Female senators lead the way in calling for Al Franken's resignation on Twitter
After weeks of murmurs on Capitol Hill about Sen. Al Franken's future in politics amid allegations of sexual misconduct, several senators have made their message loud and clear— Franken must go.
Politico reported Wednesday morning that a former congressional aide says Franken tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006, adding to the six existing allegations against the current Minnesota senator.
Although Franken denied this new allegation, many Democratic senators took to Twitter to call for his resignation. And as with many other recent efforts to call out inappropriate male behavior, the women led the way.
These women were joined by many of their Democratic male colleagues in the Senate in calling for Franken to step down.
Although these Democratic senators have worked with Franken to craft policy since his election in 2009, they believe his female accusers and think that his alleged behavior is unacceptable.
Under pressure from his colleagues, Franken will make an announcement on Thursday.
Alison Main is an intern with Real Time. She is originally from St. Louis, but she currently lives in Los Angeles, where she studies Broadcast and Digital Journalism at the University of Southern California. Alison has previously interned at CNN, both with "CNN Tonight with Don Lemon" and with the New York news bureau. The highlight of her journalism career (so far) was serving as political director for USC Annenberg Media during the 2016 election season.
