Amy Klobuchar: An apology to accusers during Al Franken’s resignation speech ‘would have been nice’

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The senior senator from Minnesota, Democrat Amy Klobuchar, said she would have liked to have heard fellow Democratic Minnesota Sen. Al Franken apologize to his accusers when he delivered a speech Thursday in which he announced his resignation amid a sexual misconduct scandal.

“I thought the speech was short,” Klobuchar said, according to Minnesota’s Star Tribune. Franken’s speech on the floor of the Senate lasted about 11 minutes.

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