Just hours after a Democratic senator announced he was resigning over allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour, a Republican member of the House of Representatives, Trent Franks, said he will be quitting over some “uncomfortable” conversations he had with female members of his staff. The wave of resignations at the US congress comes weeks after the exposure of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein as someone who used his powers to sexually abuse women. With Conyers and Franken gone, Democrats believe the onus is now on the Republican party to forced Moore out of the race. The party had already called for him to drop out, but has had to recalibrate its position after US President Donald Trump came out in support of Moore. While Franks said he was resigning “in the midst of this current cultural and media climate”, Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican, said in a statement he found the allegations against Franks “credible claims of misconduct.”

Source: Hindustan Times December 08, 2017 03:22 UTC