Al Franken, Roy Moore and the Audacity of Mitch McConnell
07 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FOCUS: Al Franken, Roy Moore and the Audacity of Mitch McConnell From Left, Sen. Roy Blunt, Sen. John Then, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen John Barrasso. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Al Franken, Roy Moore and the Audacity of Mitch McConnell By Addy Baird, ThinkProgress 07 December 17 The party recently returned to funding alleged child predator Roy Moore's campaign in Alabama. n Wednesday afternoon, nearly two dozen Democratic senators called on Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) to resign. The calls came just hours after Politico published the account of an unnamed woman who alleged that Franken had tried to forcibly kiss her in 2006. When she rejected his advances, the woman — the seventh to accuse Franken of sexual misconduct publicly, so far — said Franken told her, “It’s my right as an entertainer.” Franken has denied the accusation. Around 11:30 a.m. Wednesd...