I had only seen the photo and not read the investigations around it. In the photo it was unclear as to whether he was or was not touching. I'll concede I may have been wrong about that but still stand by the premise that you should not be a US senator if you cannot avoid sexually harassing US citizens (joke or otherwise).

Quite right. Elected officials should conduct themselves in a manner which could never be construed as anything other than sheer professionalism.

I mean that seems a bit hyperbolic. I'm merely saying that it's reasonable to expected elected officials to not engage in criminal behavior.

True. He also forcibly kissed an unwilling woman, trying to force his tongue into her mouth.

Franken was creepy. We need to get rid of creeps on both sides of the political aisle.