Al Franken: “We have seen that putting people in prison with mental illness makes them sicker, costs us money.”

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.

And that is an existential threat to our democracy.

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.

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?