President Donald Trump has criticized Senator Al Franken in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against him, taking to Twitter Thursday night to weigh in on the scandal. Referring to the Senator as “Al Frankenstien,” the president alluded to a 1995 incident when Franken, then a Saturday Night Live writer, proposed a skit in which he would appear to drug and rape journalist Lesley Stahl.
Social media users were quick to point out that Trump has stayed largely silent about allegations that a Republican candidate for Senate, Roy Moore, made sexual advances toward teenage girls and assaulted several women. Others recounted an audio recording that surfaced during Trump’s presidential campaign, in which Trump was captured on a hot mic making crass remarks about women and bragging that he could “do anything” to them.
More than a dozen women have also accused Trump of sexual misconduct, a fact not lost on the president’s most vocal critics.
The Al Frankenstien picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 while she sleeps? …..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 17, 2017
.And to think that just last week he was lecturing anyone who would listen about sexual harassment and respect for women. Lesley Stahl tape?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 17, 2017
Here’s how some users replied.
President Trump, who was caught on tape bragging about assaulting women, still hasn’t commented on the allegations against Roy Moore harassing underaged girls, but tweets this about Senator Al Franken pic.twitter.com/FNdOPXi4x7
— Amanda Golden (@amandawgolden) November 17, 2017
Your own words speaks even louder: You bragged about your sexual assaults. https://t.co/8RM9mJXkVm pic.twitter.com/0fFUkjI0XM
— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) November 17, 2017
And you can’t even spell “stein” you absolute cretin.
— Michael Marshall Smith (@ememess) November 17, 2017
In addition to being terrible at Twitter, Trump is also a sexual predator, and we are supposedly in the midst of a national reckoning about this very issue. https://t.co/EsYVl3juV5
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) November 17, 2017
Trump is the least self-aware sexual predator in the world. pic.twitter.com/9JPGNfmuKU
— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) November 17, 2017
Original Post: http://time.com/5028826/donald-trump-al-franken-twitter/
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