AKIQPilot Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Hahahaha. The hits just keep on coming. 40 minutes ago. Two additional women have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), including an Army veteran who says she was groped while deployed overseas and a former elected official who told a news outlet that he tried to kiss her. The women’s accounts bring the number of accusers against the senator to six as of Thursday. Army veteran Stephanie Kemplin, 41, of Maineville, Ohio, told CNN that in 2003 she was posing with the then-comedian for a photo in Kuwait, where he was visiting troops with the USO, when he cupped her breast. “When he put his arm around me, he groped my right breast. He kept his hand all the way over on my breast,” she told CNN in a report published Thursday. “I’ve never had a man put their arm around me and then cup my breast. So he was holding my breast on the side.” Kemplin, who was 27 and a military police officer at the time, said she was a longtime fan of “Saturday Night Live,” which Franken was a writer and performer on, and said she was immediately “embarrassed” by what happened. MJ Lee ✔@mj_lee The veteran is also the victim of sexual assault in the military – a big reason she told me the recent Franken news has been so tough to take. http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/30/politics/al-franken-groping-allegation/index.html … 4:04 AM - Nov 30, 2017 Army veteran says Franken groped her during USO tour in 2003 An Army veteran says Sen. Al Franken groped her in December 2003, telling CNN that while she was deployed in Kuwait, the Minnesota Democrat cupped her breast during a photo op. cnn.com 4343 Replies 7272 Retweets 7171 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy She said she first wondered if his hand placement was an accident, but “he never moved his hand.” “You’re immediately put on the spot. What are you going to do? What are you going to do? Your mind goes a mile a minute,” she said of her reaction. “Who was I going to tell?” Kemplin said she shifted her body before the photo of them was taken so that his hand would fall off of her breast. A photo of them released by CNN shows neither of Franken’s hands on her chest at the time. Kemplin said she later told her sister and an ex-boyfriend about what happened but she doesn’t remember telling any fellow soldiers because she felt ashamed and didn’t have any particularly close peers to confide in. JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS Sen. Al Franken has faced allegations of past sexual misconduct by several women in recent weeks. A former elected official in New England, who asked for anonymity, told Jezebel in a report published Thursday that Franken inappropriately tried to give her a “wet, open-mouthed kiss” during an onstage event in 2006. Subscribe to the Politics email. How will Trump's administration impact you? The woman said she was invited to appear as a guest on a live taping of Franken’s radio show on Air America. After the taping was finished, she said she reached out to shake his hand onstage but was met with more than his hand. “He took it and leaned toward me with his mouth open. I turned my head away from him and he landed a wet, open-mouthed kiss awkwardly on my cheek,” she said. “I was stunned and incredulous. I felt demeaned. I felt put in my place,” she said. SPENCER PLATT VIA GETTY IMAGES A woman, speaking anonymously to Jezebel, said Franken, seen here in 2004, tried to kiss her while onstage for his show on Air America Radio. The woman said she didn’t want her name published so that her name would only reflect her own accomplishments and not be linked “to a man’s bad behavior.” Jezebel reported that her sister and a friend confirmed having heard about the experience at the time it happened. The news outlet also reported having confirmed that she attended the radio event with Franken. She said she decided to speak out about her own experience so that this kind of misbehavior ends. “I want him to take personal responsibility for his actions, learn from this, not repeat the behavior, and go forward with respect in all his interactions with women,” she said. Two other women recently told HuffPost, anonymously, that Franken touched their butts in separate incidents. Last week, Minnesota woman Lindsay Menz accused Franken of inappropriately touching her while posing for a photo in 2010. Prior to that, radio host Leeann Tweeden accused him of groping her and kissing her without her consent during a 2006 USO tour. A photo taken of Tweeden during that tour shows Franken pretending to grab both of her breasts while she was sleeping. A spokesperson for Franken’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the allegations published in Jezebel. In an earlier statement to HuffPost, his office addressed the groping allegation, saying the senator is cooperating with an ethics investigation. “As Sen. Franken made clear this week, he takes thousands of photos and has met tens of thousands of people and he has never intentionally engaged in this kind of conduct. He remains fully committed to cooperating with the ethics investigation,” the spokesperson said in a statement. The Senate Ethics Committee confirmed on Thursday that it has opened a preliminary inquiry into the allegations against Franken. This story has been updated with news of a sixth accuser, confirmation of an ethics investigation and a statement from Franken’s office. RELATED COVERAGE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bussman Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Tried to kiss her? Come on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I had a fat pig grab my ass at bar time once. She knew my judgement was clouded but yet she still let me bang her even though it was unethical and really should be considered rape. Wish I knew her name so I could make her get fired or resign from whatever job she may have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 9 minutes ago, bussman said: Tried to kiss her? Come on. Ok so lets say your wife were invited to appear as a guest with a man she hardly knew and the man decides he wants to give your wife a big wet open mouthed kiss right on the lips. Is this OK with you? I know it wouldn't be ok with HJ but would it be OK with you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bussman Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) 3 minutes ago, AKIQPilot said: Ok so lets say your wife were invited to appear as a guest with a man she hardly knew and the man decides he wants to give your wife a big wet open mouthed kiss right on the lips. Is this OK with you? I know it wouldn't be ok with HJ but would it be OK with you? Not at all, but come on, this shit helps gloss over the real creeps raping minors and sex trafficking kids. Plus my wife is a true feminist, she’d of kicked him in the nuts which she literally has done to somebody before for just this. And not to me either. lol Edited November 30, 2017 by bussman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 These guys are scum. He needs to step down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bussman Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Just now, ActionfigureJoe said: These guys are scum. He needs to step down. If that’s the standard, and I’m not disagreeing with you, I bet 80% need to go then. Makes Mike Pence’s not dining or being alone with other women thing more understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, bussman said: If that’s the standard, and I’m not disagreeing with you, I bet 80% need to go then. Makes Mike Pence’s not dining or being alone with other women thing more understandable. I also agree. Don't give a shit what party they're from, 80% of them need to go regardless. If this helps speed the process, I'm all for it. No ones making fun of Pence anymore either, imagine that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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