“I hate Ted Cruz,” said Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) earlier this week in an interview with USA Today while promoting a new book in which he described himself as a "Giant of the Senate." Below are five noteworthy elements and moments of Franken's senatorial history.
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1. HE SAYS IT’S ‘RACIST’ TO MOCK FAUXCAHONTAS
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) regularly describes herself as having Native American heritage. She denies that this self-description has ever afforded her any professional or academic advantages via formal or informal racial quotas.
It’s “racist” to mock Warren as “Pocahontas,” said Franken to CNN’s Jake Tapper in a February interview with State of the Union. President Donald Trump has often mocked Warren as "Pocahontas" given her false self-description as possessing Native American heritage.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) regularly describes herself as having Native American heritage. She denies that this self-description has ever afforded her any professional or academic advantages via formal or informal racial quotas.
It’s “racist” to mock Warren as “Pocahontas,” said Franken to CNN’s Jake Tapper in a February interview with State of the Union. President Donald Trump has often mocked Warren as "Pocahontas" given her false self-description as possessing Native American heritage.
2. HE SAYS CONSTITUTIONAL ORIGINALISM IS AN INFECTION
During confirmation hearings for then Supreme Court justice nominee Neil Gorsuch, Franken described the judicial philosophy of originalism as an infection. Jurisprudence should not be grounded in application of the law as written and intended by its drafters, but with a push toward “common ground” and “consensus” among justices:
He also implored Gorsuch to protect the bureaucracy — “the administrative state” — from what he described as the dual threat posed to it in the form of White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon and President Donald Trump.
During confirmation hearings for then Supreme Court justice nominee Neil Gorsuch, Franken described the judicial philosophy of originalism as an infection. Jurisprudence should not be grounded in application of the law as written and intended by its drafters, but with a push toward “common ground” and “consensus” among justices:
But your record suggests that, if confirmed, you will espouse an ideology that I believe has already infected the bench — an ideology that backs big business over individual Americans and refuses to see our country as the dynamic and diverse nation that my constituents wake up in every morning.
He also implored Gorsuch to protect the bureaucracy — “the administrative state” — from what he described as the dual threat posed to it in the form of White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon and President Donald Trump.
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