Reporter Accuses Sen. Al Franken of Sexual Assault

Morning news anchor Leeann Tweeden of TalkRadio 790 KABC in Los Angeles just released an image of Democratic Sen. Al Franken groping her breasts while she was asleep.

Tweeden documented the run-up to the encounter in an article on the KABC website where she stated that Franken allegedly “aggressively stuck his tongue” in the reporter’s mouth while practicing for an acting segment meant to entertain troops overseas in December 2006.

She stated:

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.

I felt disgusted and violated.

Twitter users on both the left and the right have been quick to call out Franken’s hypocrisy concerning his claims to “respect women’s freedoms.”

Some have even called for Franken's resignation.

Franken has already responded to the allegations, sending his “sincerest apologies. He stated, “I certainly don’t remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann,As to the photo, it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn't. I shouldn't have done it.”

Critics of his response claim that his apology does not go far enough.