It's inexcusable and gross. And yes, that's very likely what will happen. Democrats don't need another Democratic Senatorial race to fight over right now, which is really inconvenient, but the likelihood that Al Franken's political career survives this is low.
But it is nonetheless even more disgusting that while Democrats will make their candidates drop out for sexually harassment/assault (good), Republicans are literally defending and applauding a man who serially preyed on young girls, including routine sexual assault, attempted rape, and numerous cases of statutory rape. So yeah, Al Franken should step down, but Roy Moore should be serving a ****ing life sentence --and he's still lying about it and will not fess up. And we live in a world where the guy who forcibly kissed a woman will lose his job, but a serial child molester is poised to win an election. I'm not crying for Al Franken, but it's not unjustifiable to be exasperated at how loathsome the Alabama Republican party is. It's worse because you know that Republican partisans are getting starry-eyed and frothing at the mouth over this being released, but they didn't bat an eye-lash at defending Roy Moore and are happy that this might divert attention off of Roy Moore. Again, that makes me sick, too.
