RadioOnFire.com - Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken spoke from the Senate floor Thursday about his future in office following a raft of allegations he touched women inappropriately and dozens of his Democratic colleagues calling for him to step aside.
Yesterday his reps said "Senator Franken is talking with his family at this time and plans to make an announcement in D.C. tomorrow. Any reports of a final decision are inaccurate," read a tweet Wednesday from Franken's official Twitter account. Today however, we got his answer. He will resign effective the end of the year. It was an emotional speech that he came to reluctantly. He was unable to hide how personally devastating stepping down was for him, but it was necessary.
On Wednesday, about two-thirds of the Democrats in the Senate — including almost all of the women in the Senate Democratic Caucus — called for Franken to step down. Among those urging him to resign were the top three Democrats in the chamber — Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Sen. Patty Murray of Washington. In addition, Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, also called for Franken to step down.
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