Several Democratic pols on Thursday vowed to give campaign donations from Sen. Al Franken’s political action committee to charity following accusations that he sexually assaulted a fellow performer on a 2006 USO tour.
Sen. Claire McCaskill’s campaign sad she will donate $30,000 from Sen. Al Franken’s political action committee to a “Missouri-based charity,” while Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will give $12,500 she’s received to Protect our Defenders, which fights rape and sexual assault in the military.
Democratic Iowa state pol Abby Finkenauer, who is running for Congress, also pledged to donate the $1,500 received from the PAC to “a non-profit in Iowa that helps individuals affected by sexual assault.”
“Sexual assault is not a partisan problem. Democrats need to hold ourselves to the same standards we would demand of Republican,” Finkenauer wrote on Facebook.