Republicans, Democrats exchange barbs concerning U.S. Senate race
Minnesota Republicans today (Aug. 29) again attacked DFL U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken on comments he reportedly made about child abuse in a comedy routine in 2000.
But Democrats were active today as well.
Citing a New York Observe article, Republican Party Chairman Ron Carey denounced Franken’s imagined child abuse of actor Rob Reiner, speaking at a Capitol press conference.
Carey defended the Republican attack on Franken — Republicans have gone after Franken on his comedic activities before.
“You have a 50-year-old man here who is not only writing about this, thinking about this, he’s performing this,”
