AUNTIE MAXINE SPEAKS AGAIN – AT 10:19 A.M. ET:  She is suddenly very large on the Dem rubber-chicken circuit.  Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California has set herself up as kind of the conscience of the Democratic Party.  Not everyone would agree.  From the Washington Examiner: 

Rep. John Conyers, newly facing sexual misconduct charges from former aides, was praised by fellow Representative Maxine Waters just last month as a champion of women.

During an address to organizers of the national Women’s March in which she lashed out at “rape culture” and President Trump, she singled out the Michigan lawmaker for special attention.

“You know, there is a member of Congress who has been supportive of women for many, many, many years,” said said in a keynote address to the Women's Convention Sojourner Truth Luncheon in Detroit.

“He is quiet, he is confident, he is powerful, but he has impeccable integrity on all of our issues.

Give John Conyers a big round of applause.” C-SPAN captured her comments and those of others who spoke at the event.

From today's New York Post: 

Democratic congressman John Conyers reportedly sexually harassed a female staffer — leading to a wrongful termination settlement in 2015 that essentially silenced his accuser.

Conyers, the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, is accused of repeatedly making sexual advances to female staffers, according to BuzzFeed.

One woman filed a complaint in 2014 claiming she was fired because she would not “succumb to [his] sexual advances.”

The woman signed a confidentiality agreement in exchange for a $27,111.75 settlement, the website said.

Conyers did not admit fault as part of the settlement.

COMMENT:  I wonder if he got a letter of commendation from Auntie Maxine.  Auntie has some 'splainin to do.

November 21,  2017