Critics were quick to label President Donald Trump a hypocrite late Thursday after the president—who’s been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual misconduct—took to Twitter to take aim at Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), who has been accused of groping a woman without her consent.
“Now may be the time to look at public accusations against Trump again, to view them anew in a rapidly changing political and social climate.”
—Elisabeth Ponsot and Sarah Slobin, Quartz
In his Thursday night tweet, the president refers to a 2006 photo of the then-comedian appearing to touch the breasts of news anchor Leeann Tweeden while she was sleeping during a USO tour. In a statement, Tweeden also accused Franken of forcibly kissing her without consent.
While Franken apologized to Tweeden for his conduct on Thursday and welcomed a Senate ethics investigation into his own behavior, Trump was quick to criticize the Democratic senator even though the president has largely avoided strong criticisms or rebuke for other powerful men accused of sexual harassment and assault, most notably—himself.
Trump tweeted:
The president also portrayed Franken as a hypocrite:
Franken, for his part, apologized and said “an ethics investigation be undertaken, and I will gladly cooperate.”
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