This is totally ridiculous and out of proportion. The pearl-clutching by conservatives is all theater. We'll get a couple of Oh Mys and Oh Dears for emphasis, but these are people who didn't break a sweat over the Roy Moore allegations, which are about ten times more serious and people who voted Trump into office in spite of much worse and much more demeaning behavior,.... a history of it in both cases (Donnie Johnny and Judge Roy).
The Franken "crime" is more of a social-trespassing one. It was grossly inappropriate but the picture is obviously a put-up job and he's mugging for the camera. I've touched breasts (yeah, I have) and you don't do it like a Vaudeville comic, doing the old Bennie Hill "honk honk!". He's obviously aware of the camera and acting like a sophomoric idiot. Gee, guys behaving badly? Color me surprised. My friends don't behave like that or they're no longer my friends. Even in girlie bars. You don't demean women. But that's my personal take. I dare say that the pearl-clutchers have not indicated any such tendencies in the past.
The point, as always, is that Franken at least acknowledges that he may disagree but can see how the perception was offensive and apologized for it. How'd that go with the Ohio state senator of boytoy in the office fame? Judge Roy? DJT. The first just mumbled and was sent to his room with no supper. Judge Roy is digging in and filling the moat with crocodiles. And the POTUS has made every indication that he thinks what he said, which was talking about stuff he did, was just fine.
