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Al Franken's Calculated Strategy of Non-Denial
This isn’t a he-said, she-said story. Two women are giving their stories, and the Minnesota Democrat is just emitting vapor.
What was that again?
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Senator Al Franken has a strategy for getting out of his current mess. You can see it in action in an interview he gave this week to Esme Murphy, a reporter for CBS affiliate WCCO.
The Minnesota Democrat has been accused of groping several unwilling women and forcibly kissing another. There are two obvious responses to such accusations: Either admit them, apologize and ask for forgiveness, or deny them. Franken is refusing to do either.