Al Franken
@alfranken
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Husband, Dad, Granddad, Democrat, Minnesotan, Author, Human Cannonball, Comedian, Head of Midwest Values PAC, Host of The Al Franken Podcast
Joined July 2007
Nice speech, @LindseyGrahamSC! But I seem to recall that you called the GA and AR Secretaries of State to find votes for your golf buddy.
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After watching the Jan 6 committee today, my overwhelming reaction is just how profoundly sad it is that Donald Trump was POTUS.
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6,200 people at Trump rally in Tulsa. Acts that had bigger crowds at the same venue in 2019:. - Sha Na Na.- The Pips (w/o Gladys Knight).- Loverboy.- John Tesh .- The West Virginia Touring Company of La Traviata.
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Democrats’ attempt to codify the right to abortion went down 49-51. We should immediately drop a bill codifying the right to use contraception. Make Republicans vote on that one! Let’s go on offense for a change!.
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In his speech at the NRA convention today, @tedcruz actually said, “What stops armed bad guys is armed good guys.” That’s what happens when you write your speech a week in advance and forget to rewrite.
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Every GOP Senator who refused to give Garland a vote & now agrees to vote for a Trump SCOTUS nominee will forever be remembered as a monumental hypocrite. And McConnell will live in infamy as the man who destroyed the Senate & the Court through his own lust for power.
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It's time to stop taking Trump seriously and to start taking him literally.
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I’ve decided to endorse @RepLizCheney for the Republican nomination for the House seat In Wyoming it’s my first time endorsing in a GOP primary. But I think Al Franken’s support will carry a lot of weight with WY Republicans.
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As I said after the Alito leak, Dems should put a bill on the floor codifying the right to birth control, and in light of Thomas’ concurrence, marriage equality and privacy.
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Trump today: "I could shoot somebody in the middle of 5th Avenue and Lindsey Graham would still be against impeachment.".
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Susan Collins this morning: “I don’t think it’s necessary to take the nuclear codes away from President Trump because this time he’s really learned his lesson.”.
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Listening to Mitch McConnell talk about the decline of bipartisanship is like listening to Jeffrey Dahmer complain about the decline of dinner party etiquette.
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No one is trying to allow abortions right up to birth. You asshole, DeSantis. #GOPDebate.
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Congrats to soon-to-be Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Pretty sure her husband will never plot a coup to overturn an election.
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This isn’t on just the 13 Senators who are now challenging the certification. This is on all Republicans who waited more than a month to acknowledge that Biden won. Including @senatemajldr McConnell.
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Just spoke with @amyklobuchar's husband, John Bessler, earlier. He's got COVID-19 & is in the hospital w/pneumonia. Amy had told me he was cranky, but we had a fun call - lots of laughs & then some coughing (him). But his temp went down today! Wishing him a very quick recovery.
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It’s Walz! Pronounced “Walls”. A great choice with an impressive record in Minnesota: making reproductive freedom a right, expanding paid family and medical leave, making school meals for students free. Veteran, teacher, football coach, Congressman, Governor. And he’s not weird!
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This is a great day because justice prevailed; Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts. But a sad day because we have a former president who committed several crimes. If this had gotten out before the ‘16 election, if they hadn’t paid off Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougall, I.
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I have Republican friends in the Senate who are morally serious people. McConnell is not one of them. Let’s see if there are four who think it’s important to hear the truth. #ImpeachmentTrial.
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I looked into it. Kamala has always claimed to be both Indian and Black. Like how Trump has always been both white and a weird asshole.
Former President Trump on Vice President Kamala Harris: "She was Indian all the way and then all of a sudden she made a turn and she went, she became a Black person. I think somebody should look into that."
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Congrats to horrible lying scumbag Kevin McCarthy on winning the nomination to lead a terrible group comprised almost entirely of nut jobs and/or chickenshits.
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Question to Trump lawyers: You showed a lot of video clips showing Democrats saying “fight.” Do you have any footage of their audiences rioting right after? #ImpeachmentTrial #ImpeachmentTrial2.
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Compromise on assault weapons. If we can’t just ban them, let’s change the age you can buy them from 18 to 57.
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Now is not the time for the Joint Chiefs to take the nuclear codes away from Trump. Now is the time to give him the wrong code.
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Susan Collins still insists that Gorsuch & Kavanaugh misled (fooled) her. Look, I’m not a lawyer, but I played one in a sketch, & I can tell you that I (and everyone) knew that the Supreme Court can overturn precedent. Oh, and that they were lying. #RoeVsWade.
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Interesting that Grassley opened 1st post-election Judiciary hearing with a lie, saying the only reason he opposed Garland’s SCOTUS nomination was that it was too close (9 months) to the election. He didn’t have that problem w/ Coney Barrett (5 weeks).
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Susan Collins voted for Kavanaugh because he told her that Roe was settled law. Maybe now she understands SCOTUS can unsettle settled law. (And/or he was just lying).
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After overturning Roe, Thomas wants to revisit Griswold, Lawrence, & Obergefell. How about revisiting Thomas’ conflicts of interest instead of our rights? #RoeVsWade.
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Said the woman who voted for Kavanaugh and Gorsuch and unleashed this nightmare.
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) slams Texas Supreme Court ruling denying Kate Cox an abortion. "I thought it was a terrible decision… that may affect her future ability to carry a child, was forced to leave Texas to get a much needed abortion — it’s just inconceivable to me.".
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DOJ can prosecute people. Meaning they can flip people. Meaning they will. Meaning a lot of people are going down. Including Trump.
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I don’t see how anyone watching isn’t infuriated and heartbroken. #January6thCommitteeHearings.
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There is no reason to have assault weapons. None. Let’s ban them and buy back every one (at fair market price) & see what happens after 5 years.
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Today is our all important 49th wedding anniversary. That's right, seven squared! Here we are one year into the marriage, evidently Franni was going through big hair at the time. Anyhoo, we still love each other very much!
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Susan Collins says she’ll acquit because “he learned his lesson.” The only lesson Trump learned is that Susan Collins & the GOP will let him get away with anything. #ImpeachmentTrial.
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In 2000, Al Gore “lost” Florida and with it, the presidency by 537 votes. I won my Senate seat by 312 votes. The battleground states will be decided by one or two votes per precinct. So volunteer! Phone bank! Door knock! Get out there for Kamala and Tim!!! #DNCConvention2024.
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“They’re not here to hurt me.” Hmmm. Riddle me this: Who were they there to hurt? #January6thHearings.
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BREAKING: Biden Pledges to Read Presidential Daily Brief Daily.
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Had all 4 grandkids together for 1st time since Covid. My job? Put them to bed. After 90 min., 5-yr old Avery gets Franni & says, “Grandma, give grandpa a break. He can’t control us.”
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Franni and I were blessed yesterday to welcome our fourth grandchild, Claire Frances Franken into this world at 8 lbs. 12 oz. & 20 inches. Mother (Stephanie) & daughter are fine, Father (Joe) & big brother (Jacob, age 3) are stressed & confused. Both of them. Here's me & Claire:
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On Jan. 20, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman should be reinstated at the rank of colonel & awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor by President Biden. #VindmanIsAPatriot.
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Finally giving up my War on Christmas. So, Merry Christmas, everybody!.
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Turns out that Steve Bannon and the other We Build the Wall con artists actually TORE DOWN two miles of the wall and resold the rebar on Craigslist.
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Dems stay in the majority in the Senate! McConnell can thank SCOTUS. Hoisted on his own petard!.
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BREAKING: Bannon still scheduled to speak Tuesday night at RNC.
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Justice Alito justified his estimated $100k ride on a billionaire’s plane for a luxury fishing trip to Alaska, saying the seat was vacant. Turns out the seat was intended for an eight year-old Make-a-Wish Foundation who always wanted to catch a halibut.
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Evidently Trump couldn’t find anyone he could rely on to deep six the Mueller investigation who hadn’t already publicly called it a witch hunt?.
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How dangerous is Trump? It’s not the time for Mattis to tell Trump that he’s taking the nuclear codes away from him. It’s time for Mattis to give him the wrong codes.
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As the walls cave in around Donald Trump and Dems take control of the House, it's time for Republicans who knew they put a dangerously unqualified buffoon in the WH to either help contain the damage or get the hell out of the way. Read more—won’t you?
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Here’s something to cheer up Trump! Jimmy Carter was a 1-termer, but went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize!.
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This is disgraceful. Though it may not have stopped the crash, Trump is distracting us from the fact that he did not appoint a new FAA Administrator until today. The former FAA Administrator was pressured to step down when Trump took office because Elon Musk didn't want him to.
Insanity — Trump signs an order blaming Biden and DEI for flight dangers
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Fuck Alito! Sometimes profanity is appropriate. For example, on the anniversary of the Dobbs decision. So… also fuck Thomas, Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barett. But especially Alito. VOTE! #RoevWade.
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If someone is saying, “If we lose the election, it means it was rigged,” what he’s telling everyone is, “The only way I can win this election is by cheating.”.
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Gee, we here in Texas haven’t screwed up royally in a whole two weeks! I know! Let’s lift the mask mandate!.
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After Allen Weisselberg pled guilty today to 15 counts of tax fraud & implicated the Trump organization Trump posted on Truth Social - “Can’t trust a guy named Weisselberg -know what I mean?”.
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Me and the grandkids and our annual Thanksgiving screening of Judgement at Nuremberg.
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Vote, Dammit! For Kamala! Why? Because she trusts women to make their own healthcare decisions. She’ll cut middle-class taxes but make the wealthiest pay their fair share. She’ll renew the child tax credit which reduced childhood poverty by nearly half. [1/4].
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Another piece of advice from the President: Trump suggested today that Americans wash their hands with boiling water. When asked to comment, Dr. Birx said, “the President was just spitballing.”.
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So happy Merrick Garland is Biden’s AG pick! He’s the best! Should sail through. Though Cruz might think it’s too close to the 2024 election for a POTUS to pick his AG.
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Critical race theory was never taught in Florida in K-12, so DeSanitis is LYING when he says he eliminated it. #GOPDebate.
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Judging by its name, Obamagate must be really bad. But probably nowhere near as bad as the Trumpvirus.
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The government shutdown will cost us billions of dollars. Who’s going to pay for it? Mexico.
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Ben Sasse says he’s open to an impeachment trial. Where was he when he voted against witnesses in the last one?.
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Mitch McConnell says Biden’s infrastructure plan is a Trojan horse for tax increases. It’s not. It’s a Trojan horse for infrastructure.
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As a Jew that hates Trump, I will be happy to have a lot to do with his loss this November!.
Trump: Jewish people ought to have their heads examined. Who are these people? If I don’t win this election, the Jewish people would have a lot to do with that
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Last night I was on @CNN Tonight, commenting on the hearings. I made the point that those who testified should have spoken out BEFORE January 6th. I’m afraid I might have come off as pissed. Because I am.
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Should the Senate allow a president who is an unindicted co-conspirator to nominate a justice who may well be asked to decide whether that president can be subpoenaed? That was the elephant in the room today.
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There’s this thing pundits say about Hawley: He’s smart enough to know this is wrong cuz he’s Yale Law. EVERYONE is smart enough. Point is he’s despicable enough.
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BREAKING: Trump Says Harris was Born in Kenya and Is Obama’s Half-Sister.
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Recall when @SenRonJohnson said Capitol rioters didn’t scare him cuz “I know those are people who love this country, that truly respect the law.” Well, one of those rioters tried to kill FBI agents yesterday.
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BREAKING: Trump: But for Bone Spurs, I Would Have Been Loser and Sucker.
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The eight most terrifying words in the English language: “I’m Jared Kushner and I’m here to help.”
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Frankly, I am shaken by the size of Trump’s win. Clearly, we are in a very difficult period as a country. But even as we lick our wounds, we can’t give up the fight. So much of Trump’s agenda is dangerous and must be resisted. We owe it to ourselves and our democracy.
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Exciting news coming later tonight! Hint: It might be that I’m running for office. But it isn’t! 👀.
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Unfortunately, Seal Team Six has now been assigned to guard Seal Team Five.
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Happy birthday to my beautiful beloved wife Franni. Still 4 1/2 months younger than me as when we met 54 years ago!
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I commend President Biden on his decision. His tenure will be remembered as one of the most productive and consequential of any in history.
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I'm totally depressed by Trump and Vance's treatment of Zelensky in the Oval today. Seems like payback for the 2019 phone call that led to Trump's first impeachment. We can't forget that Ukrainians have been fighting and dying for their nation's land and people since 2014.
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Interesting watching the Trump/Macron Presser. Macron started off blowing a lot of smoke up Trump’s butt, complimenting him on his leadership, but segued into the almost universally accepted position that Russia actually started the war by invading Ukraine. Trump was more than a.
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Happy New Year, everybody! I have a feeling that this is the year where Americans are really going to come together!.
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Working on behalf of the people of Minnesota has been the honor of my life and I could not have done this without the help of my family, friends, and supporters. Thank you.
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