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Days after a photo surfaced of Sen. Al Franken grabbing a woman’s breasts as she slept, a second woman has come forward with allegations the Minnesota Democrat inappropriately touched her in 2010.
The woman alleges Franken grabbed her buttocks while posing for a photo with her at the Minnesota State Fair, according to CNN.The woman, Lindsay Menz, first tweeted about the alleged incident last Thursday, in response to explosive claims by Los Angeles radio anchor Leeann Tweeden that Franken forcibly kissed and groped her during a 2006 USO tour.
“In August 2010, @alfranken grabbed me while taking a photo together at the Minnesota State Fair. I felt violated & embarassed. I 100% believe your account of him & his actions, @LeeannTweeden. Thank you for sharing your story,” Menz tweeted.
In August 2010, @alfranken grabbed me while taking a photo together at the Minnesota State Fair. I felt violated & embarassed. I 100% believe your account of him & his actions, @LeeannTweeden. Thank you for sharing your story. #metoo
— Lindsay Menz (@LindsayMenz) November 16, 2017
.@Liz_Wheeler in 2010 @alfranken grabbed me while taking a photo together at the Minnesota State Fair. There have to be many others… don't let this story fade.
— Lindsay Menz (@LindsayMenz) November 17, 2017
The incident would have occurred while Franken was in the Senate, unlike the 2006 incident, which happened before he was elected.
Menz contacted CNN and provided more details on Thursday, hours after the first allegation was made public, according to the cable TV news network.
The 33-year-old woman alleged the incident occurred at a booth at the fair where elected officials, political candidates and celebrities stopped by and had their pictures taken.
Menz told CNN that as her husband took a photo, Franken “pulled me in really close, like awkward close. … He put his hand full-fledged on my rear. It was wrapped tightly around my butt cheek.”
The allegations come after Tweeden said Franken, over her protests, kissed her while rehearsing a sketch. And later on the tour, Franken was photographed with his hands over Tweeden’s breasts, grinning at the camera, as she slept wearing a flak vest onboard a military aircraft.
TV personality addresses media about her accusations that Al Franken kissed, groped her without her consent; accepts the Democratic senator’s apology.Video
Leeann Tweeden on Al Franken’s conduct: The tide has turnedFranken immediately apologized, saying he felt “disgusted with myself” for the photo, though he disputed Tweeden’s recollection of the skit rehearsal. He has since apologized directly to Tweeden.
Franken reportedly said this weekend, before the most recent allegation surfaced, that he won’t resign.
Although we can’t see his hand on her butt, we can see that they are posing awfully close together.
Even were I best friends with an elected official in my 20’s, I’d not want my husband to have to take a photo of me that close to that pol.
I tend to believe this woman and Franken admits to what happened with the other one.
So, he’s got a grabby problem.
Franken’s future is probably to be laying the way for lowered standards of proof, so as to “get Trump.”
I doubt it will work.
Over ten women came forward against Trump before the election but every one of them faded off after he won.
Most of them were also debunked.
@Nanny G: Apparently this is just the tip of the iceberg. Bill Clinton and a high ranking dem are due to get hit as well. Left wing hack Thrush from the NY Slimes just got nailed today.
@another vet: And now Charlie Rose. Awww.
Well, this is an accusation by a victim, so Franken is guilty, right? I mean, that’s how it works, according to liberals when they accuse Republicans, so Franken simply has to resign right now.