Spokespeople for many of the senators — including New Jersey’s Cory Booker, Ohio’s Sherrod Brown, Washington state’s Patty Murray, Colorado’s Michael Bennet, Michigan’s Debbie Stabenow, California’s Kamala Harris, Oregon’s Jeff Merkley and Pennsylvania’s Bob Casey — told CNN that the lawmakers stood by their original comments urging Franken to step aside.
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“I think we did what we did, and we need to move on now,” Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, said Monday night.
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, said he had no regrets. “With the circumstances that happened, I’m still comfortable with the decision we made.”
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