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Al Franken

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Al Franken is an American politician, comedian, and author who served as the junior United States Senator from Minnesota from 2009 until 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, Franken gained national prominence as a writer and performer on 'Saturday Night Live' before transitioning to politics. During his time in the Senate, he focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and consumer protection, and was known for his sharp wit and advocacy for progressive policies. He was a member of several Senate committees, including the Judiciary and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committees.

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Dec 6, 2023

I think this autocracy issue will be an enormous issue for Americans.

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Dec 6, 2023

If you think about what the Republican House has done, they've got -- they took 15 ballots to elect the speaker, then they got rid of that speaker when he voted for cr.

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Dec 6, 2023

Well, when he said I will seek revenge against my people who -- convicted -- already convicted, who charged me, that's the end of rule of law, right?

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Dec 6, 2023

I think that requires disciplinary action. There are a lot of people in this country, Palestinians and Jews, who are afraid.

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Aug 17, 2022

Now, Trump keeps saying that he quote, got more votes by far than any sitting president in the history of our country. I know that sounds good. But it doesn`t mean much when you lose by 7,052,770 vote.

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Jul 20, 2022

I just say I totally agree with that. And I also think the January 6 Committee is speaking to this issue of democracy.

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Jul 20, 2022

I don`t want my grandchildren, children saying to be Grandpa, you are in the Senate, why didn`t you do anything in 50 years, I want to say why didn`t you do anything about climate.

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Jul 20, 2022

No one who is a Trumpy will want Pence because he didn’t have the courage to not certify.

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Jul 6, 2022

Democrats should stop complaining and get to work. That`s how you win elections. You know, stop working against ourselves, and instead, get out the vote.

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Jul 6, 2022

This is an extremely dangerous court. And we saw that and this that needs to be an issue in this campaign, not just abortion.

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Jun 27, 2022

Senator Al Franken highlighted the importance of addressing the needs of tribal schools, especially Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig.

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Jun 21, 2022

The only thing worse than prosecuting him is not prosecuting him.

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Jun 21, 2022

He led a conspiracy to try to overturn a legitimate democratic election.

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Jun 17, 2022

Yes, it`s kind of crazy. During the last hearing, they had vice president, former Vice President Gore, and he did very quickly, he said, well, if you`re choosing between your own ambition and the Constitution and democracy, it`s not really…

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Jun 17, 2022

Absolutely, I said after the 6th very publicly that there should be an ethics investigation of Cruz and of Hawley and those who were going to deny certification.

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Jun 17, 2022

I don`t think you can overstate it. I think Judge Luttig said that still presents a clear and present danger.

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Feb 11, 2022

You`re right, we started getting these tea party types, including Rand, and it was -- it was very upsetting, of course. Now, they did very quickly shift to opposing the Affordable Care Act and, of course, when they finally saw what the…

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Feb 11, 2022

The Republican Party has become something almost unrecognizable. When I started there, it was tough then but it just got worse and worse and worse and worse.

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Feb 11, 2022

And, yes, this party, all he has to do is see what the RNC did, by calling it legitimate political discourse, you know, gouging cops` eyes out and breaking their vertebrae.

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Feb 11, 2022

He`s like encouraging this thing in Canada, but it`s hurting our economy.

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Feb 9, 2022

I mean, they basically just announced that they`re kind of crazy. I mean, no one can look at that and go that was legitimate political discourse gouging out the eyes of police which Capitol police they did, police lost their fingers. They…

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Feb 9, 2022

I think they`re showing what the Republican Party is now which is in the thrall of Donald Trump.

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Feb 9, 2022

I think this is incredibly dumb. And I do think that --

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Jan 20, 2022

I think that`s kind of exactly the right idea. I think that we should put -- the elements of the bill are extremely popular. And what we should do is just put them out one by one, and have, you know, have Americans see for themselves what…

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