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In reply to the discussion: Uh---a minor point about Ms. Tweeden's veracity--- [View all]srobertss
(261 posts)81. She doesnt know whether he actually touched her either
because she said that she didnt even realize the photo was taken until after she saw it when she got home. That being said, I would have felt a line had been crossed if I had found a photo like that with myself in her position. It would have angered me. It was clearly bad behavior and very disappointing. But that by itself doesnt mean he should resign. Im waiting for more accounts backing up her story that he was physically aggressive. But even then, I think he should use it as leverage first. "I'll resign if Trump resigns!"
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Do you have hundreds of photographs of you not touching things that you wound up touching afterward?
George II
Nov 2017
#91
The photo proves it was a gag..a joke. Now whether one finds it funny or not is another story.
Kirk Lover
Nov 2017
#63
There would, indeed, be a flaw in my reasoning IF I had suggested that the photo
Atticus
Nov 2017
#69
If you're reduced to arguing "his hands weren't on her breasts, they were hovering over them,"
Denzil_DC
Nov 2017
#26
If she is reduced to saying that a photo shows what it clearly does not, SHE IS NOT HELPING and
Atticus
Nov 2017
#83
Are we selling Al Franken's superpowers short? Maybe he has to ability to
bagelsforbreakfast
Nov 2017
#34
Well, Al is making light of "groping" in that photo. It's certainly not a crime, but I wouldn't
Hoyt
Nov 2017
#47
If I had room, I would have put "at a minimum, he's making a joke of something inappropriate."
Hoyt
Nov 2017
#64
There are at least two witnesses. The man sitting to the right, and the photographer.
pnwmom
Nov 2017
#79
A picture is less than one second in time. Less than a second later he could have been touching her.
boston bean
Nov 2017
#55
Listening to Leeann Tweeden's account during her press conference and some phrases stuck out...
CincyDem
Nov 2017
#59
No, he's not touching her. It's a joke. The gang would punk each other when asleep.
Honeycombe8
Nov 2017
#66
Been reading various threads on DU about this topic for the past few hours
ClarendonDem
Nov 2017
#76
I would say that the whole story was cooked up around that one photo by
The_Casual_Observer
Nov 2017
#102