The police report came out at perhaps the worst possible time for Mike Franken.
The Iowa Democratic Senate nominee was giving incumbent Republicanhis toughest challenge since the seven-term senator won his first race in 1980. Franken beat former Rep. Abby Finkenauer in the primary and recentlyThen the conservative Iowa Field Report published an, alleging that Franken kissed her without consent.
Yet he’s not letting the timing go unnoticed. While describing himself as an advocate for accountability, Franken pointed a finger at Republicans for the “desperate move” of publishing the report in “a Republican paper funded by“I am an active supporter of any effort to uncover and disclose assaults of any matter. But this one didn’t happen,” Franken said. “I’m just so disappointed that anything negative has come up about this. Because we’re on all eight cylinders.
With just seven weeks until Election Day, the allegation jolted a once-sleepy Iowa race, which is on the periphery of the Senate map as parties and super PACs make their final spending decisions for the midterms. It’s closer than expected,, but not as close as Democrats’ other pickup opportunities in Ohio, Florida and North Carolina.
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