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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Nancy Pelosi: John Conyers deserves ‘due process' - he's an "icon"
2017-11-26
But Roy Moore should withdraw
[NBC] House Democratic Leader Nancy "Blinky" Pelosi on Sunday urged "due process" before making conclusions about Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., following accusations of sexual harassment, saying the 27-term Congressman is "an icon like Ted Kennedy" who has worked to protect women.

"We are strengthened by due process. Just because someone is accused - and was it one accusation? Is it two?" Pelosi said on "Meet The Press."

"John Conyers is an icon in our country. He has done a great deal to protect women - Violence Against Women Act, which the left - right-wing - is now quoting me as praising him for his work on that, and he did great work on that," she added. "But the fact is, as John reviews his case, which he knows, which I don't, I believe he will do the right thing."

Conyers' office recently confirmed issuing a settlement of $27,000 to a former staffer who says she was fired for resisting the congressman's sexual advances. Conyers has acknowledged the payout, which he amounted to a severance package, but he denied the allegations about what it was for.

The payout from Conyers' office first became public in a report published by Buzzfeed on Monday, and came after a number of men in powerful positions in politics, entertainment, and media have faced public accusations of sexual harassment. The accusations have opened up a national conversation about how women are treated in the workplace by men in positions of power.

When asked specifically whether she believes the accusations against Conyers, Pelosi said, "I do not know who they are. Do you? They have not really come forward to be savaged."
Posted by:Frank G

#15  Sigh. Forgive spelunk? I know the diff; I'm just (more or less) Texas. Guess I'll stop making a mess for the day.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2017-11-26 23:58  

#14  A miracle strikes Cestohowa
(though possibly not of Jehova):
The face of Our Lady
Grows slightly less shady,
Revealing... a Black Casanova!
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2017-11-26 23:51  

#13  Falluja of the US.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-11-26 21:16  

#12  Seriously people. The problem is DC is owned by the pols who have been in DC for over 30 years and still stuck in the 1960s.
Posted by: Cheretle Angeans6218   2017-11-26 16:43  

#11  Time to put all of these grandmas and grandpa's out of their congessional old folks home and back to one at home.
Posted by: Cheretle Angeans6218   2017-11-26 16:39  

#10  Well Conyers the groper is an Icon for the Left.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2017-11-26 15:27  

#9  A democratic state of mind?:

Posted by: 3dc   2017-11-26 15:01  

#8  He's not an icon to me.

And is Pee Lousy suggesting only "icons" get due process?

I guess the dirt people are SOL.

You want something a lot nastier than Trump? Because this is how you get something a lot nastier than Trump.
Posted by: charger   2017-11-26 13:06  

#7  Breaking: Conyers steps aside as top Dem on Judiciary Committee
Posted by: Frank G   2017-11-26 12:54  

#6  Male students on campus are guilty when accused. F*^k you, Nancy.
Posted by: Iblis   2017-11-26 12:32  

#5  "We are strengthened by due process. Just because someone is accused - and was it one accusation? Is it two?"

Unless your name is Roy Moore?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-11-26 11:53  

#4  Everyone with a (D), she means
Posted by: Frank G   2017-11-26 11:50  

#3  Everyone deserves due process. It is telling that Miss Daisy feels the need to point that out.
Posted by: Clong Glilet2602   2017-11-26 11:48  

#2  It was Iconic when he showed up to Congress in his underwear.
Posted by: newc   2017-11-26 11:38  

#1  Hot Air:
Gosh, I sure hope we don’t come to find out that Conyers’s behavior with women staffers has been an open secret on the Hill for decades and that his friend Nancy has heard the rumors for 30 years. What a legacy that would be for her, petrified to use her authority as Democratic leader to purge the gropers in her ranks. As a Twitter pal notes, this is smoking-gun proof that the recent left-wing navel-gazing over whether Bill Clinton should have resigned 20 years ago is cynical nonsense. Faced with credible allegations against a much less powerful Democrat in Conyers, one who’s waaaaaay past the age at which he should have retired and who’s also been accused of having lost some of his mental capacity, the leader of the caucus whiffs on demanding that he step down. And worse than that, she cites his “icon” status as a point in his favor. Clinton, Conyers, and basically every male member of the Kennedy family, living or dead, would smile at that. It may be the single creepiest thing she’s ever said in public life.
Posted by: Frank G   2017-11-26 11:13  

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