Next Falls Franken?

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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On The Gist, Slate's Jim Newell explains the moral and political case for forcing out Sen. Al Franken. Dozens of Senate Democrats called on Franken to resign after a seventh woman accused him of sexual misconduct on Tuesday. Bob Garfield has spent much of his journalism career talking to eccentrics. In his one-man show, Ruggedly Jewish, the quest to explore his own identity dovetails with the story of an uneasy America. The show is touring in Chicago on Saturday, Dec. 9. And for the Spiel, why President Trump's Jerusalem announcement solidifies his reputation as the chaos candidate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	The following content is explicit.
0:36.6	It's Wednesday, December 6, 2017 from Slated to Digest.
0:40.4	I'm Mike Pesca.
0:41.6	Seven, eight can't count the number of accusers have stepped forward against Al Franken,
0:47.9	the classic MO, groping during a photo.
0:51.2	I don't know why the one time there's evidence of what you've done, you'd use that to grow.
0:55.9	I don't understand a lot of this.
0:57.7	But even outstripping the number of accusers right now as we speak are the number of senators,
1:03.2	fellow democratic senators who are calling for Al Franken to step down.
1:08.5	By the way, if you were playing along at home and wondering what I think, yeah, it's time for the
1:12.8	guy to go. Jim Nuel covers Congress for Slate and he's going to join me for a segment.
1:17.7	We used to call one question one question only, then it turns out I had a couple follow-up questions.
1:22.0	So let's rebrand the segment a couple questions.
1:25.2	Hey, Jim, I got a couple questions. How you doing?
1:27.2	Hey, I'm good. Thanks.
1:28.5	And right now we're talking about 3.30 in the afternoon.
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