Meghan McCain Goes Off After Joy Behar Lauds Al Franken as a ‘Gentleman’: ‘That’s Crazy!’

Meghan McCain Goes Off After Joy Behar Lauds Al Franken as a ‘Gentleman’: ‘That’s Crazy!’ (Mediaite)

From there, the discussion — as it so often does between the liberal and conservative firebrands — went haywire.

Wednesday on The View, as part of a discussion on whether the “tides are turning” for men involved in high-profile sexual misconduct scandals — some of whom are now having career revivals — Behar called for former Senator Al Franken to get a second chance.

“That was a sophomoric joke by a comedian,” Behar said — referring to the photo in which Franken appeared to grab Leeann Tweeden‘s breasts. “In a time when he didn’t know he was going to become a senator. He was fooling around. He was a comic. And, to his credit, he said, ‘She didn’t have any ability to consent. She had every right to feel violated by that photo.””