Article snippet: Minnesota Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., called for Franken to resign. A host of additional Democratic legislators and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez joined the female senators in urging Franken to give up his seat. In his speech Thursday, Franken advocated for the public to believe the accounts of women who voiced claims of sexual assault and misconduct but steadfastly continued his denial of some of the allegations against him, and at no point in his remarks did he offer an apology. "I know in my heart that nothing I have done as a senator — nothing — has brought dishonor on this institution," he said. He contrasted the response to accusations against him to those against Donald Trump and Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who, respectively, fielded and are facing similar claims during their campaigns. "I, of all people, am aware that there is some irony in the fact that I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the full support of his party," Franken said. Moore has regained the support of Trump, the Republican National Committee and a growing number of Republican senators before Tuesday's special election, after at least eight women have accused him of sexual misconduct or inappropriate behavior toward them when he was in his 30s and, in some cases, the women were in their... Link to the full article to read more