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In reply to the discussion: Rep. Katie Hill to resign amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers [View all]Xipe Totec
(43,928 posts)10. Yes, Franken is not corrupt. You got that right
That's why I say he took one for the team.
To avoid even a whiff of impropriety.
To allow the Democrats to take the high ground.
That's not the case with Katie Hill.
She is denying nothing.
As for Senators who urged him to resign, there's at least one who's paying a stiff price for that.
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Rep. Katie Hill to resign amid allegations of inappropriate relationships with staffers [View all]
AKing
Oct 2019
OP
Franken is not corrupt, and he now realizes that he shouldn't have resigned.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2019
#7
It was an affair with a campaign aide, not a member of her congressional staff.
SunSeeker
Oct 2019
#52
You are correct but, she has made stupid mistakes while in a more important position
Progressive Jones
Oct 2019
#19
Hard to be retroactively discreet. The photos and relationship with the woman predate the election.
lostnfound
Oct 2019
#40
The President has not resigned, most Republican Congress persons do not resign ... why play any
NotHardly
Oct 2019
#11
Thank you!! Can we get a quick survey of Congresspeople who have NOT slept with a staffer?
flibbitygiblets
Oct 2019
#15
Exactly. Could not agree more. Sad to see folks here piling on and bashing her.
SunSeeker
Oct 2019
#53
Starr's prosecution was an overreach and Clinton's actions were unethical
RhodeIslandOne
Oct 2019
#46
It makes me so sad to hear that Democrats do not understand the reality of Mr. Starr's operation.
StevieM
Oct 2019
#47
What I meant is that in the Me Too era they haven't been slammed and Kennedy hasn't been savaged.
StevieM
Oct 2019
#78
This really sucks. She was really good, and was a good colleague to many of our representatives...
George II
Oct 2019
#41
She shouldn't have resigned. It was a consensual affair in the midst of a bad marriage.
SunSeeker
Oct 2019
#55
She was a hell of a fighter against big corporations & seeking to get livable wages for the common
iluvtennis
Oct 2019
#60
The iron cross, like the swastika, meant good things before Nazis adopted it
IronLionZion
Oct 2019
#69