Headline RoundupNovember 18th, 2017
Trump and Media Response to Al Franken
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Senator Al Franken has faced much controversy this week after Leeann Tweeden accused him of sexual harrassment on a USO tour in 2006. President Trump tweeted about this report saying, "the Al Frankenstien picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words.” Some people have gone on to criticize Trump's tweet and the White House's response while others have argued that the focus should be on Franken, not on Trump.
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How the left used Al Franken to bash President Trump after initially downplaying Senator’s harassmentFox News (Online News)
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U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota was exposed on Thursday as a sexual predator, but it took some on the left a while to figure it out - and when they finally did, it served as an excuse to bring up alleged misconduct by President Trump.
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Trump risks hypocrisy charges with Franken attackThe Hill
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President Trump injected himself into the national debate over sexual harassment again, a risky move that opens the president up to charges of hypocrisy over his past behavior and his reluctance to rebuke Republicans who have been accused of misconduct.
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In Mocking Franken Over Claims of Sexual Misconduct, Trump Joins a Debate He StartedNew York Times (News)
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Last fall, Donald J. Trump inadvertently touched off a national conversation about sexual harassment when a recording of him boasting about groping women was made public at the same time a succession of women came forward to assert that groping was something he did more than talk about.
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