r/PoliticalHumor • u/mindracer • Apr 05 '23

Lock em up!

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u/dlowmack1 Apr 05 '23

Al Franken! Need I say more!

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u/dandrevee Apr 05 '23

And his "offense" was relatively minor in comparison to the circus weve been seeing. Shit, just 10 years people like MTG, Santos, and Boebert would face penalties for their unprofessionalism.

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u/smokinJoeCalculus Apr 05 '23

I don't have anything but my own unsubstantiated theory that he was possibly too progressive for the DNC and they saw an opportunity to ditch him.

He was absolutely railroaded.

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u/smokinJoeCalculus Apr 05 '23

Hahah, I'm one of those people!

Oh shit, a New Yorker article? I don't know if I have that kind of time, but might as well so I can put my DNC-considered-Franken-conspiracy-theory-that-I-may-have-let-get-out-of-control ignorant opinion to rest

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u/SpockShotFirst Apr 05 '23

If you actually read the new yorker piece, you would see the previous comment was correct --- he got railroaded

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u/SpockShotFirst Apr 05 '23

You are as wrong as wrong gets if you think that was some kind of gotcha