Senator Joe Manchin told fellow Democrat, disgraced Senator Al Franken, that he shouldn’t resign because he is being “railroaded.” Manchin made the comments while appearing on CNN.
Manchin urged Franken to reconsider resigning because he is in essence, being denied the due process of a Senate ethics investigation.
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The West Virginia Senator did not mince words while sharing his feelings on Franken’s pending exit noting what he believes is a blatant lack of a process, “I think that Al Franken should go through the process of what he’s asked for, due process.
I believe that we should have a process to where women can come out and be protected, when they have been violated and they should be able to state that and be protected in doing it. And I believe a person that’s been accused ought to have a process that we can investigate thoroughly.” Manchin said on CNN.
Sen. Manchin said how things went down with Franken made him sick, “When I saw human beings lie — Al Franken and I don’t agree on things politically. I consider Al a friend. He says, here, take me through, I have a lot of faults in life, I don’t think it’s one of these, but do what you want with me. He asked for that and he wouldn’t even — my own fellow Democrats wouldn’t even give him that courtesy. Just the political — the political rancor is just unbelievable to me how you can destroy a human’s life and his family and everything that they stand for without giving him a chance. That’s all I said. And I just think that everyone’s caught up. Who’s going to be — who’s going to outdo the other. It’s just ridiculous.” source
Manchin later that Franken shouldn’t resign, but should stay in office until the ethics investigation is completed, “I definitely think he should not resign. I think he should submit himself, which he has willingly done and offered to do and go through this complete process of an extensive ethics review. And whatever the outcome is, I can live with that.”