Pelosi calls for congressman John Conyers to step aside yet says nothing about Al Franken; Racism? Maybe

I find it real funny that Nancy Pelosi would demand that John Conyers step aside about this sexual accusations yet she's said nothing about Al Franken. Then some honkie reporter gonna say it's because Al Franken apologized for his wrong. BULLSHIT!! They will praise that white man for 'taking responsibility' for his alleged wrong, but if somebody Black so-called 'comes clean' that will be all the excuse they need to skewer them! I say to all Black people of any standing or position, DON'T FALL FOR IT!! You know how the whites lie so don't be fooled by this bullshit. It's just uncanny in America that no matter what happens in this wretched country racism rears it's ugly head. Just can't get away from it while the white establishment is in control of things.

Conyers hospitalized, Pelosi calls on him to resign

by Adam Edelman and Leigh Ann Caldwell

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other top House Democrats on Thursday increased the pressure on Rep. John Conyers, who is facing multiple accusations of sexual misconduct and a House Ethics Committee probe, by calling on him to resign from office.
Pelosi's comments are a stark turnaround from her stance on Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" when she praised the Michigan Democrat as an "icon," questioned who his accusers are, and said the ethics probe should be allowed to go forward.
"Congressman Conyers should resign," Pelosi told reporters on Thursday.
"The allegations against Congressman Conyers, as we've heard more and more since Sunday, are serious, disappointing and very credible," she added. "It's very sad. A brave woman came forward...Zero tolerance means consequences for everyone — no matter how great a legacy is no license to harass or discriminate."

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Conyers' attorney, however, defiantly rejected Pelosi's calls for his client to resign and insisted no such decision would be coming any time soon.
"It is not up to Nancy Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi did not elect Mr. Conyers," the attorney, Arnold Reed, said at a press conference Thursday in Detroit. "And she sure as hell won't be the one to tell the congressman to leave."
Reed, who said there would be no decision from Conyers about his future on Thursday or Friday, also criticized Pelosi for demanding the lawmaker quit while not doing the same for Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., who is facing a growing number of accusations of sexual misconduct. The Senate Ethics Committee announced on Thursday it had opened an investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations against Franken.
Meanwhile, the highest-ranking African-American Democrat in Congress, Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, and House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, of Maryland, both said later Thursday that they felt Conyers should step down.
Clyburn's office confirmed to NBC News that he believes it is in Conyers' best interest to leave, while Hoyer said it was "appropriate for him to resign."
Earlier Thursday, Conyers' political consultant Sam Riddle told WDIV-TV that Conyers had been hospitalized due to stress and he blamed the "media assault" stemming from the allegations against the lawmaker.
"The congressman's health is not what it should be and a lot of that is directly attributable to this media assault," Riddle said, adding that "the reality is these serial accusers have done this before, we're used to it."
Conyers is "resting comfortably in an area hospital, he's doing OK, as well as can be expected for a gentleman that is approaching 90 years of age," Riddle said.
Conyers flew home to Detroit from Washington on Tuesday night, amid pressure from some of his Democratic colleagues to resign from Congress.
Earlier Thursday, a former aide came forward publicly and urged Conyers to admit what he did and apologize.
Marion Brown, a former deputy chief of staff to Conyers, told NBC's "TODAY" show that she decided to go public because she "felt compelled to stand up and speak out, to be a voice behind these allegations that I made."
"All I want from the congressman is to acknowledge what he did and apologize for me, to me, for calling me a liar," Brown said.
Brown revealed she was the ex-staffer with whom Conyer