Sentences with phrase «franken resigned»

Painter is running for the Democratic Senate nomination against incumbent Sen. Tina Smith (D., Minn.), who was appointed to the position after Franken resigned in January.

Senator Al Franken resigned today in the wake of sexual assault allegations from multiple women.

Sen. Al Franken resigned after pictures of him pretending to grope a woman in 2006 emerged.

Franken resigned after a Senate ethics panel looked into accusations from eight women who said he had groped and forcibly kissed them.

Not exact matches

Notably, though, the accountability seems to be mostly confined to the private sector — politicians like Alabama Senate - hopeful Roy Moore and Minnesota Sen. Al Franken were also accused of misconduct, but have (so far) not dropped out or resigned.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a radio interview Thursday said it's up to Sen. Al Franken as to whether he should resign as he faces allegations of groping and unwanted sexual contact from a half - dozen women.

The changes come as Gillibrand called on Franken to resign from office and, days later, called on President Trump to do the same amid allegations he has harassed and assaulted women.

Both Conyers and Franken later resigned.

A prominent donor to the Democratic Party, Susie Tompkins Buell, says she is considering withdrawing support for senators — including Gillibrand — who urged their colleague Al Franken to resign after he was accused of sexual misconduct.

In her relentless positioning for a possible presidential run in 2020, was U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand too quick on the trigger when she hit fellow Democrat Al Franken with a blast of buckshot and drove him to resign his Senate seat?

Joy Behar kicked off an interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) on Monday by confronting the lawmaker for calling on Sen. Al Franken to resign after being publicly accused of sexual misconduct.

The first Democratic senator to call on Franken to resign was Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who was visibly shaking with rage at a Politico «Women Rule» forum when she discussed his behavior.

Several female Democratic senators, within a span of minutes, all called on their Democratic colleague Al Franken (Minn.) to resign following a seventh accusation that he made improper sexual advances towards women.

She was the first of what would be many Democratic senators who called for their colleague Al Franken to resign.

Amid the allegations embroiling Franken, Hunt brought up the way in which Clinton's own scandals relate to the senator's recent troubles, noting Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's (N.Y.) comment last week that Clinton should have resigned the presidency due to his extramarital relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

«He has been back in the news with the senator from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand, suggesting he would have had to resign in the current climate and, of course, Democrats facing questions about Senator Al Franken's conduct.»

By contrast, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.), who like Cuomo has been talked about in terms of a possible 2020 presidential run, won national plaudits for leading the charge for fellow Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota to resign after he was with hit with sexual misconduct allegations.

On Thursday, the Senate Ethics Committee confirmed that it has launched a preliminary inquiry into Franken's behavior, and a handful of House Democrats - including Democratic Caucus Chairman Joseph Crowley, N.Y., - called for him to resign, along with Conyers.

Gillibrand defends her early call for former Sen. Al Franken, a friend, to resign over sexual harassment allegations.

Al Franken, to resign after being publicly accused of sexual misconduct.

Minnesota Public Radio reported that Franken will be resigning, but a tweet from the senator's verified account indicated he was still speaking with his family and had not yet made a decision.

Franken's support among his fellow Democrats cratered today as a host of female Democratic senators called upon him to resign and more women came forward with allegations against him.

At a rally to support Moore's Democratic opponent, Doug Jones, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker called on Trump to resign from office over sexual harassment allegations made by several women against him, citing Sen. Al Franken's decision to do just that.

Resigning amid sexual harassment accusations, soon - to - be former Sen. Al Franken gave a farewell speech to the Senate, criticizing the Trump administration and saying the war for truth is being lost.

At least four U.S. senators are urging Al Franken to reconsider resigning, including two who issued statements calling for the resignation two weeks ago and said they now feel remorse over what they feel was a rush to judgment.

Fifty percent of American voters think Sen. Al Franken should resign over allegations of sexual misconduct against him, while 46 percent said he should be expelled from the Senate, according to a new poll.

A Democratic official who has spoken to Al Franken and key aides says Franken will resign his Minnesota Senate seat tomorrow, the official tells MPR News.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota, in an emotional speech on the Senate floor, announced that he would resign from Congress, the most prominent figure in a growing list of lawmakers felled by charges of sexual harassment or indiscretions.

Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota announced he would resign «in the coming weeks» from the U.S. Senate after his support among Democrats crumbled, becoming the highest - profile casualty in the growing list of lawmakers felled by charges of sexual harassment or indiscretions.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday morning that she did not publicly call for Sen. Al Franken to resign over several allegations of sexual misconduct because the two Minnesota Democrats are colleagues.

(AP) Minnesota Sen. Al Franken is resigning amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations.

«Why hasn't Donald Trump come forward and said, «You know what, in this climate, at this point in this country, I'm going to resign from my position just like Al Franken,» Booker told Vice.

Gillibrand said it's up to Franken whether to resign, while quickly adding it was «outrageous» that there is no investigation of Trump despite more than a dozen sexual harassment allegations.

«I just watched Sen. Al Franken do the honorable thing and resign from his office,» Booker told Vice News.

«Her craven act can never erase the fact that for years she chose to promote, protect and defend the Clintons who are guilty of the same offenses and cover - ups against women she only now conveniently seeks to denounce, while still stopping short of calling on her close friend, Al Franken to resign.

Al Franken said he was going to resign.

«Do I think Al Franken and John Conyers are going to resign?

The women's stories led to more calls from Democrats in Congress for Trump to resign, including from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.), the first to call for Franken's ouster.

Meanwhile, another top Senate Democrat says he expects Franken to resign Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The top Senate Democrat says Sen. Al Franken should resign as allegations of sexual misconduct against the Minnesota lawmaker multiply.

Pawlenty previously said that he would not run in the special election to replace resigning Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.), who stepped down after allegations of sexual misconduct.

That's consistent with what Gillibrand has been saying for years about sexual harassment in the military and on college campuses, and she maintained that consistency earlier this month when she called on a friend, Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota, to resign in light of the accusations of sexual misbehavior that he faces.

Senator Al Franken (D-MN) will make an announcement on Thursday following calls from at least 16 Democratic senators to resign in the wake of numerous sexual harassment allegations against him.

Franken initially said he would cooperate with a Senate ethics investigation and did not appear to plan to resign his seat, but pressure grew as more women charged that he had inappropriately touched them.

Gillibrand made headlines last week when she said Bill Clinton should have resigned the presidency over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, but she was less forthcoming on Franken.

Commentator Cathy Anne (Strong)-- a self - described «political junkie and a regular junkie,» asked about Franken: «Why are you going to resign if you ain't going to apologize?»