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Jackson Lee (D) Calls Conyers ‘Honorable' Despite Resigning Over Sexual Misconduct
[Free Beacon] Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee ......the clownish U.S. Representative-for-life for Texas's 18th congressional district, serving since 1995. The district includes most of inner-city Houston. She is noted for her lack of tact and intellect. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and almost its epitome......(D., Texas) on Saturday called the disgraced former congressman John Conyers (D., Mich.) "honorable" while she discussed his push for a commission on reparations. Jackson Lee appeared on MSNBC's PoliticsNation to discuss reparations when she made the comment about Conyers. Host civil rights hustler Al Sharpton ...Tawana Brawley's spiritual advisor... mentioned how Jackson Lee is the new sponsor of House Resolution 40, which was first proposed by Conyers in 1989 to study reparations. "This commission‐and I'm delighted to have this bill and to push it into a 21st century‐was first introduced in 1989 by my friend and colleague, the honorable John Conyers," Jackson Lee said. She went on to say she wants the call for reparations to be a "constructive dialogue" on the issue of discrimination and the impact of slavery and its aftermath. Conyers was pressured to resign in December 2017 after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including a $27,000 settlement Conyers reached with a former employee. He was one of various political figures felled by the MeToo movement to expose sexual misconduct by powerful people, such as former Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.) and former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Initially, Jackson Lee dodged a question on whether Conyers should resign, saying the decision should be left up to him, calling him a "patriot." She would later anger members of the Congressional Black Caucus after she persuaded Conyers not to announce retirement yet, causing the controversy to make headlines for another five days. Posted by: Besoeker 2019-06-17 |
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