More than a dozen Democratic senators issued calls on Dec. 6 for Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) to resign after multiple allegations of sexual harassment. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)Suddenly and all at once, a group of Senate Democrats are demanding their colleague Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) resign over multiple sexual harassment and groping allegations spanning a decade. So, back to our original question: Why are Senate Democrats asking Franken to resign now? And the dissonance between the high-profile #MeToo Time magazine cover and Senate Democrats giving Franken the benefit of the doubt would have been conspicuous, too. They got a playbook in Rep. John Conyers Jr.'s (D-Mich.) resignation: Congressional leaders have been hesitant to call out their colleagues to resign over sexual harassment allegations.

Source: Washington Post December 06, 2017 18:31 UTC