This former late night actor has narrowed the states where he is moving a for a political run down to three.
He really wants his old job back.
Al Franken
Thanks, St. Louis. Looking forward to doing comedy & commentary for the SOLD OUT crowd @sheldonstl.
Warning: Due to the variant, The St. Louis Dept. of Public Health is asking folks not to laugh during my performance. Gonna be fun!
Full schedule here: https://t.co/wpc7fIbqpu
— Al Franken (@alfranken) September 13, 2021
Al Franken on another Senate run: ‘I’m keeping my options open’
Former Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), who resigned in 2017 amid accusations of sexual misconduct, said he is “keeping my options open” on whether to run for public office again.
In an interview published Monday by Massachusetts-based newspaper The Republican, Franken said he has his own political action committee and noted that there have now been at least nine former colleagues who have issued public apologies for their lack of support for him when the allegations first came to light.
“Well, I wanted due process, but I had 36 colleagues and a majority leader who wouldn’t give it to me, so it was impossible,” he said, though he added he does “have some regrets.”
“It was a very weird, tough situation at that moment,” Franken told the news outlet. “I love the Senate. I love the work that I did.”
However, the comedian-turned-politician is returning his focus to comedy for the moment, beginning a comedy tour called “The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour” later this month. – Source
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