Al Franken resigned from his role as a US senator in 2018 in controversy. Prior to that he was a writer and performer on SNL, penning some of the great sketches of the 80s (Stuart Smiley, anyone?). When he penned his question in 2016, it was in far sunnier times for him politically. He’s alluded to the darkness that followed all the accusations, and I wonder how he would respond to his own question now?