Franken accused of groping yet again

Another woman came forward accusing Sen. Al Franken, a guy who looks as if he was an extra in the Star Wars bar scene, of groping her in 2010.

The woman, Lindsay Menz, alleges that Franken grabbed buttocks while posing together for a photo at the Minnesota State Fair. 

Ms. Menz also tweeted about the alleged incident last Thursday, in response to claims made by Leeann Tweeden, a Los Angeles radio anchor that Franken groped her and forcibly shoved his tongue down her throat during a USO tour in 2006. This was prior to his becoming a senator, however, this latest allegation comes while he was in office.


"In August 2010, @alfranken grabbed me while taking a photo together at the Minnesota State Fair. I felt violated & embarrassed. I 100% believe your account of him & his actions, @LeeannTweeden. Thank you for sharing your story," Menz tweeted.

Menz, 33,  contacted CNN and gave more details on Thursday, soonafter the first allegation was made. She said the incident happened at a booth at the fair where elected officials, political candidates and celebrities stopped by and had their photos taken. It was nowhere near the "Salute to Dairy" display which featured a sculpture of a refrigerator made completely out of butter.

Menz said that her husband took the photo and that Franken "pulled me in really close, like awkward close . . . He put his hand full-fledged on my rear. It was wrapped tightly around my butt cheek."

[But he swears he didn't squeeze so it doesn't count.]

The Tweeden-Franken incident is captured for posterity in a photo where the so-called comedian clearly had his hands either touching Tweeden's breasts (she was asleep), or very close to them, as he grinned like an idiot into the camera.

Franken immediately apologized and alleged that he felt "disgusted with myself" for the photo [and for getting caught] but disputed Tweeden's recollection of the skit rehearsal, which is a half-buttocks apology, if you think about it.

Franken refuses to resign because he's a Democrat and this is what they do.

The senator is currently suffering from chronic convenient memory syndrome and said he does not remember taking the photo with Menz.

"I take thousands of photos at the state fair surrounded by hundreds of people, and I certainly don't remember taking this picture," Franken claimed. "I feel badly that Ms. Menz came away from our interaction feeling disrespected."

So butt-grabbing has become an 'interaction.'


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