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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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Jan 20, 2022

Joe Biden’s got to go. And he said something about doing that. And go around the country. And we’ll introduce this legislation and say what we’re for. And that’ll be a great contrast to -- so they have nothing, they are for nothing except…

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Jan 5, 2022

I have been hearing the evidence, and the most guilty person that I can see right now is Donald Trump.

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Dec 29, 2021

Harry was very encouraging. In fact, Chuck Schumer was less so. And Harry was really the one who got behind me and I won that first one, I clobbered Norm Coleman by 312 votes, as you may recall.

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Dec 22, 2021

If they come up with a deal, that will happen.

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Dec 22, 2021

One thing that people of West Virginia really want is lower-priced insulin. And that is in this bill, finally.

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Dec 8, 2021

You know, this is just part of the big lie. You know, if Trump had won, he would have been touting the vaccine, he would have said, Oh, I -- it was my idea to go as fast as you could to get a vaccine as if we`re the greatest pandemic in…

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Oct 18, 2021

It is, I still believe it will happen. Because it kind of has to, and I wish they would get on with it.

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Oct 18, 2021

And that is an existential threat to our democracy.

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Oct 5, 2021

I think Mitch was afraid they would be forced into doing that. They feel forced to do it. This though gives us time to pass build back better.

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Oct 5, 2021

I think what McConnell was worried about is that this is a game of chicken and McConnell blinked because Democrats could have just changed the rules.

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Oct 5, 2021

What is great about this is that it gives us the time to get Sinema and to get Manchin and to get all 51 with the vice president on board on a package and if we tell the American people and keep telling the American people what’s in it.

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Oct 4, 2021

We`re going to get there. And Sinema was very helpful on the bipartisan infrastructure package. She`s going to get there.

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Oct 4, 2021

It would be insane to default. Absolutely insane. We can`t do it. The dollar is the default currency of the world. We can`t let it not be.

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Oct 4, 2021

We have to pass this bill and you can carve out and say for, you know, elections, this is our democracy.

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Oct 4, 2021

He’s going to send it out. He’s, as he said, you know, before the commercial, he said he’s destroyed the Senate. He did that by -- he did more filibusters of executive nominees during Obama than been done in the previous history of the…

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Oct 4, 2021

The child tax credit, reduce poverty by childhood poverty by half, biggest middle class, working class, tax cut, low income tax cut in the history of the country.

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Oct 4, 2021

This is an existential threat to our democracy. If we lose our democracy, it`s - we lose everything.

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Jun 20, 2021

This is not a bill that we can pass through reconciliation like we did the Relief Act. So this immediately brings to question the filibuster.

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Jun 20, 2021

This immediately brings to question the filibuster and I was encouraged that Joe Manchin in this audio that was released the other day by the intercept, has said that he is open to a modification of the filibuster.

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Jun 20, 2021

I would like to see them defend why it is a crime to give someone water waiting in line to vote.

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Jun 20, 2021

Mitch McConnell filibustered more executive nominees when Barack Obama was president than had been filibustered in the entire previous history of the United States.

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Jun 20, 2021

He’s kind of right. If everybody had a right to vote gets to vote, they would probably lose. That’s why, you know, all these states have been passing these laws to try to suppress votes. And then the most alarming thing, of course, is…

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Jun 20, 2021

Mitch McConnell is cynical. Mitch McConnell is in this, and the Republican Party right now doesn`t stand for anything, I think, other than maybe for low tax cuts for their donors.

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Jun 18, 2021

I think that we`re heading in that direction. Joe was very, very frustrated with the vote on the January 6 commission.

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Jun 18, 2021

Well, there`s a lot of time between that and now and what Democrats have to do is accomplish stuff for the American people.

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