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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
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posted on
10/27/2019 1:46:51 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
To: jazusamo
No comment ..other than who is #3 of the CBC death toll that comes in threes.. Conyers, Cummings, and...
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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)
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.
To: All
If we act quickly we can lie him is state, alongside the Baltimore Rat.
To: jazusamo
My guess is Ginsberg sucks the blood of aging democrats to stay alive.
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posted on
10/27/2019 1:47:56 PM PDT
by
Mr Rogers
(Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: jazusamo
Another chance for the left to use a funeral to attack Trump.
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posted on
10/27/2019 1:48:24 PM PDT
by
djpg
To: dp0622
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posted on
10/27/2019 1:49:08 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: jazusamo
From here on, all Federal-level elected black pols will get state funerals. But only if they’re Democrats. Because racism.
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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.)
To: jazusamo
Will there be a Conyers Memorial?
To: dp0622
He hated white people even more than Cummings—a Commie to the bone.
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posted on
10/27/2019 1:50:49 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(Vote Trump or you will _be_ Trump)
To: TomServo
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posted on
10/27/2019 1:50:54 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
To: jazusamo
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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)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
10/27/2019 1:51:42 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: jazusamo
A lifetime politician that constantly worked to make America worse....got nothing nice to say about him.
To: Mr Rogers
Death of the evil ones comes in threes...
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posted on
10/27/2019 1:51:48 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(Vote Trump or you will _be_ Trump)
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posted on
10/27/2019 1:52:17 PM PDT
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jazusamo
(Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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.
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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)
To: Tax-chick
Maybe God will have mercy on his soul.
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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)
To: jazusamo
Another beautiful political eulogy opportunity for Hillary.
To: RummyChick
You’re saying they haven’t maxed out?
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