President Donald Trump ridiculed former Minnesota Senator Al Franken over his quick resignation after he was accused of alleged sexual misconduct.
The Democrat was accused of sexual harassment by several women, the allegations including forced kisses and touching without permission. Quickly after these claims Franken stepped down in January 2018, after 10 years in Senate.
Franken wrote a statement where he apologized to the women, admitting that he had “crossed a line for some women…I feel terrible that I’ve made some women feel bad and for that, I am so sorry, and I want to make sure that never happens again.”
Speaking at a “Make America Great Again” rally in Rochester, Minnesota, President Trump praised Republican candidate for Senate Karin Housley, saying that she did great in the upcoming midterms, and attacked her Democratic rival Tina Smith, who is Franken’s successor.
“So Karin is running against a far-left Democrat, Tina Smith, who nobody knows who the hell she is. Who is she?” Trump said at the rally. “She was appointed. She took a wacky guy’s place. That guy was, he was wacky. Boy did he fold up like a wet rag, huh? Man, he was gone so fast. He was gone so fast—I don’t want to mention Al Franken’s name, OK, so I won’t mention it.”
“He was gone so fast. It was like, ‘Oh he did something, oh, oh, oh, I resign, I quit, I quit. Wow. He was gone, and he was replaced by somebody that nobody ever heard of. Her name is Tina Smith. Honestly, I do this stuff for a living and I’m not sure I ever heard of her and I need her vote,” the President added.
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