Obviously Al Franken was innocent and his only error was resigning. At the time a few of us were privately begging him not to resign. But even publicly suggesting he was innocent meant your career would be destroyed. https://t.co/KsGM4kO74j

— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) July 21, 2022

Yep. Al Franken was railroaded out of Congress because he was too progressive. That’s it, that’s all.