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If elected John ConyersIII will be a congressman.
Posted on 12/05/2017 12:25:17 PM PST by Kaslin
Rep. John Conyers on Tuesday announced his retirement from Congress while in a Michigan hospital bed, saying he is endorsing his son, John Conyers III, for the seat he has held for more than a half century amid growing sexual-misconduct allegations.
“I’m retiring today,” the 88-year-old Michigan Democrat said in a phone interview with a local radio station from a Detroit hospital, where he has been since last month after experiencing chest pains. “I want everyone to know how much I appreciate [their] support.”
Conyers, the longest-serving congressman, made the decision two weeks after sexual harassment allegations first surfaced and after returning last week to his Detroit-area district to discuss his political future with family and advisers.
The most recent accusations surfaced Monday and allege Conyers slid his hand up a woman’s skirt and rubbed her thighs while they sat next to each other in church during a service more than a decade ago.
The latest accusation comes amid mounting claims and after Conyers was hospitalized.
He made his announcement Tuesday on Praise 102.7’s “The Mildred Gaddis Show.”
Conyers’ endorsement of his son was unexpected, considering his great-nephew, Ian Conyers, a Michigan state senator, said earlier that Conyers would not seek re-election in 2018, instead of retiring, and that he would run for the open seat.
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It was? When?
Why doesn’t he endorse his ex-wife? She would fit right in with the rest of the Dems. She’s a felon who took a bribe; she would win in Detroit by a land slide!
The Michigan 13th district has got to be one of THE ugliest gerrymandered districts in the country...Of course it includes Dearbornastan.
It’s wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to long........Time limits for these B******s
Or almost like a dynasty
What, is Senator now an hereditary title?
He is 88? Ugh get out already.
Did I go to sleep and wake up in Zimbabwe?
absolutely not
“son to replace him”. There’s that old fruit and tree corollary again. He probably got that idea from the Clintons per the Chelsea.
Bulls***-Conyers isn’t “retiring”-he is resigning in total disgrace-and I’m pretty sure he can’t name his successor-unless Michigan is a monarchy now...
Like little dictators, Conyers behaves as if his elected office is a family-dynastic entitlement.
The US Constitution prescribes that the state governor call a special election to fill a vacant House seat. In practice, if the vacancy occurs in the second session of a Congress, the seat is usually left vacant until the next general election.
It would seem to depend on the exact timing of Conyers’ official resignation. We’re close to the end of this Congress’ first session.
Conyers was a Congressman, not a Senator. Neither are hereditary titles
My first thought when I heard it on Fox new this morning was ‘huh wth’?
That criminal family doesn’t “own” that seat in congress. What an arrogant woman-abusing criminal racist loser.
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If elected John ConyersIII will be a congressman.
And shame on us voters for going along with it.
My assessment is it's from the sculpted ghetto mind that embraces the feral lifestyle.
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