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I’d go for al franken. He was a very intelligent person who was a good senator. The me too movement took him down. He stood too close to a girl/ fan during a photo shoot. He then. Resigned. After all that uproar the country knowingly elects pedophiles and rapists
He definitely shouldn't have pretended to grab that lady's tits while she was sleeping (~~I believe she was a soldier???~~ she was a reporter) and taken a photo, but honestly in hindsight he probably should have just apologized, and put in a lot of effort to making up for doing something like that instead of resigning.
He did something really dumb, but he still wasn't a rapist or a pedophile. America has set a very low bar in his absence.
It was more than that. He pretended to grope a girl while she was asleep and also coerced her to practice making out in preparation for a skit.
You mean the right wing radio host who alleged that he made out with her? The propagandist who is in bed with the fascist party?
Sure, the joke in that photo was in poor taste, which is why I'm shocked that the Groping Old Pedophiles didn't absolutely love it. Right on brand for them.
The license to grope girls of any age only belongs to white dickheads, apparently.
My understanding is that she didn't think he should resign, tho.
I think it must be possible for anyone to be "rehabilitated" through restorative service and at least the outward appearance of inner change. If you make it impossible to "come back", that just encourages bad actors to band together AND get worse.
I'm not convinced that Al Franken has done enough, but I really haven't paid attention / researched anything around him or the events since he resigned.
This is my take as well.
If someone's misdeeds mark them for life then they will have no choice but to wear the mantle of those misdeeds.