Franken resigns from Senate, shades Roy Moore and Trump
The Democrat Senator, Al Franken, has been accused by up to six women of sexual misconduct. Most of the women claim he groped them or touched them inappropriately, making them feel uncomfortable and intimidated.
The allegations ruined Franken's career, as many think they should. In fact, he was accused of undermining women and disrespecting them at the highest level. Although many say that the slight groping situations he was accused of are 'nothing' compared to Roy Moore's accusations - we're going to put that away.
Although Roy Moore has been accused by eight women of, for one, preying on children and young teenage girls and viciously sexually abusing them a while back; the focus of this article isn't to compare two accused sexual offenders but to see into the accusations and the effects of the accusations against Franken. Then, we'll talk about the politics behind his currently trending resignation speech.
Yes - you read right - Franken has gone from being considered for the Democrat's pick to run for the US Presidency in 2020 to rendering himself to admit to the public that he's likely going to resign following allegations of sexual assault. He announced he'd resign within the upcoming weeks in a speech on the Senate floor.
His speech didn't go without a large political statement; saying it was ironic that he was standing there and announcing his resignation while Donald J Trump, the sitting US President and Roy Moore, the Alabama Senate candidate running for a Dec 12 election, were able to continue their practices.
Now here comes some comparisons, because let's face it, this wouldn't be a proper and successful article of this situation if it didn't include an enormous political side.
The Alabama Senate candidate, Roy Moore, has been accused by eight women of sexual abuse, harassment, assault and misconduct. One of the most legitimate accusations came from Beverly Young Nelson, who says Mr. Moore grabbed her neck and forced her face onto his body. She said she believed, at the moment, that he was going to rape her. She provided a signed yearbook of when she was 16, around the time of the incident, proving he had met her. "Love, Mr. Moore D.A." was signed.
However, Moore's attorneys refused that he had met her in his past saying that he doesn't recall ever even seeing the young woman. They attempted to delegitimize her claims as calling out the yearbook signature of being faked.
The sitting US president has been accused by anywhere between 14 and 22 women in a new analysis by our researches. Currently, around 18 of those who accused him have spoken out publicly and set themselves up available for questioning. Many of those women say he groped them, touched them in their private areas, forcefully kissed them without consent, rape and attempted rape including other accusations.
The Trump campaign refused to admit to any of the allegations calling them all faked and 'slander'-inspired statements. This continues in his presidency, with the White House's press secretary Sarah Sanders confirming Washington DC's stance on Trump's accusations are that they are all faked and not legitimate.
That is all of the politics behind Franken's statement of the irony behind the accusations and his resignation in compared to Moore and Trump. Not too long ago, a CNN consultant (Ana Navarro) tweeted a trending famous tweet that compared Hollywood to the political world. Other reporters from other organisations also trended while comparing Trump and Franken, Conyers, etc.
One said "Franken gets accused by 6 women and resigns from Senate. Trump gets accused by 17 women and gets elected as President of the US". Although our main statement from this is politics shouldn't matter in the world of sexual misconduct and assault; this all began when Trump was silent on Moore, then spoke out on Franken, and then endorsed the accused child predator Roy Moore alongside Steve Bannon.