The following article by Elise Viebeck was posted on the Washington Post website December 21, 2017:
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) spoke on the Senate floor on Dec. 7 and announced his resignation. Watch his full remarks. (U. S. Senate)
Sen. Al Franken bade farewell to Capitol Hill on Thursday with a lengthy broadside against the policies of the Trump administration and a call for politicians to commit themselves to “honesty in public discourse.”
The speech put to rest questions about whether Franken (D-Minn.) would follow through on his promise to resign over more than a half-dozen allegations that he had touched women inappropriately. Continue reading “‘We’re losing the war for truth’: Franken denounces Trump, GOP in final floor speech”