Mark Dayton, decides what to do about that soon to be vacant US Senate seat in his state, a former governor has something to say about it.
The former Republican Governor of the state of Minnesota, Arne Carlson, has a blog post up, written December 10th, titled “And Justice for All” about the recent announcement by Senator Al Franken that he intends to resign sometime over “the coming weeks”.
Yes, that’s the former Republican Governor, and he thinks Franken should not resign.
His blog post is here http://govarnecarlson.blogspot.com
Some excerpts (but I recommend going and reading the entire post):
It is time for all of us to sober up. Our nation is in peril with Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans yielding to his demands. We are increasingly moving towards authoritarianism and continued GOP subservience could possibly lead to the dissolution of the Mueller investigation. While I am not always in agreement with Senator Al Franken, I firmly believe in due process which is a cornerstone of our democratic way of living. Whenever in history we abandoned it, we severely damaged ourselves. Just think about the lynching of Blacks in the South, the internment of people of Japanese descent in World War II, or the era of McCarthyism when lives were destroyed based solely on allegations. The simple fact is that Al Franken has been the Senate’s most effective challenge to Trump and his subordinates. The possibility of any rigging by Roger Stone and his associates should cause all of us to call for a rescinding of the Franken resignation and a prompt and thorough review of all allegations by the Senate Ethics Committee. He was elected by we, the people, and he should continue to serve until a legal determination has been made.A local Minnesota news station has a story up and video of the former Governor on the issue here:
xLINK to CBS local station carrying the story: https://t.co/kUeq1lJKRt
— Angela Marx (@AngieinWAState) December 11, 2017Now if a former GOP governor is willing to give Franken the benefit of due process and a chance to find out what the true facts of this story are, is it too much for the Left to do the same?