Al Franken: 'I Am So Sorry'

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Sen. Al Franken apparently sees himself as an over-enthusiastic hugger, not the "serial groper" one woman describes him as. In a statement issued Thursday, the day after two more women accused him of touching them inappropriately during photo-ops, the Democrat apologized for making "some women feel badly" and vowed to regain the trust of Minnesotans, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

 "I've met tens of thousands of people and taken thousands of photographs, often in crowded and chaotic situations," he said. "I'm a warm person; I hug people. I've learned from recent stories that in some of those encounters, I crossed a line for some women—and I know that any number is too many."

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