Nobody missed you Al.
Via Star Tribune:
Sen. Al Franken broke his eight-day silence Sunday, reaching out to Minnesota media outlets to talk about what he’s done, and what he’ll be doing next.
“I’m embarrassed and ashamed. I’ve let a lot of people down and I’m hoping I can make it up to them and gradually regain their trust,” said Franken, who has kept a low profile since four different women shared accounts of being groped, embarrassed and, in one case, forcibly kissed by the Minnesota Democrat.
“I’m looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow,” he added in a phone interview.
Franken, who said he has posed for “tens of thousands of photos” over the years, says he does not remember any that ended with his hand sliding down to cup women’s backsides, as several have alleged.
“I don’t remember these photographs, I don’t,” he said. “This is not something I would intentionally do.”
Franken said he has spent the past week “thinking about how that could happen and I just recognize that I need to be more careful and a lot more sensitive in these situations.”
Asked whether he expects any other women to step forward with similar groping allegations, Franken said: “If you had asked me two weeks ago, ‘Would any woman say I had treated her with disrespect?’ I would have said no. So this has just caught me by surprise … I certainly hope not.”