances of his (unwanted)groping and kissing come out. I have no doubt he is genuinely embarrassed and ashamed, but he is still sticking to “I take lots of photos, I would never intentionally engage in…
The messy conclusion might just be that your have to balance those aspects, though. Let’s be honest,“Fitness for office” is relative to who else is on the menu; at the same time “One Free Grope” is a pretty potent attack from sneering Republicans trying to point out that liberals are feckless weenies who talk a big…
“Go use your pitchfork to go after Trump and Moore”
I say this in every “politician turns out to be a creep!!” article, but it bears repeating: BURN IT ALL DOWN AND REPLACE THESE DIRTBAGS WITH REAL PROGRESSIVE GOOD PEOPLE
Excellent parse, as per your other comment, and I’m now fully on board with you - he should quit for future party efficacy.
“But who could replace him who could possibly be better?”
That’s a good point on distraction. Maybe a good redemption arc would be to quit, support the successor, and fundraise/lobby/organize like a mofo.
Dump Conyers and Franken now. It is evident that a single incident of harassment can now assumed to always be the tip of the iceberg to a pattern of harassment and assault.
All of this. I really hope there won’t be another slew of Jezebel commentariat today writing embarrassing things like ‘But we need him’, and ‘He wasn’t really groping her breasts - the Kevlar was there!’
He needs to go. I don’t care if this was during his “showbiz” phase, pre- upstanding senator. He was a grown ass man who should have had more respect for women. He’s just as gross as the rest of them, he needs to go.
Am I the only one who would prefer all of these creeps NOT apologise? It’s not like anyone is gaining anything from the perfunctory ‘I’m sorry if anyone felt bad, I need to soul-search and realise how truly amazing I am - so amazing that I don’t need to rape!’
Do you ever get the feeling that we must have all died at some point over the past three years and this is, well, hell?
Teaching the Miller’s Tale today and got to the part where Nicholas goes up to Alison and “grabs her by the quim” and my students didn’t snicker as they have in previous years. They were instantly ticked off and said “creep” and “like Trump” and laughed and continued. I have a room full of young adults who view sexual…
Question for the guys, sincere, when talking with other men do you use the word pussy a lot?
Apparently, in the time of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, there were terrible rumours about that he had fathered children out of wedlock, and abandoned them and their mothers to their dismal fates. And yet, no evidence of these children or their mothers has ever been found — in a time in which meticulous records were kept. A…