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Former Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken took to Twitter on Saturday to endorse Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney in her bid to win reelection in Wyoming.
“I’ve decided to endorse @RepLizCheney for the Republican nomination for the House seat In Wyoming it’s my first time endorsing in a GOP primary,” the former senator tweeted. “But I think Al Franken’s support will carry a lot of weight with WY Republicans.”
The tweet gained a raucous reaction with nearly 6,000 retweets and over 50,000 likes from those that criticized the endorsement and a few who supported the speculation.
“Maybe she can hit the road with you on your comedy tour when she gets voted out, because she sure as hell isn’t getting re-elected,” Florida Republican Congressional Candidate Lavern Spicer tweeted.
CHENEY, FACING NEAR CERTAIN DEFEAT IN WYOMING’S GOP PRIMARY, EYES BIGGER BATTLE AHEAD
U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-MN) arrives on the U.S. Senate to announce his resignation over allegatons of sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
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Some, together with comic Tim Young, took the chance to remind Franken of the scandal involving an image of him groping California radio broadcaster Leeann Tweeden.
“That [sic] a very gripping endorsement, Al,” Young tweeted in conjunction with the debatable photograph.
“Noted sexual harasser makes his choice,” columnist Kurt Schlichter tweeted.
FILE – Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks because the House make a choice committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault at the U.S. Capitol holds a listening to on the Capitol in Washington, June 28, 2022.
((AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File))
“Kinda says it all,” Republican Sen. Ted Cruz tweeted.
“Bravo!” one Twitter consumer, who perceived to enhance the transfer, wrote. “Liz Cheney does not bow before a man as others do doing his bidding but stands for the oath of office she took to defend the Constitution & our Nation. She is brave and relentless. Wyoming is so lucky to have a person with integrity & conviction working for them.”
Representatives for Franken didn’t right away reply to a request for remark from Fox News Digital.
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., vice chair of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol rebel, delivers her “Time for Choosing” speech on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Franken, a comic and previous Saturday Night Live solid member, used to be compelled to renounce from the Senate in 2018 following a wave of sexual harassment allegations that adopted the image with Tweeden.
Cheney has served in Congress since 2017 however is dealing with a reelection marketing campaign in Wyoming that many imagine is a protracted shot due partially to her enhance of impeaching former President Trump which used to be extensively unpopular with Republican electorate in her state.
