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Two days after President Donald Trump drew criticism from lawmakers in his own party for making fun of Christine Blasey Ford at a rally, he went after former Minnesota lawmaker Al Franken for resigning from the Senate.

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00:00Don't miss the American Music Awards on Tuesday night on ABC.

00:03At a rally in Rochester, Minnesota, President Donald Trump took shots at former Minnesota

00:07lawmaker Al Franken for resigning from the Senate after he was accused of sexual

00:12misconduct. The move came just two days after the president invoked criticism from

00:16lawmakers in his own party for making fun of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford at a different

00:20rally. On that occasion, Trump drew laughs from his supporters as he, often incorrectly,

00:24cited Dr. Ford's testimony against his Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh.

00:28Senator Jeff Flake called his actions kind of appalling, while Senator Susan Collins

00:32labeled them as just plain wrong, and Senator Lisa Murkowski said they were wholly

00:36inappropriate and, in my view, unacceptable. On Thursday night, Trump began talking about

00:41comedian-turned-politician Franken after criticizing Senator Tina Smith.

00:44She took a wacky guy's place, he said, adding later,

00:47Boy, did he fold up like a wet rag, huh? Man, he was gone so fast. He was gone so fast.

00:52I don't want to mention Al Franken's name. Okay, so I won't mention it, he said to

00:56Trump's booze in the crowd. Added Trump,

00:57It was like, I did something? Oh, I resign. I quit. Wow, he was gone and he was replaced

01:02by somebody nobody had ever heard of.

01:04Franken resigned from his post last December after Democratic colleagues in the Senate

01:07called for him to step down following three weeks of sexual misconduct allegations.

01:12The former comedian was accused of touching and kissing women without their consent,

01:16and in one case there was a photograph of the alleged misconduct.

01:20While making the announcement of his resignation, Franken maintained that some of the

01:23allegations against him were false. To read more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:28For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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