Latest Al Franken Quotes from Interviews

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• All concluded that Russia did in fact interfere in the 2016 election in order to, quote, help President-elect Trump's election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton. And the agencies concluded that the Russians had a clear preference for President Trump.

  Al Franken

  President, Helping, Chance

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• We know that the Russian's interfered in our election and they did it to benefit President Trump. The intelligence agencies confirmed that.

  Al Franken

  President, Election

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.

  Al Franken

  Leader, Political, Interest

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• Russia has a strategy of creating the conditions that give rise to corruption, then exploiting that corruption to its own benefit.

  Al Franken

  Giving, Corruption, Strategy

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.

  Al Franken

  Influence, Direct

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• We need an investigation, because we don't know what Donald Trump owes Russia. We don't know how many Russian oligarchs have invested in his business.

  Al Franken

  Russia, Needs, Trump

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• There's going to have to be investigations, and an independent investigation, into the Trump campaign and the Trump administration's relationship to Russia.

  Al Franken

  Independent, Russia, Campaigns

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• I want a president who can handle a cream soda.

  Al Franken

  President, Want, Soda

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. November 1, 2000.

• Being a comedian, you're under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform - to deal with pressure without stress.

  Al Franken

  Stress, Comedian, Pressure

  "Al Franken Interview". Interview with Stephen Thompson, progressive.org. July 2, 2009.

• One thing I've noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.

  Al Franken

  Guy, One Thing, Thick

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, progressive.org. July 2, 2009.

• It's really building Air America that I'm focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.

  Al Franken

  Mean, Air, America

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, progressive.org. July 2, 2009.

• I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I've done. I've had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.

  Al Franken

  People, Hollywood, Done

  "Stuart Saves His Country: An interview with Al Franken and Stuart Smalley". Interview with Rita Gallagher Rosenberg, www.edgemagazine.net. March 1, 2003.