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Inviso posted...

If the end result is the same, then it just doesn't feel like the two punishments are dissimilar enough to match the disparity between Al Franken's actions and Roy Moore's actions.

You're ignoring what the Senate is actually judging. It's not judging criminal guilt, it's judging some nebulous ethical standard for being in the Senate. If Franken is across that line, it doesn't matter if other people are much farther across it, he should be expelled for being across the line. The courts judge guilt, and that's where Franken gets off way easier (read: nothing happens). The Senate isn't implying anything about severity, once again a serial killer would get the exact same punishment and no more from the Senate.
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