Trump Mocks Al Franken’s Resignation: ‘Boy, Did He Fold Up Like A Wet Rag?’

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid, on her nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, on Capitol Hill, Wedn... Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid, on her nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump took shots at former Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) at a Minnesota campaign rally Thursday night, mocking him for folding “like a wet rag” and resigning his seat when he was accused of sexual misconduct last year, according to a Thursday New York Times report.

“He was wacky,” Trump said of Franken. “Boy, did he fold up like a wet rag, huh? Man. Man. He was gone so fast, O.K.?”

“Oh, he did something,” he said. “‘Oh, oh, oh, I resign, I quit.’”

“I don’t want to mention Al Franken’s name, so I won’t mention,” he added.

The comments are in keeping with Trump’s personal counterattack strategy to sexual misconduct allegations, as cited in Bob Woodward’s White House memoir.

“You’ve got to deny, deny, deny and push back on these women,” Trump said, according to Woodward. “If you admit to anything and any culpability, then you’re dead. That was a big mistake you made.”

However, they seem so ill-timed, with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination teetering between success and failure, that Republican Senate candidate Karin Housley reportedly made a pointed comment when she took the microphone.

“You really do go off script, don’t you? Jeez,” she said.

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  1. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    WTF is going on… Can we get some reporting on the number of rallies held by a president? Trump must have had 5 in the last 10 days… THERE has to be news in there someplace… what are they trying to hide?

  2. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    Republican Senate candidate Karin Housley regarding tRumps comments on Franken:

    You really do go off script, don’t you? Jeez,

    Well he is YOUR president … own him

  3. And here’s video of Trump on his way to that same Minnesota rally - with toiliet paper stuck to his shoe:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN4eIdgm75s

    This video of course has gone global, because of how much respect the world has for Trump. So very respectful:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl4kbgfRxJo

    Donald Trump, making America great again.

    I really don’t think someone walking around with shit sticking to him is in a position to be mocking anyone else.

  4. A master at punching down.

    I’d like to see Franken come back with something like: “Thanks for the shout-out, I notice AG Underwood isn’t folding”.

  5. We live in a country where over two-of-five of our fellow citizens believe it’s a good thing to have this odious little man in the White House.

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