When we take the House, I wonder if Rep. Pelosi will support impeachment proceedings?

[Equinox Moon]

I remember not long ago, I don't know the news source, but she said there wasn't enough to impeach Trump, or something to that effect. I feel impeachment is the most urgent activity for the House to undertake. Getting him out of that office as quick as possible. Has anyone heard of Rep. Pelosi changing her mind?

[SummerSnow]

1. I remember she said no impeachment. Never heard if she is reconsidering

[Equinox Moon]

3. So, we take back the majority in the House and nothing happens?

I am confused by her position.

[Raven123]

2. Let's wait for Mueller

Remember the congressional investigations have been a sham. Need solid evidence.

[poboy2]

5. yes, thats the only reason I am inclined to not object to her eventual 'off the table' to come. -nt

[poboy2]

4. 'off the table' statement to come in August...dry powder, etc. you know the drill.

Maybe a good strategy to simply say, but chances are 'off the table' is on the table.

[Equinox Moon]

6. On first read of your comments, I have no idea what you just said.

Maybe someone else understands, it went over my head.

[poboy2]

13. Pay me no attention. Others are saying what I am saying, perhaps more plainly.

Ignore me.

[Equinox Moon]

16. I now "get it" about 'off-the-table'

I don't always understand political slang.

[njhoneybadger]

7. 66 votes in the senate ain't going to happen

She should realize that she has a polarizing effect on the country and let someone else carry the flag.
Don't get mad at me. It is what it is

[poboy2]

8. Mueller needs to convince them. This has to be our hope. -nt

[njhoneybadger]

15. Anything is possible. If the Koch brothers give the order he's out

They're all puppets now

[poboy2]

18. What is ALSO possible-

Agent Orange starts a war gambit to shuffle the deck...or a major war to completely 'go for broke'.

That could happen too. Very troubling times.

[njhoneybadger]

22. Damn right, desperate people do desperate things.

[GulfCoast66]

21. Thats not his job

His job is to prosecute crimes.

It is the job of Congress to layout the narrative of what exactly happened. If we ever get rep. Schiff as chair then we will start hearing what all happened.

Only the should impeachment
start, assuming actions occurred that demand impeachment.

We do not want to jump the gun and impeach without the support of the American people.

[MichMary]

9. If I recall correctly

her statement about taking impeachment off the table was prior to the 2006 election, and it was to reassure moderates that the House wasn't going to be tied up for a year or more with a futile effort to do little more than make a point.

As for getting Trump out of office ASAP, it isn't going to happen. Impeachment could happen, if we take the House. Getting him out of office would take a 2/3 vote in the Senate. That is mathematically impossible. Do you understand how many R Senators would have to vote to convict in order to get him out of office? Can you imagine the Rs NOT voting in lockstep to acquit?

[Equinox Moon]

17. No, her statement about no impeachment was within the last 6 months.

[MichMary]

20. Oh, okay.

I thought you were referring to her statement about impeaching Bush. Didn't realize she had made the same statement about Trump. My bad.

Still, however, Trump isn't leaving office before 2020, at the earliest.

[NewJeffCT]

23. yes, impeachment was taken off the table as soon as Democrats retook the House in 2006

I was very upset at the time. Even if you don't intend to impeach, you can still use the threat of impeachment to negotiate concessions in legislation.

I think this time, Pelosi & Hoyer (I think) have both said that Democrats should not run on a platform of just impeaching Trump.

That said, if Democrats do win back the House and start holding real hearings with tough questions for Team Trump, you'll see the base and Democrats demanding impeachment hearings start. And, if Don Jr, Eric or Jared really embarrass themselves or they have recordings of Trump coordinating with the Russians, you might even see Republicans joining in with them.

[MichMary]

26. Can you think of anything

that would GOT(R)V more than a threat of impeaching Trump? Every fanatical redneck in the country would crawl over broken glass to protect their 'hero.' There are plenty of districts that we will win because the base is not happy about a lot of stuff--including failure to repeal the ACA, funding of PP, etc., etc., etc. They will probably stay home in November. We would lose those Seats if the extreme RW is highly motivated.

[NurseJackie]

10. Anything worth doing is worth doing right.

[Me.]

29. Yes, Thank You

[Stallion]

11. You Wait for the Special Prosecutor to Issue a Report

then you analyze the allegations and supporting evidence. Then you make a decision on impeachment

[Equinox Moon]

14. Yep, the process you laid out makes sense

I also think we have enough right now.

[Historic NY]

12. Remember impeachment is no guarantee that the

majority needed in the Senate will affirm the proceedings. It will take sometime and a lot rides on Mueller's investigation. I think it will still be going on through Nov.

[RussBLib]

19. when she said 'no impeachment' for Bush 43 it really pissed me off

which I believe led eventually, if not directly, to Trump

[MichMary]

24. Promising impeachment

against Bush would probably have brought out a lot of R voters who stayed home in 2006, would probably have persuaded a lot of moderates to vote R, and could have lost us a lot of the House seats we won that year. I won't second guess her about that. She's a smart woman, and a great politician. She knew what she was doing.

[romana]

25. The problem with impeachment

The problem with impeachment now is that the GOP made it an utterly partisan process when they impeached Bill Clinton. IMO, for it to have any credibility it HAS to come from the party of the politician in question. If it comes from the opposition, it will never be taken seriously.

The GOP has shown no inclination to be a co-equal branch of government with Trump, and while I want him gone as much as anyone, I don't believe impeachment is an option if there is no support for it among the GOP members of congress.

[poboy2]

27. Our only hope is that the extent of the TREASON is revealed, and the people

(yes, our moron general public) thinks it important enough to save western democratic civilization.

[safeinOhio]

30. Im looking forward to her

controlling the purse string. No money for anything trump wants. It will kill him.

[onenote]

31. Not before Mueller is done.

[Iggo]

32. Let's take the House.