I'm Jonathan K. Parton, welcome to K. Parton.

Al Franken must be famous by his role as a writer and performer on Saturday Night Live

for three decades, but he turned his political activism into a political career, serving

as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota for ten years.

It's his time in that August chamber that provides the comedic voter for his, the only

former U.S. Senator currently on tour tour.

In this conversation, first reported on February 9th for Washington Post Live, we talked about

his tour, and what do you think Senate Democrats should do ahead of the midterms?

But when I asked Franken about the circumstances surrounding his 2017 Senate resignation

and the Me Too movement, didn't go so well.

I don't want to spend a lot of time on this, because it's very complicated and it's very

very difficult for me and for my family.

I think a lot of people come up to me all the time and say that was ridiculous and I, you

know, I just, I don't want to discuss it here right now, what's that?

What Franken did discuss was the possibility of running for elective office again and whether

he'd take over SNL if Lord Michaels retires.

Senator Franken, welcome to K-PART and Washington Post Live.

Well, thank you, Jonathan, for inviting me.

So, Senator Franken, as I do with anyone who has had the guts to run for elective office

and ask people to vote for them, I always use their titles whether they're current or former,

but would you mind if I call you Al?

Yes, no.

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