Less than an hour after news broke that a woman had accused Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) of sexual misconduct toward her in 2006, before he ran for federal office, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called for an official investigation into the allegations.
“As with all credible allegations of sexual harassment or assault, I believe the Ethics Committee should review the matter,” McConnell said. “I hope the Democratic Leader will join me on this. Regardless of party, harassment and assault are completely unacceptable—in the workplace or anywhere else.”
Folks you knew this one was coming
McConnell is right. That is a function of the Senate ethics panel.
Feels weird to totally agree with Mitch McConnell about something.
Do they apply the Bill “Impeach Him” Clinton standard or the D “Locker Room Talk” Trump standard?
I don’t condone sexual harassment or assault but McConnell’s opportunism reeks of false equivalency. If they did a thorough background check on every sitting member of Congress and candidate for public office they could easily reduce government to the size where they can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub. Let’s start with the current occupant.
Al Franken was a private citizen in 2006.