Byron York: By Defending Conyers, Pelosi Gave up Standing Dems Had to Demand the Resignation of Roy Moore

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HEMMER: "Now I want to bring in Byron York, chief political correspondent at 'Washington Examiner', and a Fox News Contributor. Byron, good morning to you. OK."
YORK: "Good morning, Bill."
HEMMER: "Start with the harassment issue. You say do not underestimate the damage done to Nancy Pelosi from the comment on Sunday. What do you mean by that?"
YORK: "Well it's pretty shocking. She came out and defended John Conyers as you just heard, as an icon and said that he deserved due process. And I think in that statement she basically gave up the standing that a lot of Democrats had had to demand the resignations of Roy Moore, asking that -- you know, he drop out of the race. And demanding that basically all of them get due process. So I -- I think that she has probably increased the frustration level of those younger Democrats who are frustrated with her leadership. She has done this to defend an 88-year-old chairman who was pretty much on the way out anyway. So I think that it will have a ripple effect throughout this whole sexual harassment issue."