White House: Difference between Franken, Trump allegations is Franken 'admitted wrongdoing'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY AVERY ANAPOL - 11/17/17 03:54 PM EST

The White House said Friday that one key difference between the allegations of sexual misconduct against Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and those against President Trump is that the senator “has admitted wrongdoing.”

At Friday’s press briefing, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders responded to a question about whether it would be “fair” to investigate the claims against the president. She said that the allegations against Trump were already covered “extensively” during the campaign.

“We addressed that then,” Sanders said. “The American people I think spoke loud and clear when they elected this president.”

“Senator Franken has admitted wrongdoing and the president hasn’t; I think that’s a very clear distinction,” she continued.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/360947-white-house-difference-between-franken-and-trump-allegations-is-that

[Roland99]

1. So. Trump is still a liar. Ok. I agree.

[Bleacher Creature]

2. And that's a "bad" thing? These people are messed up.NT

[mreilly]

3. They weren't covered extensively...

... these liars denied them and the girl who claimed she had been raped by Trump when she was 13 withdrew her lawsuit after his asshole fans sent her death threats.

[SergeStorms]

16. And the Wikileaks/Russian/Trump Campaign......

Clinton email deluge started very shortly afterward, pushing any mention of sex-pervert Trump off any page. Funny thing about the timing of those email leaks, isn't it?

[MFM008]

4. no.

Franken apologized for whatever perception she had of wrong doing,
He also apologized to the USO whom I assume he did not rape.................

[FakeNoose]

5. How about the other difference: Al Franken APOLOGIZED

Will anyone ever hear an apology from the orange stooge in the White House?
For anything? I want my country back!

[Denzil_DC]

6. Well, yes.

Franken's behaved like an adult, and hasn't sicced attack dogs and lawyers on anybody who claims a past transgression.

One of them behaves presidential.

It's not Trump.

[Skittles]

7. is Huckabee Sanders aware MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS VOTED FOR SOMEONE ELSE

[YessirAtsaFact]

8. What a Shock: The White House Lied

Franken apologized but said that he didn’t remember the encounter the same way Tweedon did.

That is not an admission of groping or sticking his tongue down her throat.

[C Moon]

9. I almost burst out laughing when I saw that headline on Fox News (on at the gym).

[rocktivity]

10. More precisely, Prez Duh Donald HASN'T admitted wrongdoing

or WON'T?


rocktivity

[lastlib]

22. and called ALL those (eighteen?) women "horrible, horrible liars"!

If there was a just God, he would utterly DESTROY Donald dRumpf.

. . . . .

[louis-t]

11. Anytime drumpf brings up Franken

one should ask him "Happened in 2006? Wasn't that the same year you offered a woman $10,000 for sex?"

[ananda]

12. There is a difference between what Franken did and what 45 and Moore did.

45 and Moore are criminal sexual predators.

Franken is guility of bad taste.

[pat_k]

21. The RW noise-makers twisting themselves into pretzels to draw parrallels...

... look ridiculous, and I think people across the board see it. (At least those who aren't being pretzels themselves.)

[Sgent]

13. And at least on the kiss

he had her permission.

[Fred Sanders]

14. Took them how many days to come up with this turd of an excuse? Yesterday it was no commet

because Moore was old news. Literally claimed that. Guess that turd's stench was too much even for the deplorables.

[chelsea0011]

15. The Peeper-in- Chief is on tape saying he enjoys walking in on nude teens and women at pageants.

If that's not admitting something, what is?

[truthisfreedom]

17. Hes admitted on tape, once on the bus

About pussy grabbing, again on tape regarding walking in on nude contestants.

[Pantagruel]

18. Trump is a self-admitted sexual predator.

Franken is a comedian who regrets making a joke of questionable taste that might hurt the cause of women. He has the cajones to apologize.

[TomCADem]

19. Message to Young Men is to Deny and Attack...

...victims as liars who are in it for the money. What a role model!

[pat_k]

20. Bigger difference...

DTs long history of abusive, disrespectful, and criminally predatory conduct + no history of standing up for women and their rights

Franken's long history of standing up for women (for example, helping to ensure Federal contractors can't force victims of sexual harassment and assault into arbitration) + no history of disrespectful conduct (much less abusive).

Difference so big any attempt to draw parallels between Franken's isolated lapse into offensive, frat-boy idiocy and DTs conduct and history are absurd.

[Paladin]

23. Message to Democrats: Never EVER admit to wrongdoing.

trump's thugs look upon such admissions as a sign of weakness, something to be used against us.