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Former Rep. John Conyers dies at 90 [Developing]
The Hill ^ | October 27, 2019 | Zack Budryk

Posted on 10/27/2019 1:40:53 PM PDT by jazusamo

Former Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the longest-serving African American member of Congress, died Sunday at age 90, according to multiple reports.

Conyers, a veteran of the Korean War and participant in the Civil Rights movement, was co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus and chaired the House Oversight Committee from 1989 to 1995. He also introduced the bill establishing a national holiday commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.

Conyers resigned from his Detroit-area seat in 2017 after serving for over 50 years amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment from young female staffers. His grandnephew Ian Conyers lost the 2018 Democratic primary to now-Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.).

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: congressman; conyers; detroit; droolingjohnconyers; ianconyers; johnconyers; melaniesloan; michigan; rashidatlaib
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To: Lazamataz

+1

5.56mm


21 posted on 10/27/2019 1:46:51 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: jazusamo

No comment ..other than who is #3 of the CBC death toll that comes in threes.. Conyers, Cummings, and...


22 posted on 10/27/2019 1:47:03 PM PDT by RummyChick ("Pills, money .. this city is wicked. Your best friend will kill you here." Smoove about Baltimore)
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To: dp0622

“Should we be sad or indifferent?

I don’t know anything about him.”

Have you been living under a rock for the last 40 years????

I mean seriously.


23 posted on 10/27/2019 1:47:41 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: All

If we act quickly we can lie him is state, alongside the Baltimore Rat.


24 posted on 10/27/2019 1:47:44 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: jazusamo

My guess is Ginsberg sucks the blood of aging democrats to stay alive.


25 posted on 10/27/2019 1:47:56 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: jazusamo

Another chance for the left to use a funeral to attack Trump.


26 posted on 10/27/2019 1:48:24 PM PDT by djpg
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To: dp0622

Yes!


27 posted on 10/27/2019 1:49:08 PM PDT by moovova
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To: jazusamo

From here on, all Federal-level elected black pols will get state funerals. But only if they’re Democrats. Because racism.


28 posted on 10/27/2019 1:50:15 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: jazusamo

Will there be a Conyers Memorial?


29 posted on 10/27/2019 1:50:41 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: dp0622

He hated white people even more than Cummings—a Commie to the bone.


30 posted on 10/27/2019 1:50:49 PM PDT by cgbg (Vote Trump or you will _be_ Trump)
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To: TomServo

Yep...again.


31 posted on 10/27/2019 1:50:54 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Well, bye.


32 posted on 10/27/2019 1:51:22 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: Lazamataz

LOL !


33 posted on 10/27/2019 1:51:42 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: jazusamo

A lifetime politician that constantly worked to make America worse....got nothing nice to say about him.


34 posted on 10/27/2019 1:51:46 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Mr Rogers

Death of the evil ones comes in threes...


35 posted on 10/27/2019 1:51:48 PM PDT by cgbg (Vote Trump or you will _be_ Trump)
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36 posted on 10/27/2019 1:52:17 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: MagUSNRET

Just as the rock stars of the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s are dropping with quicker speed so are the people who lived in Congress their whole professional lives.


37 posted on 10/27/2019 1:52:22 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: Tax-chick

Maybe God will have mercy on his soul.


38 posted on 10/27/2019 1:52:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: jazusamo

Another beautiful political eulogy opportunity for Hillary.


39 posted on 10/27/2019 1:53:28 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: RummyChick

You’re saying they haven’t maxed out?


40 posted on 10/27/2019 1:53:31 PM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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