‘Ignore’ Your Family, Children for Hillary!

Minnesota Sen. Al Franken took the #ImWithHer slogan to a new level Monday night and essentially encouraged parents to ditch their children and their families in order to support Hillary Clinton during his speech at the Democratic National Convention.

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The former actor and comedian thanked the Minnesota delegation for getting him to Philadelphia.

“Many of you have jobs. Many of you have families. Ignore them.”

“Where’s my Minnesota delegation? There are people there who talked to 312 voters by themselves,” Franken said, referring to his razor-thin margin of victory in 2008. “Each one of them, individually, is the reason I’m giving this speech here and not into my bathroom mirror.”

The former actor of Stuart Smalley fame then proceeded to tell the assembled Democratic delegates to “ignore” their families.

“This week is about passion. Starting Friday morning, it’s all about work. Hard work,” Franken said. “Many of you have jobs. Many of you have families. Ignore them.”

Franken then proceeded to outline for parents how they should go about “ignoring” their families.

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“Let me tell you something. Kids love it when their parents aren’t home. They love it,” Franken insisted. “An eight-year-old kid knows how to use a microwave oven. And let me tell you something else. An eight-year-old kid can teach a four-year-old kid how to use a microwave oven. That’s just scientific fact. They’ll be fine. You have work to do. Get on those phones. Knock on those doors. And tell ’em Al Franken sent you.”

If Franken’s parenting advice wasn’t bizarre enough, he later rejoined the stage to help comedian Sarah Silverman fill time after musician Paul Simon wasn’t there to take the stage. The comedic pair took to awkward ad-libbing as the crowd chanted, “Bernie!”

“I’m Sarah Silverman and this past year I’ve been feeling the Bern,” Silverman told the crowd. “Relax, I put some cream on it.”

An awkward silence ensued as the crowd largely refrained from laughing at the joke.