Al Franken resigning Jan. 2nd. Just reported:

[Mrs. Overall]

Link to tweet

Frank Thorp V?Verified account
@frankthorp

JUST IN: @SenFranken will resign effective January 2.

12:21 PM - 20 Dec 2017

Via NBC

[comradebillyboy]

1. Sorry to see Franken go. I hope his replacement can hold the seat

and be an effective senator.

[brooklynite]

2. ...and two new Democratic Senators will enter on the 3rd...

[ollie10]

5. Two Democrats entering the Senate....One because a good Democrat got railroad big time

Sickening that Gillibrand and the rest of the lynch mob didn't have a change of heart, but that would be expecting too much I guess

[eissa]

12. 1.5, really

Let's not kid ourselves, Jones is going to be another Manchin "Democrat." And we're going to have fight really hard to retain Franken's seat next year, one that was safe until at least 2020. But, you know, someone had to have her "moment."

[brooklynite]

13. That "Manchin Democrat" voted against the ACA repeal and against the tax bill.....

Can't have people like that in the Party.....

[LanternWaste]

15. I imagine it's fun to pretend two examples defines a totality.

I imagine it's fun to pretend two examples defines a totality. Well, I hope it's pretense, the alternative simply being irrational.

(it *is* fun to answer petulance with petulance... I should make a note of that)

[BigmanPigman]

3. Shit, I was hoping that the request by his fellow senators to

stay would make him change his mind. THIS SUCKS!

[rtracey]

9. he

He can clear his name and run again. He wasn't impeached or found guilty and censured out, so he actually did the right thing...

[delisen]

10. Remember what hell he went through before being declared

winner when he first ran?

Schumer made a huge mistake in organizing the attack on Franken.

Schumer still doesn't see the big picture on what we are up against. We need some leadership from outside Congress.

[delisen]

11. This created an unnecessary fissure . it was a short-sighted move.

I hope Schumer has learned something from it.

[rzemanfl]

4. Not going to risk saying what I think. n/t

[NCTraveler]

6. Best wishes Franken.

We have a lot of work to make sure this seat is held down the road. It's not a given. I'm excited to see who will be appointed as his replacement.

We should crush electorally if we play our cards right moving forward.

[awesomerwb1]

7. There you go dummies

you got what you wanted.

[cwydro]

8. Damn shame. nt

[demmiblue]

14. Boo. Hiss. What an incredible loss for our party.

[Kirk Lover]

16. I think he will be very vocal...maybe he'll get his own TV show..would that not be amazing?

Or he can appear on them all - I'd like that too. Whatever it is I want to SEE AND HEAR HIM...period.

[spanone]

17. and farenthold(R-TX) is sticking around until next years elections...

F U C K E D U P

[eissa]

18. Because his party isn't stupid

The people of Minnesota should have been afforded the same rights as those in Alabama to decide who represents them. Instead, the decision was made by a lynch mob more concerned about scoring points in a game where only one side is playing.

[dalton99a]

19. Yep.

Disgusting