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A Democratic state senator who accused President Donald Trump of sexual harassment is now facing calls to resign after facing multiple sexual harassment allegations of his own.

Several women accused Minnesota state Sen. Dan Schoen of "persistent and unwanted" invitations to meet and allegations that Schoen grabbed them from behind and sent them photographs of male genitalia on social media, the MinnPost reported.

Schoen, a first-term senator who previously served in Minnesota's state house, knew of each alleged incident when the MinnPost approached him for comment, but called the allegations either false or taken out of context.

"It was never my intention to leave the impression I was making an inappropriate advance on anyone," Schoen told the MinnPost. "I feel terrible that someone may have a different interpretation of an encounter, but that is the absolute truth. I also unequivocally deny that I ever made inappropriate contact with anyone."

DFL Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk condemned Schoen and called for him to resign over the allegations.

"I have discussed these allegations with my leadership team and we are united in our call for Sen. Dan Schoen to apologize, step aside, and seek care to address these actions," Bakk said in a statement.

The MinnPost detailed one of the allegations against Schoen:
[Rep. Erin] Maye Quade had just become a candidate for the state House, and had never met Schoen, she said, but he nevertheless offered up his advice about how to handle the situation at the 4th Precinct. "Be careful about posting anything about BLM and if you want a police officer's side of this, feel free to ask," Maye Quade said Schoen texted.

He then asked her multiple times if she wanted to meet and have a drink and talk about it. Maye Quade said she respectfully declined.

Later that same evening, Schoen texted her again, this time suggesting she should come over, telling her his children weren't home. She thought the messages were strange but didn't think much of the invitation until she got another text that was "clearly meant for someone else." It said, "'I almost got her. Working on her pretty hard, but I almost got her,'" according to Maye Quade. "My blood went cold."
Schoen accused President Trump of sexual assault in October 2016 and appears to have judged him from a place of moral superiority.

Schoen apologized for his past behavior saying that it does not represent who he is and indicated that he has no plans to resign.