Hopefully, comedian Al Franken will be the next senator from Minnesota. The recount currently favors him, but extremely narrowly. However, it appears that a Franken victory will be accompanied by six-year long conspiracy theory that he stole the seat.
In an “urgent message” to supporters, the Republican National Lawyer Association accuses Franken and his “liberal allies” of “working feverishingly [sic] to steal the Minnesota Senate election.”
“As you may know, the precinct recount phase of the Minnesota Senate race was won by Sen. Norm Coleman on Election Day,” reads the petition, signed by the group’s executive director, Michael Thielen. “But Al Franken still won’t concede. Instead, Franken raised millions of dollars from liberals in New York and Hollywood to fight a “legal” battle to undo the will of the voters. He even got the Minnesota Supreme Court to order canvassing boards to consider about 1600 previously rejected and questionable ballots. Now, Republican Norm Coleman has until December 31st to fight against Franken’s liberal legal team to keep his Senate seat. RNLA and Norm Coleman are fighting for every vote — literally!”
From there, the RNLA asks readers to donate money so that it can uphold the sanctity of the Minnesota election and prevent Franken from “stealing” the Senate seat.
As you may know, the RNLA is painting a wholly inaccurate picture of the facts. They’re literally lying to their supporters in order to gin up outrage and raise money. Regardless of who ultimately wins, it is a gross injustice to tar Al Franken and feed the tinfoil hat crowd.
