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Pelosi defends Conyers as 'an icon' amid sexual harassment claims
Yahoo ^ | 26/11/17 | Dylan Stableford

Posted on 11/26/2017 2:25:25 PM PST by Eleutheria5

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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi defended Rep. John Conyers on Sunday while saying accusations of sexual harassment against the 88-year-old Democratic congressman from Michigan should be taken “seriously.”

On NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Pelosi called Conyers “an icon in our country” who “has done a great deal to protect women” and deserves “due process.”

“Just because someone is accused — and was it one accusation? Is it two?” Pelosi, D-Calif., said. “The fact is, as John reviews his case, which he knows, which I don’t, I believe he will do the right thing.”

Last week, BuzzFeed revealed that in 2015, Conyers settled a sexual harassment and wrongful dismissal complaint with a woman who said she was fired the year before because she refused to provide sexual favors to him. Another former staffer of Conyers said she faced daily harassment from him in a separate, sealed lawsuit that she attempted to file this year. But the woman abandoned the effort after a judge refused to seal the suit. The House Ethics Committee has launched an investigation into the claims.

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To: Eleutheria5

I’ll bet she thinks Ted Kennedy was a sober alter boy too.


41 posted on 11/26/2017 4:35:37 PM PST by oldenuff35
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To: Eleutheria5

An icon as in “I con the citizens to pay for my indiscretions”.


42 posted on 11/26/2017 4:36:21 PM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: Hoosier-Daddy

Can’t top that. LOL.


43 posted on 11/26/2017 5:05:23 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Ahhhh yes... ‘stepping down’ but not out, off, away, or anything else. He will still have all the perks. Reminds me of Senator Feinstein when it was revealed that she had been funneling BILLIONS of federal dollars to herself and her husband. She ‘stepped down’ as head of the committee she used to funnel all the taxpayer dollars, but she, of course, KEPT all the money, and the Senatorial perks.
Creepozoids All.


44 posted on 11/26/2017 5:26:24 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Well if he is a certified “icon” I would have to say that his sexual perversions and harassment are to be give a pass ... others accused should contact Pelosi and purchase the “icon” certification.


45 posted on 11/26/2017 5:44:05 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: Eleutheria5

When you need Nancy to publicly defend you, it’s over.

Tsk, tsk........sure is


46 posted on 11/26/2017 6:12:15 PM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: RightGeek

Oh my gosh..........I just ate. That woman doesn’t even try to look good but I guess she doesn’t have much to work with.......ewwwwwww.


47 posted on 11/26/2017 6:14:53 PM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: eaglestar

That man? He’s a hugger. A very warm person. /s


48 posted on 11/26/2017 6:54:50 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS! I)
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To: Eleutheria5
So, icon and a-hole are synonyms? Who knew?
49 posted on 11/26/2017 7:46:36 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: Dawgreg

Re Pelosi supporting Conyers.

* She supports a lot of commie/Marxists in Congress so this is nothing new.

* She must have gotten a goose from Conyers when she was younger and appreciated it.

* She’s looking for some “luvin” and any “John” won’t do.

All of the above plus the fact that she is a lunatic from Albemarle Street (Little Italy) in Baltimore. Her brother was a cowardly mayor during the riots in April 1968.

Mix all of this together and you have a “Pelosistein” creation, with an A.B. Normal brain but no soul, ethics, or rationality. Around San Francisco, her political area, this kind of person is viewed as “Normal”. It figures.


50 posted on 11/26/2017 9:02:33 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Is that, like, an indulgence? Has Nancy become the first female Pope?


51 posted on 11/26/2017 11:31:39 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: sparklite2

Rudy’s sister: Ruby


52 posted on 11/27/2017 4:10:10 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Eleutheria5
Weinstein had an Oscar in his.

Yeah, that worked out well for him.

53 posted on 11/27/2017 5:34:06 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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To: Fido969

Untoppable. I’m speechless.


54 posted on 11/27/2017 6:16:58 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: RightGeek

Looks like that that mad scientist really has managed to reanimate a corpse.


55 posted on 11/27/2017 7:34:01 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Fido969

Time to change condoms, Harry.


56 posted on 11/27/2017 8:07:40 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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