{"id":1288976,"date":"2022-02-10T10:15:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T15:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1288976"},"modified":"2022-02-10T16:37:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T21:37:12","slug":"al-franken-admits-another-run-for-senate-is-tempting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-franken-admits-another-run-for-senate-is-tempting\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Franken Admits Another Run For Senate Is \u2018Tempting\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fal-franken-admits-another-run-for-senate-is-tempting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1288976&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1346031028-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former Senator Al Franken (D-MN) may be eyeing another bite at the apple.<\/p>\n<p>During a Wednesday interview with Washington Post Live, Franken \u2014 who resigned amid accusations of sexual harassment in 2017 \u2014 said that the idea of another run for Senate was \u201ctempting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly loved my time in the Senate. I loved the job. I got a lot done. I was able to accomplish things I couldn\u2019t accomplish anywhere else, I don\u2019t think. So, yeah, it would be tempting to try to do that again,\u201d Franken said.<\/p>\n<p>Franken has said on a number of occasions that he regrets resigning \u2013 and he even made it clear during his resignation speech on the Senate floor that he believed there were others who should have resigned before he did.<\/p>\n<p>Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/12\/07\/franken-resigns-285957\">reported<\/a> at the time:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI, of all people, am aware that there is some irony in the fact that I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the full support of his party,\u201d Franken said, referring to Trump\u2019s comments captured on tape about grabbing women\u2019s genitals and to Moore\u2019s multiple allegations of sexual assault or harassment of women in their teens.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut this decision is not about me,\u201d Franken added in his floor speech, which began shortly before noon on Thursday. \u201cIt\u2019s about the people of Minnesota. It\u2019s become clear that I can\u2019t pursue the Ethics Committee process and at the same time remain an effective senator for them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, a number of Franken\u2019s former colleagues who initially called for him to step aside later said they also <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/454135-al-franken-says-he-absolutely-regrets-resigning\">regretted that decision<\/a>. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said that supporting Franken\u2019s resignation was \u201cone of the biggest mistakes I\u2019ve made\u201d in a Senate career that spanned nearly five decades.<\/p>\n<p>Former Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) agreed, saying, \u201cIf there\u2019s one decision I\u2019ve made that I would take back, it\u2019s the decision to call for his resignation. It was made in the heat of the moment, without concern for exactly what this was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a rush to judgment that didn\u2019t allow any of us to fully explore what this was about. I took the judgment of my peers rather than independently examining the circumstances,\u201d Senator<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Jeff Merkley (D-OR) added. \u201cIn my heart, I\u2019ve not felt right about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If Franken were to make another run for political office, it might not be in his former home state of Minnesota as he has since moved to New York. And he may not be the only politician attempting a comeback after multiple accusations forced a resignation.<\/p>\n<p>Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) resigned months ago after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment and assault, and is now reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/10000-senior-citizens-died-guest-host-fires-back-when-sunny-hostin-praises-andrew-cuomo-on-covid\/\">eyeing a return to politics<\/a>. Reports indicate he may even consider a run for New York Attorney General \u2014 an office he held from 2006-2010 \u2014 against the woman whose investigation ultimately drove him to resign as governor: incumbent New York AG Leticia James.<\/p>\n<p>Also returning to politics after resignation is former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens (R), who has joined a crowded primary field <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/10\/25\/former-governor-greitens-maga-warrior-senate-bid-517051\">vying for the seat<\/a> held by retiring Senator Roy Blunt (R).<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full interview here:<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><em>The Daily Wire\u2019s new film SHUT IN is premiering on YouTube February 10th at 9 PM EST. Turn on reminders so you don\u2019t miss it:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lFs6-pTk4BA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/youtu.be\/lFs6-pTk4BA&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1644536161896000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3NJ0tuESDOSEt6KPo4ndnU\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/lFs6-pTk4BA<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Senator Al Franken (D-MN) may be eyeing another bite at the apple.During a Wednesday interview with Washington Post Live, Franken \u2014 who resigned amid accusations of sexual harassment in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1288976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1288976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1288976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1288976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1288976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}