It is not easy for political institutions to oust valued members or shift standards. I credit Nancy Pelosi with doing the hard work to confront Conyers, get the CBC’s buy in and create a path for his exit. Nancy has now set the new standard of conduct for Democrats and the Senate Democrats will have to follow suit. It is now time for Senator Schumer to talk to Al Franken and tell him to bow out.
Too bad she hadn’t fumbled this so badly earlier. It kind of forced her to come out this strong now. Unfortunately, her Meet the Press gaffe is what will be remembered.
That said, good for her.
Is Paul Ryan going to demand the same thing of Joe Barton? Or is the Serious Intellect from Janesville going to argue that women like to see pictures of a married 68-year-old fat flatulent and his penis?
Well, I’m sad. I’ve followed Conyers for five decades, and politically, he’s always been on the right side of every issue that comes to mind. People who I know who have met him have reported being impressed with him personally. I agreed with the Freep editorial that called for him to resign, but I wanted it to be his decision. Too late for that, it appears.
Now Clyburn has weighed in, also calling on Conyers to resign.
It’s obvious that Conyers must go, but it’s also obvious that Democrats need to establish and enforce a proper grievance procedure for sexual misconduct claims so that we don’t get a free-for-all every time a complaint is made. The chaos of the last month cannot be repeated.
Pelosi should step down as minority leader now. She totally fumbled this, and she was the one in charge of caucus for the last 15 years.
She is tone-deaf and out of touch. Time for her to go.
OMG Pelosi promised an investigation, zero tolerance for harassment, and followed through after she gathered enough evidence. And it took all of 5 days.
What a monster!
Glad to see the media bros are still keeping their HillaryRules stuff going and blaming women of all people for harassment.
OT but Flynn just got charged with making a false statement to the FBI, per BBC.