Al Franken With Jeff Greenfield On The Political Culture Of A Divided America
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Al Franken With Jeff Greenfield On The Political Culture Of A Divided America
After a career as an acclaimed writer and comedian, most notably on Saturday Night Live, Al Franken spent more than a decade as a US Senator during an era marked by increasingly bitter partisanship. Join him with Jeff Greenfield as they discuss the political culture of a divided America and its effects on our democracy. Is the electoral college outdated? Can the Senate be reformed? Does the left have a messaging problem? Hear his unique, candid perspective on the urgent issues facing our country.
Recorded May 31, 2022 at 92nd Street Y, New York
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Boy do we miss having Al in the Senate. 😭
He disgraced himself badly. He should stick to comedy.
@@gerardlafontaine2322 How deeply did you dig the data? Just wondering... He was taken down by a Republican "reporter"...
@@jonezzjazz I "dug the data deeply" lol. AL Franken was accused of grabbing the buttocks of 6 women and forcibly kissing another 3. He did not dispute some of the allegations.
No Shit.
@@gerardlafontaine2322 not as bad as our 45th president.
I vote for Democrats! I couldn’t fathom voting for the other party, however, Democrats need to get better at messaging! Al should run again!
No American political party is saintly/wholesome/pure. They all have ugly histories & they're covered from head to toe in huge warts.
a REPLY to you was deleted-- what was that deleted reply?.
@@rd264 Probably about why Senator Al had to resign and questioning why he is still such a liar and warmonger about the war in Ukraine and why it happened and why it continues, amongst many other issues. Lee Camp cancelled/censored all my postings on his latest comedy/political skits/podcasts because I point out his distortions and avoiding of some hard to hide truths.
Al, you are a gift to humanity and a gift to democracy
He grabbed 9 women in a sexual way - without their consent. And then you call him a "gift to humanity," which shows how brainwashed people can get.
he's a devianT
Yes he is
Al you never should have stepped down
he took a picture while abusing a sleeping female Soldier. Are you ok with this?
@@markgreiser464 You mean the picture that was taken in which Franken made a rather juvenile, boob grabbing joke? If you think that's bad, you'll be absolutely outraged when you read about the likes of Trump, Roy Moore, Jim Jordan and Matt Gaetz and what they've been up to.
No kidding
Do tell? Or provide sources for your dribble.
@@markgreiser464 please cite to your evidence for this
Al Franken should never have quit
Yes he resigned in disgrace AS HE SHOULD HAVE! He assaulted 8 or 9 women and tried to blame Trump for it.
HE IS A SICK PERSON (AL FRANKEN)
@@gerardlafontaine2322 Wait what?
@@homersimpin664 no no he should not have but thanks for dropping by the thread
@@frankmaitland1254 He is a sick person along the lines of a Harvey Weinstein
Once and future Senator Franken! He's our very own. Unjustly hounded out by kindergartener minds.
He groped women and forced himself on them, but that's OK with you... predictable
@@easterlywesterly9304 you should read the full story which would have come out if the Dems had been brave enough to follow the senate judicial procedures ... its a shame the threw him out rather than go to the bother of being good leaders.
@@rb-pk8ds I, for one, read the whole New Yorker article "The Strange Case of Al Franken." The fact remains, he did not dispute many of the allegations.
@@homersimpin664 he disputed that they were "advances" and the only one accusing him of anything was his comedy partner / FOX news apprentice .. mostly all the women he's ever worked with jumped to his defence AND there was nothing preventing taking him to the Senate ethics enquiry as per standard Senate procedures except K.Gillibrand couldn't be bothered digging out the facts ... and Al felt obliged to take one for the team. As a woman I hate that so many monsters are given a pass and this one clumsy comedian goof ball got thrown under the bus like a sacrifice to fend off the GOP.
@@homersimpin664 how many women claimed against Al and which were proven or documented or corroborated claims?
A lot has happened since May '22 when this was recorded.
Indeed, but is it the smoking gun?
But it says it was posted Aug 8 22. Why the 3 month difference? Just asking...
Al Franken, the senate needs u back
Al is a great American 🇺🇸
Al Franken attacked at least 8 women, and then blamed trump for it.
I love Al Frankenstein. Brilliant, compassionate and hilarious. He needs to get back in the senate.
I LOVE them. They make me smile, giggle, and lol. Damnit guys...keep it coming. I feel 😍
Al Franken for President 2024
Sometimes I get tired of the old white guys and the same tired lines “ like Democrats will lose in the midterms “
Time for new voices and momentum 😎
What was done to Franken was horrible! Shame on the women that did that!
They were victims of a creeper. Al Franken is not a good person!
Trump has done far, far, far worse, probably including rape... Franken is a saint compared to that.
@@rsr789 "probably" LOL you are cL0WN! Franken did MUCH worse and only got a pass because he's a Democrat.
It was someone in the right media who provided the photos and information, still I understand where you’re coming from, I didn’t want or would have asked for his resignation.
They have been the downfall of many-a-empire
So much has changed since this was recorded. The Jan 6 hearings, Kansas voting to keep abortion rights, Passing of Chips, Pact and now 'Build back smaller" getting done to. I cling to the faith that not all who have voted R in the past will continue to do so in the future. Thinking Republicans are done with the Trump dramas and are ready to move on.
Anyone who voted for Biden should literally be apologizing right now.
About Republicans, wishful thinking.
@@easterlywesterly9304 I voted for Biden, and I’ll vote for him again
If they are thinking, they are not Republicans. Their fuhrer does all the thinking for Republicans.
@@liviadix1433 You might as well scream, "I don't care about anyone not even myself."
So I guess Greenberg WAS asking some tough questions, but at first I thought they were adversarials, sparring on a debate stage.
I don't think Al dislikes anyone, truly, but knows how far to dig in the spurs. Really wish he'd run again, except that MN needs our current Senators, so I hope they take whatever advice he can give.
Al hates Ted Cruz
In a just world, Amy Klobuchar will be the next POTUS and Al Franken can be your Semator once again.
@@Jane_Bear what I want too
Thank you.
See Al’s questioning of Betsy de Vos in the Senate hearing. She knew absolutely nothing about public education. Her family bought her that position for ten million dollars. They would like all education to be privatized.
In this one room schoolhouse an
Old fashioned remedy would be to take Manchin,
Remove him from his committee,
Sit him in the corner
Wearing a Duncecap
Manchin is a great democrat
As if.
Franken belongs back in the senate
I'd prefer to see him in the Whitehouse.
Why
Thanks
I wish Al came back to 92nd Street Y now. After all that happened since August 8th.
Recorded May 31, 2022!!
Thanks I was just wondering when it was recorded 😎
The host was wrong about the hearings. They are riveting.
Replace Greenfield with another moderator for future guests please.
No
It was funny, a woman who made a career out of being a sex object and being drooled over by men decided she was offended by a COMEDIAN joking about her being a sex symbol. Afterwards she tried to make money on the republican dinner circuit.
Al Franken for President and Pete Buttigieg for vice president 2024
I Really Wish Al Franken Would Run for Senate Again this Year...
Victoria J Lynch Kenney Plymale
8 15 22
Recorded 22 May 2022.
Outdated.
Please run for POTUS
I love you too Franklin 💖
Kristen G.’s people were told that she would not be getting any donation or vote from me b/c she helped ax our strongest senator.
She got one from me
❗🐦💙🌊🗽❗. Looking from mid August, a lot of good stuff has happened in a few short months.
Al Franken was an essential part of what was good in government his being forced to step down was a linchpin of The democratic party losing its most articulate voice. Sucks ! And this interviewer seems to be in a competition to be “right“ rather than interview
He was credibly accused by 9 women
@@1223steffen You're thinking of Trump and the # is more like 18
@@michaeltaylor430 Where are Trump's accusers now? You're a hypocrite, Mike!
THIS WAS WORKING CLASS BOROUGH BAR QUALITY TAWK. WITH MY SMARTEST UNCLE ❤️
Jeff Greenfield should have allowed Al to speak and stop paraphrasing points Al was making. Bad interview.
Al Franken, The Fondler!
Al for president!
Al Franken and Andrew Yang have the best laughs!!!
Hey Al, run for President please,
Al Franken is a comedian 😂😂
FRANKEN for PRESIDENT 2024!!!!
The reasons I don't think Kamala isn't the most qualified has nothing to do with her gender or color.
Winning because the other side fields the worst candidate they can find, as a strategy, in chess that is called playing for mistakes.
McConnell is responsible for all of this.
The Lesser of Two Bad Choices ???
Alito defcided BUsh 2 shoukld be presidednt notg letting the rest of the suptremed court decide.
The end of democracy began.
That old guy definitely looked like an old Ted Koppel..
Oops I meant Franken!
Yup, a stupid thing to do. Franken should still be in the Senate.
No, he disgraced the Senate
Oh Al Please run
Victoria J Lynch Kenney Plymale
AL FOR PRESIDENT! (Sorry, Al, you'd prob hate that job? But I still wish you were our President!)😁
Anybody who talks about guns and hunting doesn't understand the 2a and the Bill of Rights. Get with it Al. You are too smart for that blind spot.
Interesting....Franken did not seem phase AT ALL if Kamala wouldn't be nominee. He was politically tactful in his response but seemed clear if he was a champion of Kamala, he would have come out with a stronger response. He must be very lukewarm on her which is relevant because they were on Senate Judiciary Committee together so would have worked together often.
Much as I love Al Franken, I couldn’t get past the introduction. Tick-tock is killing my/our attention span.
fast forward? that's what I always do with long introductions
Al didn't really shoot down the idea of running in New York
HWBush legacy
Starts at 03:45.
The French revolution came after the American, so you provide a great example of why interviewers should not be answering, but asking questions...
Indeed, I mean it's pretty basic historical chronology.
'Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent'
Leeann Tweeden, a Los Angeles radio host and former model, says Senator Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, kissed her against her will and groped her during a 2006 USO trip to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
In a post on the website of KABC, where she is a morning anchor, Tweeden writes that she was in a skit with Franken in which his character tried to kiss her. She writes that she expected a stage kiss in which she turned her head, but that backstage he insisted they needed to practice the kiss. She demurred, but he insisted, she said.
He repeated that actors really need to rehearse everything and that we must practice the kiss. I said ‘OK’ so he would stop badgering me. We did the line leading up to the kiss and then he came at me, put his hand on the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine, and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth.
She said she pushed him away and warned him never to do it again.
“I walked away. All I could think about was getting to a bathroom as fast as possible to rinse the taste of him out of my mouth,” Tweeden wrote. “I felt disgusted and violated.”
She said she decided not to make a big deal of the incident so that the tour could go on, but that she was angry and told a few other people on the tour. Then when she returned to the U.S. and received a CD of photos from the trip, she saw one that depicted a grinning Franken either groping or pretending to grope her breasts as she slept on a flight.
“I’m still angry at what Al Franken did to me,” Tweeden wrote. “Every time I hear his voice or see his face, I am angry. I am angry that I did his stupid skit for the rest of that tour.”
“I certainly don’t remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann,” Franken said in a initial statement. “As to the photo, it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn’t. I shouldn't have done it.”
After that statement, backlash mounted. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called for a Senate Ethics Committee investigation, and several of Franken’s Democratic colleagues joined in. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York labeled Franken’s apology insufficient and supported calls for an investigation, and Claire McCaskill and Patty Murray did the same.
Franken then released a second, longer statement. “The first thing I want to do is apologize: to Leeann, to everyone else who was part of that tour, to everyone who has worked for me, to everyone I represent, and to everyone who counts on me to be an ally and supporter and champion of women,” he said. “There’s more I want to say, but the first and most important thing-and if it’s the only thing you care to hear, that’s fine-is: I’m sorry.”
Franken has previously faced criticism over things he said during his comedy career, and has dismissed critics for taking his words out of context and misunderstanding comedy. A bawdy column in Playboy titled “Porn-O-Rama,” dealing with online bestiality material, became an issue during his first run for office in 2008. Republicans criticized Franken, a former Saturday Night Live star and comedian, for the piece, but he defended it as merely satire, and defenders said he’d been taken out of context.
“I learned something, which is you can't litigate comedy,” Franken said in an interview with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross earlier this year. “You can't litigate a joke. And in politics, when you're explaining, you're losing. So I had to let that go. And that was hard for me because I'm very proud of my career in comedy. And I had to just, at a certain point-I mean, I tried-I learned it by trying to litigate jokes. And it just-it's-you can't do it. You've got to let go.”
During a hearing on Wednesday, Franken scolded Don Willett, a nominee for federal court, for an old tweet about marrying bacon. “I don’t get it,” Franken said. “But sometimes when you don’t get a joke, it’s because it wasn’t a joke.”
A 2005 NPR story suggests that unwanted kisses from Franken were a staple of his USO shows. Describing a skit with Traylor Howard of the show Monk, he said:
We do this thing where, you know, I have written up this audition piece for me for Monk, 'cause she's-'cause I want to be on the show, and it's all an excuse to kiss her. And then I kiss her and the guys, like yell, and she says, “Wait a minute. If I were going to kiss anybody here, it'd be one of these brave men.” And everyone goes, “Whoo, whoo,” and then she goes, “Or women.” And then they actually get louder. And then we pick a guy from the audience and he ends up kissing her. You know, that kind of thing.
Not too many years ago, Franken’s actions might have been forgiven. Bill Clinton set a precedent for politicians riding out scandals, since followed by other officeholders, like Senator David Vitter of Louisiana. But there is now much lower tolerance for this sort of behavior, and the senator will be hard-pressed to laugh it off as just comedy.
Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas
At 46:00 what Greenfield is saying is a toxic false equivalancy. Colbert makes me laugh about terrible events. Tucker makes them angry and afraid. Not "the same problem on both sides." Hard No. Also, Colbert, Meyers et al. do not purport to be 'News.'
Harder to load armed people on to boxcars
I’m thrilled my Dad didn’t take me out to kill animals for sport.
You have no problem letting somebody else kill them for you to eat though right? At least they have the stones to do their own dirty work.
Candidates for the Senate can be drafted, can’t they ? Write him in !
Please run for President. At least run for Senate against Hillabrand.
I believe Biden needs a different VP.
#Franken2024 Isn't it obvious
Kamala Harris for president of the United States of America and Jon Stewart VP!
LMAO you are a total clown show
its...a......little......s..l..o..w...
Borefest. I feel they were half asleep themselves.
The Bill of Rights is about protecting the people against government tyranny. The Bill of Rights is not about giving the government more power. The Second Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights. The Second Amendment is not about hunting. The Second Amendment does not say the right of the "State" nor does it say the right of the "government". It says the "right of the people".
@Down with Corporate Amerika Well regulated doesn't mean government. So do you mean you think the problem with violence is that they need more target practice?
@@belkyhernandez8281 Militias were the basis of the government's defence during that era, because there was no standing army, maybe you can go read some history, including James Madison, before posting silly NRA talking points again.
@@rsr789 And there was also no telephone and no tv and no internet so I guess you mean we should also forget about freedom of speech. You are a genius.
How about you take your bigoted assumptions somewhere else.
@@rsr789 The Bill of Rights was not written to protect the government. The Bill of Rights was written to protect people from government. How about you go learn some history and stop projecting your bias onto it.
Dump her because she is not the best. She would be a terrible candidate.
Greenfield was totally WRONG!
Judge Joe brown should run for senate
If Al doesn't run again then I frankly don't want to hear it. Pass
He's been talking about running again since about Feb. this year.
@@LordLOC He's a sick person
It's not the Gun It's the user and how the user uses the gun. I use mine on Range. I have had it for 35 years. It's not for you to say the gun should be band.
And I thought George Will was a boring windbag. Greenfield makes Will look animated. Yikes!
1 supreme coourt jjustice is why we had bush two. He wanted Bush two keepimg the rest of the supremde coufrtg gfvfrlo mm votikng.
I’m offended by the fat word
No women rising stars?! What about AOC, Porter, Cori Bush!
@Down with Corporate Amerika 100% agree, love Al but peeved he did not mention a female on his rradar and if the Dems would show 50% of the preparation and take no prisoners, fighting attitude,PORTER does, up to the Republicans, winning in both Houses of Congress, would be a reality, not a filibuster fantasy.
She is a 'softmore' yes but her talent and true vocation of service to the people is undeniable.
Look at Al Franken. He is sluring his words. He looks and acts loaded. Look hard at him!! Listen to him. He even sounds loaded!!
Project much? Friggin lush...
Who's this Jeff Greenfield hack? I want to hear from real thinkers like Elbourne Whippet Jr.
Al Gore won the presidency!
America has always been divided
@Down with Corporate Amerika FYI before 2000 the terms "blue state" & "red state" didn't exist in America. The media created those two terms during the 2000 Presidential election.
@Down with Corporate Amerika The so-called blue states aren't saintly/angelic/wholesome/pure either
"Al Franken - Five Time Enemy Award Winner"
Greenfield is trying to be funny, he's not. He's trying to inject conflict where none exists. The best thing he could do is to shut up and let the interesting, interested person, as in Al Franken, talk as much as possible. Too bad the 92nd Street Y couldn't have gotten a live interviewer. Greenfield, like Bill Maher, is no longer relevant. Sad. I'll listen to Al on his podcast but this is torture. (Greenfield's little joke about the tree in the forest and the deaf man was pathetic. If I had time, I'd feel sorry for him.) RETIRE Dorothy, you've already surrendered.
I bought tickets to his show just to troll and heckle him. I can't STAND creepers like Franken!
@ Tom Abernathy So you really took the highroad, and debated him on the issues, huh? So strategies and issues and policies are important to you, evidently.
@@libbyworkman3459 He admitted to assaulting several women. Forced himself upon them. Was Al taking the high road then?
@@libbyworkman3459 Al Franken's strategy was to corner women and assault them when no one was looking
Typical Repub lie. Not only did he NOT admit to assault, within the year, every other woman who worked with him said he was a perfect gentleman. Not every woman should be believed.
@@lisabrown4530 You're on here spreading verifiable falsehoods. He admitted to forcibly kissing Leanne Tweeden, but denies pushing his tongue into her mouth. Then, six women came forth independently, with nothing to gain, saying he grabbed their buttocks without consent. He denied only two of them. You, Lisa, are the woman who should not be believed.
Al Franken needs to adress Cuomo assault claims
Andrew Cuomo wasn't accused of committing acts of sexual assault. He was accused of committing acts of sexual harassment.
And Trump's as well?
@@tolhumexy6706 LMAO, Al sexually assaulted at least 8 women, and got caught on photo. You didn't hear?
Manchin should run for President on a campaign to pass ALL of Build Back B.
He needs to find another job
Manchin is funny. Very similar to al Franken
Oh yeah you are the Craigslist guy that made sexual hook ups and free puppy love “rescuing” so much easier all around the world!
Let’s give a hand clap for all of the folks that got clap and rescued a puppy !
Will Cosby be interviewed
No to the neoliberal mascot (Mayor Pete). Obama was the black mascot, Pete would be the gay mascot-- NO. You can't trick us with identity pandering anymore. We want REAL progress.
Manchin is a rising star
Will cosby be given this platform since Franken had a platform
Please come back, AF!
The Senate needs more members willing to put their hands on a sleeping woman- without her knowledge or consent! 🙄🙄🙄
Go away, creep, and NEVER come back. 🤮🤢🤮
Bullshit.
@@lisabrown4530 There’s photographic proof of his hands on her body, and she’s asleep. He’s smiling at the camera. 🤮
Look it up for yourself. AF and LeannT on a military plane… make up your own mind.
I think he’s a CREEP- and he proved it.
I would include the link, but the reply would get deleted. 🤷♂️
Idiots are all upset and lying to themselves and others. Truth is hard for them to accept.
Biden lost my vote
Manchin 2024
Franken shows his racism