Meghan McCain Goes Off After Joy Behar Lauds Al Franken as a ‘Gentleman’: ‘That’s Crazy!’
Behar: ‘That was a sophomoric joke by a comedian’
Aug 1, 2018 3:30 PM
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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.””