QuickSilver:
I read, “The Senate should immediately begin an ethics investigation into Senator Franken’s conduct." What I didn’t read was, *“‘We unequivocally agree he should get a slap on the wrist’.”
Would you kindly provide a link? Thanks ever so much.
It was a mocking paraphrase, in case that wasn’t clear. I try to use double quotes (") to denote actual quotes and single quotes (') to denote paraphrases. I said this in another thread:
I took his call for an ethics investigation to be a slow-rolling of any consequences so that he can stave them off until flaring tempers have cooled and thus hang onto his Senate seat. The alternative being proposed is for him to resign more-or-less immediately. In other words, it’s precisely an attempt to avoid any real consequences for his behavior, not accepting them. I thought everyone understood that.
“Sexual harassment and misconduct should not be allowed by anyone and it should not occur anywhere,” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said. “This story is extremely troubling and the behavior is unacceptable. I will support an investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee.”
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) said she was glad Franken “immediately apologized,” but added that “this kind of behavior isn’t OK whether it’s a Republican or a Democrat and I support an Ethics Committee investigation.”
I’m quite confident Senators Harris and Baldwin understand that, but apparently not everyone else does.