\nDuring his lengthy resignation speech in which he never apologized to the women who claimed they were subjects of his inappropriate advances, Franken said, “I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office. But this decision is not about me. It’s about the people of Minnesota.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The Minnesotan was once viewed as a potential 2020 presidential candidate. Many Democrats believed the quick-witted Franken would be the perfect candidate to go up against Trump.<\/p>\n
Bookmaker Paddy Power still has Franken at 33-1 to win the 2020 presidential election. The line didn’t change in the hours after the senator’s resignation, which might hint that oddsmakers and bettors do not feel his political career is entirely over.<\/p>\n
Moore Attacks<\/b><\/h2>\n
In addition to Trump, Franken also pointed to Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore (R), whose campaign remains engulfed in sexual misconduct allegations that includes girls as young as 14-years-old. “A man who repeatedly preyed on young girls” is how Franken referred to Moore.<\/p>\n
PredictIt bettors aren’t buying it. Instead, they’re snagging up shares that Moore will win the special election on December 12 at a going rate of 76 cents.<\/strong><\/p>\nAs for Franken, he says the claims against him are largely untrue. “I know that the work I’ve been able to do has improved people’s lives. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Senator Al Franken (D-Minnesota) says some of the accusations of sexual misconduct made by eight women are untrue, but regardless, the former\u00a0Saturday Night Live\u00a0star is\u00a0resigning from Congress in the coming weeks. Franken’s fall began with former Poker After Dark and National Heads-Up Poker Championship host Leann Tweeden, who revealed last month that the senator had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":64824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19,61,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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