He mentioned Judge Kavanaugh twice, and at one point was met with chants of “Vote him in!” Mr. Trump moved on quickly from the topic, a contrast to his rally appearance in Mississippi on Tuesday night, when he tried to stoke the crowd as he mocked the testimony of one of Judge Kavanaugh’s accusers, Christine Blasey Ford. 
 
 At another point, Mr. Trump complained that the news media did not properly cover his discussions with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, and that he was treated too aggressively over his relations with Mr. Putin. 
 
 “They want me to get into a boxing match with him,” Mr. Trump said of the criticism of his friendly encounter with the Russian leader in Finland. “If I was really rough with Russia they’d say, ‘He was too tough.’” 
 
 For all the jabs, though, the speech was not one of Mr. Trump’s punchiest or most engaged. The energy of the crowd members sagged for the first half of the rally, and Mr. Trump appeared to be testing different lines to try to entice them. He eventually abandoned his prepared remarks almost entirely, and the crowd got more engaged. 
 
 His supporters seemed to like a story he told about a concession that he claimed to have gotten from Canada in the renegotiated trade agreement with that nation and Mexico. He said it related to advertising rights and the N.F.L. 
 
 “I heard that the N.F.L. had a problem with Canada on their advertising, on the commercials. A big, big problem. I’m not going to get into what it was, but it was a very bad problem, and it went on for years, and it was hurting the N.F.L.,” Mr. Trump said. “I like some of the people, I don’t like some of them — it doesn’t matter. It is an American company. It’s a great American company. So during the negotiation I said, ‘We have to fix the N.F.L. problem.’” 
 
 He said he had gotten a call from the N.F.L. commissioner, Roger Goodell, thanking him for interceding. Mr. Trump has been at war with the N.F.L. over acts of protest against racism by players during the national anthem. ||||| Hillary Clinton has won Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes. Clinton has 44,593 more votes than Donald J. Trump, with 100 percent reporting. Hillary Clinton is up by 2 points with all precincts reporting. 
 
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 President Donald Trump mocked former Sen. Al Franken for folding "up like a wet rag" after allegations of sexual misconduct were leveled against him, ridiculing the former lawmaker as Senate Republicans work to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women. 
 
 "Boy, did he fold up like a wet rag. Man, man, he was gone so fast," Trump said at a rally Thursday night in Franken's home state of Minnesota. "It was like, 'oh, he did something,' 'oh I resign. I quit.'" 
 
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 After initially keeping mostly quiet on the assault allegations against Kavanaugh, Trump has grown increasingly combative over them, mocking Kavanaugh's first accuser at a rally earlier this week over lapses in her memory around the alleged assault. Trump has continued to support his nominee as Democrats and several of Kavanaugh's former schoolmates have decried the judge as a liar and overly partisan. 
 
 The Senate is expected to hold a key vote Friday morning on Kavanaugh's confirmation, even though multiple lawmakers, including three Republicans, have yet to say how they will vote on the nominee. 
 
 In his Thursday night speech, Trump mentioned Franken while criticizing his replacement, Democrat Tina Smith, who was appointed senator by Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton. Trump labeled Smith, who is seeking reelection next month, a "far left Democrat." 
 
 "I do this stuff for a living, and I'm not sure I ever heard of her," Trump said. "And I need her vote." 
 
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 Franken resigned last year after allegations that he inappropriately touched and forcibly kissed multiple women while working as a comedian. Franken was among the numerous powerful men who were accused of sexual misconduct following the bombshell New York Times report on former film mogul Harvey Weinstein, which was released a year ago on Friday.
– It's been almost a year since Al Franken left the Senate after sexual misconduct allegations were lobbed against him by several women, and it's been nearly that long since President Trump last tweeted about the former Minnesota senator. On Thursday night, however, Trump paid a visit to Franken's home state for a rally, and he had some thoughts on the Democrat stepping down from his post. "Boy, did he fold up like a wet rag," Trump said, describing Franken first as "wacky," per Politico. "Man, man, he was gone so fast. It was like, 'Oh, he did something,' 'Oh, I resign. I quit.'" Trump's comments came as his nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, defiantly stands firm in the wake of sexual assault allegations against him; Kavanaugh even penned an op-ed Thursday in the Wall Street Journal, defending his reputation. The New York Times notes that Trump's remarks in Minnesota, a state he barely lost in 2016, sync with his "long-stated personal mantra of never giving in to any accusation, and considering those who do to be weak." Trump also had words about Democratic Sen. Tina Smith, who was slotted into Franken's spot after he resigned. "I do this stuff for a living, and I'm not sure I ever heard of her," Trump said. "And I need her vote." He also returned to Franken, adding: "Nobody knows who the hell she is. She took a wacky guy's place." Trump also went after Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, specifically on immigration and health care, but he didn't mention sexual misconduct allegations against the DNC deputy chair. The Times observes Trump did play up that Ellison had said before the 2016 election that he thought Trump had a chance to win.