i think at franken made the right decision for himself and minnesota and i respect his decision. reporter: what if senator franken resigns and roy moore gets into office? i m not supporting roy moore. and the ethics committee won t be looking at al franken but if roy moore s elected, the leadership said they ll be looking at roy. reporter: should they call for a vote to expel roy moore if elected? we ll see what the ethics committee recommends, obviously. i hope he s not elected. i m not happy that the rnc is backing him. reporter: so, of course, jeff flake has been very yoet spoken, tweeting a picture of $100 donation he gave to doug jones, the democratic candidate. and this will be proposed, if alabama wants roy moore to be their senator in light of all this information, what these republican senators do, what is the standard for a person in public office in their party?
i wonder? i do wonder. i do wonder about that. i would like to think they would. i would like to think they would, but, you know, alabama is it an outlier or nature of the commission we are in? we ll find that out in a week. i m told casey hunt caught up with jeff flake about what happened with al franken. listen. reporter: senator, what is your view of senator franken s decision to resign? he made the right decision. reporter: does this set a precedent where they can look at past behavior? what does it mean for republicans if roy moore becomes senator? i don t know. that s what everybody is trying to figure out now. the ethics committee won t be looking at al franken. if roy moore is elected, they will look at roy. reporter: should they call for a vote to expel him if
now and to realize that sooner or later, which i have no control over, the house of representatives ethics committee will give me a hearing. now, i don t even think even even i started to name the paper, but i don t really have to. no paper can deny anybody, even a charlie rangel, the opportunity for a fair and equitable and just hearing. so ethics is going to be in washington. i made it abundantly clear that i m not asking for leniency. i m asking for a hearing. so you ll have ample time to take a shot, but for god s sake, don t repeat each other when it s not even included in the allegations from the ethics committee. the reason i m so lengthy about that is because as of today, i will not be able to entertain
protecting and preserving the jobs of the city and state and federal government, it s not just that they provide violate services. it means that they are consumers of goods and services. they stop buying. they lose confidence. the small business guy cannot hire people for the demand but indeed fires, people, lays off people, reduces people and then we have this vicious circle. so i just hope that those who have been my lawyers and we ll see what happens when i get back those who have been my advisers that say, you know, stay away from everything. that s the best way to do. if i ve done something wrong, i guess we can have another press conference to deal with it, but for those who believe that you have to ask questions about the ethics committee, do me a big favor. continue to ask them, but ask the guys in charge in washington when i m going to get a hearing.
i don t know how to say no. i won t be saying no comment about anything except let the ethics committee do what that committee does whenever, if ever, they decide to do it. and what really troubles me is that after working so hard with this president to try to get america back to work, to deal with a problem that black, white, jew, gentile, republican, democrat, is cutting at the heart of americans, and that is, to be without a job. it s more than just the income. it s more than just the bills. it s more than just food and rent and mortgages and paying tuition. it s a sense of dignity that you have when you re working, and the embarrassment and the hurt that you know after coming from generations of life being improved for you, and to know that you can t take care of your tam.