Rep. Conyers stands with Rand Paul on drones – briefly

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Rep. Conyers stands with Rand Paul on drones – briefly


Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, publicly backed Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) filibuster over the Obama administration’s drone-strike policy – for a few minutes anyway.

Conyers on Friday tweeted in support for Paul’s nearly 13-hour Senate floor stand, but then deleted it eight minutes later, according to the Sunlight Foundation, a watchdog group whose activities include cataloging politicians’ deleted Twitter messages.

The pro-transparency group captured a screenshot of Conyers’ tweet, which read: “I #StandWithRand and any others who support robust oversignt [sic] & transparency for the armed #drone program.”

http://assets.sunlightfoundation.com.s3.amazonaws.com/reporting/uploads/conyers_politwoops.jpg http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2013/conyers-deletes-rand-paul-shoutout/

Conyers included, in the message, a link to a statement criticizing the drone program that he gave at a late February House hearing.


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[anaconda]

Didn't he waffle on impeachment, too?

[dancjm]

Getting Democratic Senators tweeting #IStandWithRand is such an epic win. :D

[J_White]

lol, and then he got the memo and had to remove it !

[jct74]

update:


Rep. Conyers stands with Rand Paul on drones – despite Twitter mix-up

By Ben Geman - 03/10/13 02:37 PM ET

Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is publicly backing Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) filibuster over the Obama administration’s drone-strike policy – despite a Twitter mix-up.

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Conyers on Monday again tweeted in support of Paul from the House Judiciary Democrats's own Twitter feed.

"At #HJC113 Hearing @RepJohnConyers supported oversight and transparency for the armed #drone program. http://democrats.judiciary.house.gov/press-release/conyers-statement-oversight-hearing-drones … #StandWithRand," read the new tweet.

A spokesman told The Hill they believed the tweet would have more impact on the Judiciary Twitter account, and would highlight the panel's oversight hearing last month on the drone program.

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[supermario21]

This guy might run for Senate, I don't want to see him Stand with rand.