Trump tweeted about that Al Franken photo and it didn't go well

People in glass houses, huh?
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Shannon Connellan
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Trump tweeted about that Al Franken photo and it didn't go well
"Where do his hands go?" Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images

People in glass houses, huh?

President Donald Trump came under fire for a tweet slamming Sen. Al Franken, who's facing allegations of sexual misconduct from news anchor Leeann Tweeden, who said Franken kissed her without consent and groped her while she was asleep in 2006.

Trump, a man caught on tape saying "grab 'em by the pussy," decided it was the perfect moment to weigh in with some kind of moral compass.

Dubbing the senator 'Al Frankenstien' (sic), Trump tweeted that the photo was "really bad," followed by a rather unsettling statement: "Where do his hands go?" in other potential photos.

It took Twitter no time at all to start the fire, calling attention to the allegations of sexual assault and harassment the president has faced himself.

Believe it or not, Trump continued, with a similarly hard-to-swallow comment about Franken, alluding to his recently resurfaced "joke" about assaulting journalist Lesley Stahl in a 1995 New York Magazine article. "To think, that just last week he was lecturing anyone who would listen about sexual harassment," he wrote.

Forgive us for this incredibly dramatic eye roll, but Trump doesn't appear to have taken any of his own supposed "advice."

Here are eight things Trump's done to hurt girls since taking office — and that's just in the last year.

Calling the kettle black?

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.

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