The call for Franken to resign has been almost unanimous here on Dailykos. I get that. If he forced himself on her, he needs to resign. But what if she is caught in a lie? Does she loose all credibility? Or is there still a need for an ethics investigation? I’m not asking to make a point, but to really get feedback about what you think.
And yes, I agree that it reduces the credibility of this rumor that he added a picture from her modelling career in the tweet.
Mind this is a twitter rumor quoting a USO photographer that remains nameless and with out a first hand source. Maybe it’s does not have any foundation in reality. But these facts will come out quite shortly. There were witnesses there. The photographer the most important one.
So my suggestion is this. Let’s wait for some more facts before we hang Franken. If the photo indeed was staged. If she pretended to sleep for the photo knowing that he was pretending to grope her, then this whole thing is a parody. If she lied about that, then the forced kiss has very little credibility.
We believe the the victims. But, let’s see if there is something more to this accusation.