NYT’s Bumiller: ‘Quite Obvious’ Franken ‘Sacrificed Himself So the Party Could Go after Roy Moore’ and Trump Next Year

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BUMILLER: “Well, I agree that there are nuances here that are being lost in this rush. I also think it’s quite obvious that Franken sacrificed himself so the party could go after Roy Moore and then Donald Trump next year. That is quite simply what happened. And the question we all have is have they gone too far? Will there be any kind of pushback? We heard, amazing, Laura Ingraham the other night, was calling out the Democrats for getting rid of Franken and saying this is just pure politics, it's cynical. And I think there are some dangers in holding yourself up as the party of purity. But it's interesting that the Republicans who for so many years made this such an issue, sexual misconduct, they’ve turned their back on this now, and you see the full support of Roy Moore.”