Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) Expected To Resign From Congress

[Circe]

....why doesn't he adopt children. He already has two with his wife, Josephine. Why does he want to knock up other women?

Why......why does he want to knock up other women? You are asking why a 60-year-old member of Congress wants to knock up his young female staffers? Or anyone else he can catch?

I can't imagine, but it seems to be a very, very common want in Congress.

 

[Circe]

Franks said he has informed House leadership he will resign effective January 31.

Trent Franks To Resign From Congress

Good riddance, you self-righteous asshole!

Franken is putting it off, too. I wish they would go immediately: they are stinking up the place.

 

[MarcATL]

3. Trent Franks (R-Arizona): You Say "Tomato," He Says "Abortion"

Arizona Congressman Trent Franks is the John Coltrane of Congress. He's managed to spend the past decade in Washington playing but one note: an extreme take on abortion.

He may be the country's most irrelevant congressman, passing exactly zero of the 45 bills he's sponsored. Few have been taken seriously enough to even merit a vote.

As Frank sees it, his job isn't to move America forward. It's to talk, talk, and talk some more about abortion.

"Abortion has been his one and only issue," says Arizona Democratic Party spokesman Frank Camacho. "That's his main claim to fame."

This proved true during a recent House debate on fiscal policy, when Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. — who recently pleaded guilty to blowing $750,000 in campaign contributions on his wife and himself — asked whether anyone could explain a balanced-budget amendment. Franks eagerly offered his assistance. "I'll give it a shot," he said.

He then proceeded to talk for three minutes about — what else? — abortion. And Nazis.

Franks has called Obama the "abortion president," and once claimed that abortion laws were more devastating to blacks than slavery.

But his zealotry hasn't been particularly effective. Unable to pass national legislation, he lowered his sights to the capital city, pushing a law that would ban women in Washington, D.C., from having an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

When D.C. residents objected in a novel way — by lining up outside Franks' office and asking the Arizona legislator they sarcastically called "mayor" to fix potholes — Franks clumsily sidestepped. "District of Columbia is not the issue," he said. "It's the pain of the child."

The protesters, however, had little to fear. The bill soon died on the House floor. Like everything else Franks does, it was merely one more piece of amateur theater in an ongoing show with no end.

Trent Franks Makes List of the 10 Weirdest Members of Congress

Wow, what a weirdo!

What a waste of tax payer's money!
Good riddance to bad rubbish!!!!!!

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[MarcATL]

What rumors of inappropriate behavior? The way the post is written it seems that Franks anti abortion stance is the problem.

Franks had two.....,two.....conversations with staffers about their opinions on surrogacy.

That's it.

He didn't ask them to be surrogates for his wife and himself, although they were having trouble with conception....merely two 'uncomfortable' conversations.

Here are the details:

Hearsay.

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[MarcATL]

So let's see...while looking for a surrogate mother for a hoped-for child, he approached two women who worked for him. The inquiries made them understandably uncomfortable. He asked a highly-personal favor of his employees, which he clearly should not have done. There was apparently no coercion or retaliation when they declined.

And rather than have the whole episode dragged through a media circus - as the Democrats in Congress and their fellow travelers in the MSM were sure to do - he just resigned. Been there long enough.

But because he has been consistently Pro-Life throughout his terms in Congress, the usual Leftist ass-holes are trying to make a case for him having done something outrageous, or even criminal.

You ******* people are slime.

Might I interest you in a bridge I have for sale in Brooklyn? For you...the price will be a STEAL!!!!

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[PoliticalChic]

If Franks is resigning due to sexual misconduct, I doubt he will provide specifics in his press statement.

"I raped the Navy mascot goat in a drunken blackout."

Typical Jesus freak republican who’s nothing but a big fake . Can’t even fess up to his sins .

What was his 'sexual misconduct,' you dunce?

Asking two subordinates to bear his child.

Link or lies.

 

[PoliticalChic]

What rumors of inappropriate behavior? The way the post is written it seems that Franks anti abortion stance is the problem.

Franks had two.....,two.....conversations with staffers about their opinions on surrogacy.

That's it.

He didn't ask them to be surrogates for his wife and himself, although they were having trouble with conception....merely two 'uncomfortable' conversations.

Here are the details:

Hearsay.

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Like 'Russian Collusion'???

 

[Papageorgio]

Franken's was longer and more of an apology, Franks just explained.

"I certainly don't remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann. As to the photo, it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn't. I shouldn't have done it."
Franken then issued this statement:
"The first thing I want to do is apologize: to Leeann, to everyone else who was part of that tour, to everyone who has worked for me, to everyone I represent, and to everyone who counts on me to be an ally and supporter and champion of women. There's more I want to say, but the first and most important thing—and if it's the only thing you care to hear, that's fine—is: I'm sorry.

"I respect women. I don't respect men who don't. And the fact that my own actions have given people a good reason to doubt that makes me feel ashamed.

"But I want to say something else, too. Over the last few months, all of us—including and especially men who respect women—have been forced to take a good, hard look at our own actions and think (perhaps, shamefully, for the first time) about how those actions have affected women.

"For instance, that picture. I don't know what was in my head when I took that picture, and it doesn't matter. There's no excuse. I look at it now and I feel disgusted with myself. It isn't funny. It's completely inappropriate. It's obvious how Leeann would feel violated by that picture. And, what's more, I can see how millions of other women would feel violated by it—women who have had similar experiences in their own lives, women who fear having those experiences, women who look up to me, women who have counted on me.

"Coming from the world of comedy, I've told and written a lot of jokes that I once thought were funny but later came to realize were just plain offensive. But the intentions behind my actions aren't the point at all. It's the impact these jokes had on others that matters. And I'm sorry it's taken me so long to come to terms with that.

"While I don't remember the rehearsal for the skit as Leeann does, I understand why we need to listen to and believe women's experiences.

"I am asking that an ethics investigation be undertaken, and I will gladly cooperate.

"And the truth is, what people think of me in light of this is far less important than what people think of women who continue to come forward to tell their stories. They deserve to be heard, and believed. And they deserve to know that I am their ally and supporter. I have let them down and am committed to making it up to them."

In his resignation speech he attacked Republicans and played the look at what they do BS. So, I am not buying his self serving apology. He, like Franks got caught and apologized.

Had they both been sincere, they would have apologized long before it came out and in the case of Conyers, long before he had to payout.

 

[MarcATL]

What rumors of inappropriate behavior? The way the post is written it seems that Franks anti abortion stance is the problem.

Franks had two.....,two.....conversations with staffers about their opinions on surrogacy.

That's it.

He didn't ask them to be surrogates for his wife and himself, although they were having trouble with conception....merely two 'uncomfortable' conversations.

Here are the details:

Hearsay.

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Like 'Russian Collusion'???

Actually, no. Nice try though.

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[Peach]

Franken's was longer and more of an apology, Franks just explained.

"I certainly don't remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann. As to the photo, it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn't. I shouldn't have done it."
Franken then issued this statement:
"The first thing I want to do is apologize: to Leeann, to everyone else who was part of that tour, to everyone who has worked for me, to everyone I represent, and to everyone who counts on me to be an ally and supporter and champion of women. There's more I want to say, but the first and most important thing—and if it's the only thing you care to hear, that's fine—is: I'm sorry.

"I respect women. I don't respect men who don't. And the fact that my own actions have given people a good reason to doubt that makes me feel ashamed.

"But I want to say something else, too. Over the last few months, all of us—including and especially men who respect women—have been forced to take a good, hard look at our own actions and think (perhaps, shamefully, for the first time) about how those actions have affected women.

"For instance, that picture. I don't know what was in my head when I took that picture, and it doesn't matter. There's no excuse. I look at it now and I feel disgusted with myself. It isn't funny. It's completely inappropriate. It's obvious how Leeann would feel violated by that picture. And, what's more, I can see how millions of other women would feel violated by it—women who have had similar experiences in their own lives, women who fear having those experiences, women who look up to me, women who have counted on me.

"Coming from the world of comedy, I've told and written a lot of jokes that I once thought were funny but later came to realize were just plain offensive. But the intentions behind my actions aren't the point at all. It's the impact these jokes had on others that matters. And I'm sorry it's taken me so long to come to terms with that.

"While I don't remember the rehearsal for the skit as Leeann does, I understand why we need to listen to and believe women's experiences.

"I am asking that an ethics investigation be undertaken, and I will gladly cooperate.

"And the truth is, what people think of me in light of this is far less important than what people think of women who continue to come forward to tell their stories. They deserve to be heard, and believed. And they deserve to know that I am their ally and supporter. I have let them down and am committed to making it up to them."

In his resignation speech he attacked Republicans and played the look at what they do BS. So, I am not buying his self serving apology. He, like Franks got caught and apologized.

Had they both been sincere, they would have apologized long before it came out and in the case of Conyers, long before he had to payout.

Franken's was longer and more of an apology, Franks just explained.

"I certainly don't remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann. As to the photo, it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn't. I shouldn't have done it."
Franken then issued this statement:
"The first thing I want to do is apologize: to Leeann, to everyone else who was part of that tour, to everyone who has worked for me, to everyone I represent, and to everyone who counts on me to be an ally and supporter and champion of women. There's more I want to say, but the first and most important thing—and if it's the only thing you care to hear, that's fine—is: I'm sorry.

"I respect women. I don't respect men who don't. And the fact that my own actions have given people a good reason to doubt that makes me feel ashamed.

"But I want to say something else, too. Over the last few months, all of us—including and especially men who respect women—have been forced to take a good, hard look at our own actions and think (perhaps, shamefully, for the first time) about how those actions have affected women.

"For instance, that picture. I don't know what was in my head when I took that picture, and it doesn't matter. There's no excuse. I look at it now and I feel disgusted with myself. It isn't funny. It's completely inappropriate. It's obvious how Leeann would feel violated by that picture. And, what's more, I can see how millions of other women would feel violated by it—women who have had similar experiences in their own lives, women who fear having those experiences, women who look up to me, women who have counted on me.

"Coming from the world of comedy, I've told and written a lot of jokes that I once thought were funny but later came to realize were just plain offensive. But the intentions behind my actions aren't the point at all. It's the impact these jokes had on others that matters. And I'm sorry it's taken me so long to come to terms with that.

"While I don't remember the rehearsal for the skit as Leeann does, I understand why we need to listen to and believe women's experiences.

"I am asking that an ethics investigation be undertaken, and I will gladly cooperate.

"And the truth is, what people think of me in light of this is far less important than what people think of women who continue to come forward to tell their stories. They deserve to be heard, and believed. And they deserve to know that I am their ally and supporter. I have let them down and am committed to making it up to them."

In his resignation speech he attacked Republicans and played the look at what they do BS. So, I am not buying his self serving apology. He, like Franks got caught and apologized.

Had they both been sincere, they would have apologized long before it came out and in the case of Conyers, long before he had to payout.

He mentioned Moore and Trump, both have been accused, both deny, and ignore.

 

[Avatar4321]

If Franks is resigning due to sexual misconduct, I doubt he will provide specifics in his press statement.

"I raped the Navy mascot goat in a drunken blackout."

Typical Jesus freak republican who’s nothing but a big fake . Can’t even fess up to his sins .

What was his 'sexual misconduct,' you dunce?

Asking two subordinates to bear his child.

While that seems inappropriate, I don't see why that alone would enough to warrant resignation.

There has to be more to this

 

[g5000]

If Franks is resigning due to sexual misconduct, I doubt he will provide specifics in his press statement.

"I raped the Navy mascot goat in a drunken blackout."

Typical Jesus freak republican who’s nothing but a big fake . Can’t even fess up to his sins .

What was his 'sexual misconduct,' you dunce?

Asking two subordinates to bear his child.

While that seems inappropriate, I don't see why that alone would enough to warrant resignation.

There has to be more to this

Probably.

Like, did his wife know he was trying to spread his seed around?

 

[Circe]

He mentioned Moore and Trump, both have been accused, both deny, and ignore.

Boy, that Roy Moore is sure looking a lot better to me after this Trent Franks thing. The Franks move on his young staffers is a jaw-dropping perversion; and the girls both reported it at once, in a timely way.

Whatever Moore did or didn't do, it was 38 years ago and he has led a blameless life with the same wife, in a highly political career entirely in the public eye all these years, and no problems. So forget about him: he's safe, get these guys who are perving right now!

It occurs to me that Trump has been GREAT for women so far ---- Hillary said she was "for women," but she was so compromised by her grossly sexual harassing husband (and I think some of that was frankly rape) that the Dems, who seem much more afflicted by sexual crimes by members of Congress than the GOP, would have to have swept all that stuff under the rug her entire term. But now, it's all coming out and even being called a social movement. Wow, this is so great. If we could just take this chance to STOP all this sex harassment! That would be wonderful.

 

[Avatar4321]

If Franks is resigning due to sexual misconduct, I doubt he will provide specifics in his press statement.

"I raped the Navy mascot goat in a drunken blackout."

Typical Jesus freak republican who’s nothing but a big fake . Can’t even fess up to his sins .

What was his 'sexual misconduct,' you dunce?

Asking two subordinates to bear his child.

While that seems inappropriate, I don't see why that alone would enough to warrant resignation.

There has to be more to this

Probably.

Like, did his wife know he was trying to spread his seed around?

That's not how surrogacy is normally arranged though if that's how he did it I could see more reason for the resignation

 

[g5000]

He mentioned Moore and Trump, both have been accused, both deny, and ignore.

Boy, that Roy Moore is sure looking a lot better to me after this Trent Franks thing.

Really?

Roy Moore misses the days of slavery.

Roy Moore thinks women should not be allowed to run for office, and that you should not ever vote for a woman.

Roy Moore molested a kid.

And a guy who proposed surrogacy to two women makes Moore look good by your lights?!?

WOW!!!!

 

[flacaltenn]

Good to see that both parties are finally policing their own.

Trent Franks, Arizona Republican, to resign after sexual harassment claim - CNNPolitics

Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks announced in a statement Thursday night he will resign from Congress at the end of January, after the House Ethics Committee said it would investigate allegations against him of sexual harassment.

The House Ethics Committee announced earlier Thursday that it will investigate Franks to determine if he engaged in "conduct that constitutes sexual harassment and/or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment."

In his statement, Franks acknowledged he made staffers "uncomfortable" and that he discussed fertility issues and surrogacy with two female staffers, but denied having ever "physically intimidated, coerced, or had, or attempted to have, any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff."

He's suing these women and rightly so. It was a discussion, in a group setting, of the legal foundation of surrogacy.

Women are going to complain themselves right out of a job.

hmmm....so you are excusing him. Is Franken excused?

Actually I suspect it's MORE then just a surrogacy conversation or he would not have resigned.

I think in most ALL of these cases, except the ones where they were naked in Congress, or had a button at their desk to lock the door need a LOT of evidence. This is resembling Salem, Mass and the Witch Trials. And looks to be more of a viral mob intent on lynching, then getting to any substantial truths.

 

[Coyote]

Good to see that both parties are finally policing their own.

Trent Franks, Arizona Republican, to resign after sexual harassment claim - CNNPolitics

Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks announced in a statement Thursday night he will resign from Congress at the end of January, after the House Ethics Committee said it would investigate allegations against him of sexual harassment.

The House Ethics Committee announced earlier Thursday that it will investigate Franks to determine if he engaged in "conduct that constitutes sexual harassment and/or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment."

In his statement, Franks acknowledged he made staffers "uncomfortable" and that he discussed fertility issues and surrogacy with two female staffers, but denied having ever "physically intimidated, coerced, or had, or attempted to have, any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff."

He's suing these women and rightly so. It was a discussion, in a group setting, of the legal foundation of surrogacy.

Women are going to complain themselves right out of a job.

hmmm....so you are excusing him. Is Franken excused?

Actually I suspect it's MORE then just a surrogacy conversation or he would not have resigned.

I think in most ALL of these cases, except the ones where they were naked in Congress, or had a button at their desk to lock the door need a LOT of evidence. This is resembling Salem, Mass and the Witch Trials. And looks to be more of a viral mob intent on lynching, then getting to any substantial truths.

The lack of any sort of due process does concern me.

 

[flacaltenn]

Good to see that both parties are finally policing their own.

Trent Franks, Arizona Republican, to resign after sexual harassment claim - CNNPolitics

Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks announced in a statement Thursday night he will resign from Congress at the end of January, after the House Ethics Committee said it would investigate allegations against him of sexual harassment.

The House Ethics Committee announced earlier Thursday that it will investigate Franks to determine if he engaged in "conduct that constitutes sexual harassment and/or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment."

In his statement, Franks acknowledged he made staffers "uncomfortable" and that he discussed fertility issues and surrogacy with two female staffers, but denied having ever "physically intimidated, coerced, or had, or attempted to have, any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff."

He's suing these women and rightly so. It was a discussion, in a group setting, of the legal foundation of surrogacy.

Women are going to complain themselves right out of a job.

hmmm....so you are excusing him. Is Franken excused?

Actually I suspect it's MORE then just a surrogacy conversation or he would not have resigned.

I think in most ALL of these cases, except the ones where they were naked in Congress, or had a button at their desk to lock the door need a LOT of evidence. This is resembling Salem, Mass and the Witch Trials. And looks to be more of a viral mob intent on lynching, then getting to any substantial truths.

The lack of any sort of due process does concern me.

Well it should.. Just sayin.. We've lost the media in this country. There is nothing resembling investigation that they do anymore that isn't politically motivated. So normally, competent journalists would be on these. INSTEAD you got editors and phony journalists spinning all this according to POLITICAL winners and losers.

We ARE entirely doomed. Most people just are too busy yelling at each other to notice...

 

[JakeStarkey]

Good to see that both parties are finally policing their own.

Trent Franks, Arizona Republican, to resign after sexual harassment claim - CNNPolitics

Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks announced in a statement Thursday night he will resign from Congress at the end of January, after the House Ethics Committee said it would investigate allegations against him of sexual harassment.

The House Ethics Committee announced earlier Thursday that it will investigate Franks to determine if he engaged in "conduct that constitutes sexual harassment and/or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment."

In his statement, Franks acknowledged he made staffers "uncomfortable" and that he discussed fertility issues and surrogacy with two female staffers, but denied having ever "physically intimidated, coerced, or had, or attempted to have, any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff."

He's suing these women and rightly so. It was a discussion, in a group setting, of the legal foundation of surrogacy.

Women are going to complain themselves right out of a job.

hmmm....so you are excusing him. Is Franken excused?

Actually I suspect it's MORE then just a surrogacy conversation or he would not have resigned.

I think in most ALL of these cases, except the ones where they were naked in Congress, or had a button at their desk to lock the door need a LOT of evidence. This is resembling Salem, Mass and the Witch Trials. And looks to be more of a viral mob intent on lynching, then getting to any substantial truths.

Not in the slightest, but believe as you feel you must.

 

[flacaltenn]

Good to see that both parties are finally policing their own.

Trent Franks, Arizona Republican, to resign after sexual harassment claim - CNNPolitics

Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks announced in a statement Thursday night he will resign from Congress at the end of January, after the House Ethics Committee said it would investigate allegations against him of sexual harassment.

The House Ethics Committee announced earlier Thursday that it will investigate Franks to determine if he engaged in "conduct that constitutes sexual harassment and/or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment."

In his statement, Franks acknowledged he made staffers "uncomfortable" and that he discussed fertility issues and surrogacy with two female staffers, but denied having ever "physically intimidated, coerced, or had, or attempted to have, any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff."

He's suing these women and rightly so. It was a discussion, in a group setting, of the legal foundation of surrogacy.

Women are going to complain themselves right out of a job.

hmmm....so you are excusing him. Is Franken excused?

Actually I suspect it's MORE then just a surrogacy conversation or he would not have resigned.

I think in most ALL of these cases, except the ones where they were naked in Congress, or had a button at their desk to lock the door need a LOT of evidence. This is resembling Salem, Mass and the Witch Trials. And looks to be more of a viral mob intent on lynching, then getting to any substantial truths.

Not in the slightest, but believe as you feel you must.

Any rational person KNOWS that this mountain of allegations will remain obscure and uncertain with respect to the law. In this case, he should have STOPPED at discussing personal issues with staff at the BASIC FACTS of his situation. Not solicit their services. . I fully believe that groups run better when folks know and realize some personal strife and trauma that MIGHT affect their performance.

It's a discussion that needs to be HAD. But not under these Witch Hunt, political revenge situations.

And there's a load of pure horseshit out there as well. Franken didn't GROPE that woman on a USO tour. You can't GROPE thru a military flack jacket. I know Al Franken. He's a pain in the ass who annoys folks. But this should have been FULLY investigated.

Same with Moore. Age of consent is USUALLY a lefty issue. And the hypocrisy of using 16 to 20 yr old as automatic crimes is obvious.

Lots of hypocrisy in here -- as usual lately..