Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY), a member of the House Democratic leadership team, said on Thursday that Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) should both resign over the sexual misconduct allegations they face.
Crowley had previously refrained from calling for Conyers to step down, but he told Politico on Thursday that both Democrats facing allegations should step aside.
“In my opinion I think it’s time for John to resign. And I think under the circumstances, given the new revelations about the senator as well, I think it’s time for both of them to go,” he told Politico.
Conyers, who has been accused of making inappropriate sexual advances and of inappropriate touching, has faced increasing pressure to step aside this week. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-NY) and Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) both called for Conyers to resign Thursday. However, Conyers’ attorney said Thursday that pressure from congressional leaders would not play into Conyers’ decision on whether he will step down. Conyers’ attorney, Arnold Reed, also questioned why Pelosi called for Conyers to step down but has not said Franken should resign.
Franken, who has been accused of groping by several women, has not faced as much pressure to step down. Since his initial statement two weeks ago calling for a Senate Ethics Committee probe into the allegations against Franken, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has not weighed in on Franken again. The Senate Ethics Committee said Thursday that it has opened a preliminary inquiry into the allegations.
Just curious, if this applies to Drumpf and 16 allegations (so far) of sexual assault against him.
Why aren’t these brave Democrats demanding the same of Trump? Why are the Democrats in the House afraid of their own shaddows? Is it because Pelosi is holding onto power and they continue to follow her lead?
This is all very confusing… why the rush to judgement? Isn’t the process set in place of an ethics investigation supposed to deal with issues like this? So let the process work!
Conyers and Franken should offer to resign at the same time that Trump does, not a minute before.
Democrats need to stop shooting themselves in the feet all the time.
If the other side is fine with child rapists, kicking out your own people for grabbing a boob or a butt is patently stupid.
If you can’t tell the fundamental difference between the accusations of Conyers and Franken, Joe, then maybe YOU are part of the problem in Congress. You try and lump everything together and just move on without doing any of the ‘heavy’ work of determining guilt or innocence. STOP trying to take the easy way out always.