Will Sen. Al Franken’s conduct call into question Democrats’ commitment to championing women who have been sexually harassed? A roundup of editorials Friday takes a look at the issue.

Opinions from the Left:

Al Franken has to go 

The Week: Do the Democrats take sexual harassment seriously? We’ll see.

Al Franken, Disappointment

From The New Yorker: As the two apologies from Franken show, men still need to work on the conversation about gender and power.

Al Franken and the sexual misconduct dilemma: You can't explain it all away

From The Star Tribune: Just because a man has stood up for women before, doesn’t make him a standup guy.

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