Al Franken clobbered by reality after accusing #RNCinCLE of 'banana republic' behavior

At the Republican convention Tuesday night, chants of “lock her up” in reference to Hillary Clinton had many scrambling for their fainting couches.

Minnesota Sen. Al Franken spotted despotism!

Dem says RNC's "lock her up" chant was "very banana republic" https://t.co/8SIDOLsIwS #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/k9BLyhb9TT

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 21, 2016

Do you really want to go there, Al? Fine:

No, that was Comey's recommendation. #idiot https://t.co/PlOxzmAwKi

— BT (@back_ttys) July 21, 2016

https://twitter.com/OrwellForks/status/756173438511972353
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/756170478415478785

Self-awareness isn’t a progressive strong suit.

https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/756170942498344960

as is the fact that she breaks laws but is somehow "above" those laws.

— Slade G (@SladeHG) July 21, 2016

But allowing High ranking officials to avoid prosecution is not

— Glenn Amurgis (@gamurgis) July 21, 2016

no @alfranken our AG meeting with @billclinton prior to a completed @fbi investigation was the definition of "banana republic"

— Judson McCulloch (@JudsonMcCulloch) July 21, 2016

Someone please find a Dem with any self-awareness. Just one.

— Jean ? (@jks417) July 21, 2016

Her not being locked is banana republic . https://t.co/Vk3MBSWD0W

— Dusty (@dustopian) July 21, 2016

https://twitter.com/martyturd/status/756171813256822785