Al Franken made a public appearance today in Minneapolis, speaking to an Earth Day rally where he was introduced to an applauding crowd as “Senator-elect Al Franken.”
“I’ll be going to Washington soon and will tell my colleagues that Minnesotans are ready to do their share of the work,” Franken told the crowd.
Franken also spoke to reporters, and said he expects that Gov. Tim Pawlenty will sign the certificate of election after Norm Coleman’s appeal has finished at the state Supreme Court.
“I’m very certain that the governor will do the right thing,” said Franken. “The state Supreme Court has said that once the loser has exercised all his options in the state court, then that would be the appropriate end of that, then the winner should be certified.”
