Al Franken?
#YouToo?
And that face doesn't help.
Like, he clearly thinks it's funny in that moment.
She's not in on the joke-- she's asleep.
And to be honest, like, even if there wasn't a woman
in that picture, that pose is its own crime.
Like, if I saw Franken doing that in a supermarket,
I'd be like, "Hey, leave that fruit alone!"
If I saw him in Italy, I'd be like,
"Get away from that tower, you creep!
You okay, Pisa? All right, man."
So, Al, what do you have to say for yourself?
REPORTER: Franken released a statement reading, in part...
(reading):
You know what, at least he apologized.
And that apology seems sincere.
I just didn't like the accompanying photo--
I'm not gonna lie. I, uh...
But, you know, this story, this story's another example
of how, at all levels, at all levels,
we men have been complicit
in perpetuating the culture that devalues women.
I don't care who you are-- Democrat, Republican,
black, white, rich, poor. Men.
Because you forget-- it's not just Al Franken in the picture.
It's the guy who's taking the picture.
You know? His Billy Bush.
Who's that guy?
And now this-this story is bad on its own.
But it's especially bad in the context of the week
that we've been having, which, until today,
was dominated by the man most wanted by mall cops,
Roy Moore...
the Alabama Senate candidate
who is facing multiple allegations,
including sexual harassment, sexual assault
and misconduct with underage girls.
And every day, the list just keeps getting longer.
Nine women have now come forward publicly with varying degrees
of allegations against Roy Moore,
ranging from inappropriate flirting to sexual assault.
MAN: Gena Richardson worked at the mall,
and she says Moore hit on her, telling The Washington Post,
Moore called her at her high school.
"Gena, this is Roy Moore."
I was like, "What?!"
He said, "What are you doing?"
I said, "I'm in trig class."
-That is the strangest conversation ever. -(laughter)
Yeah, she's right to be like, "What?!"
That poor girl.
And by the way, this was in 1977.
Don't forget there were no cell phones.
Like, she probably got called
to the principal's office to take this call.
Yeah, they probably told her.
They're like, "Hey, there's a call for you.
And she was like, "Oh, no. Did my grandmother die?"
And they're like, "No, it's Roy Moore."
And she's like, "Oh, man. I wish my grandmother died."
-(laughter) -Like, this guy was analogue creeping in her DMs.
Dude was probably faxing dick picks back in the day.
(laughter and groaning)
And now... and now, even with all these accusations,
there is at least one person still out there
fully defending Roy Moore.
It's the person he pays to defend him,
his lawyer, Trent Garmon.
And now, remember,
Roy Moore himself was a chief justice
of the Alabama State Supreme Court,
so, when he hires a lawyer,
it's not be some ambulance chaser with cable TV ads like,
"Have you been hurt in a dog attack?"
I'm Trent Garmon.
Have you been hurt in a dog attack?
(laughter)
(applause and cheering)
Yup.
That's his lawyer.
Which is probably why, this afternoon,
Moore chose to speak for himself.
The other day, we got a call from one big magazine
that y'all recognize if I say the name.
I don't want to say it.
But they got a call and said...
asked me to step down from the campaign.
Well, I want to tell you who needs to step down.
-MAN: That's right. Come on. -That's Mitch McConnell.
-MAN: Come on! -Yeah!
"Yeah!" (whooping)
"Get em, Roy!" (whoops)
Now you see, that's another way to do it.
Yeah. Al Franken's going with the whole,
"I'm sorry. I'm gonna look at myself.
I understand it's disgusting." That's so boring.
This guy is like, "You know who needs to step down
for what I did? Someone else!" (whoops)
(laughter)
That's living life!
And I wish I could say
that what Roy Moore is trying will never work,
but it's already worked. Let's be honest.
It's pretty the Trump play book, all right?
You blame your accusers, you claim sabotage,
and then you (bleep) on Mitch McConnell.
-That'll work forever. -(laughter)
Like, 2,000 years from now, alien politicians will be like,
(speaking gibberish)
"Mitch McConnell. Aah! Aah!"
(imitates gunshots)
(speaking gibberish)
"Oh."