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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,026 posts)
Tue May 21, 2019, 08:44 PM May 2019

How long can Nancy Pelosi hold off impeachment?

Nancy Pelosi has made clear -- over and over again -- that she opposes the Democratic-controlled House trying to impeach President Donald Trump right now.

"I'm not for impeachment," she told The Washington Post in March. "Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path, because it divides the country. And he's just not worth it."

And, Pelosi has, for the most part, been able to enforce that position among her House Democratic colleagues over the intervening few months -- even as special counsel Robert Mueller's report was released and showed multiple occasions in which Trump seemed to commit obstructive behavior in regard to the special counsel probe looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Until now. Here's CNN's latest reporting on the rising tensions among House Democrats:

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-long-can-nancy-pelosi-hold-off-impeachment/ar-AABGCq0?li=BBnb7Kz

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How long can Nancy Pelosi hold off impeachment? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 OP
I think specific narratives need to rise. I think she is smart to let it build. applegrove May 2019 #1
Agree agree agree. nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #3
Perhaps this is a strategy to have some call for Impeachment...and others not. Pressure Cooker UniteFightBack May 2019 #2
She's the one who can pull the metaphorical trigger, so Bettie May 2019 #4
Plethora of Dem candidates; no acknowledgement of Russia delisen May 2019 #5
Putin the ultimate Bond villain. Golden Raisin May 2019 #7
Saw Raskin On Hayes Me. May 2019 #6

delisen

(6,044 posts)
5. Plethora of Dem candidates; no acknowledgement of Russia
Tue May 21, 2019, 09:13 PM
May 2019

which is like a mighty Elephant sitting in the midsection of our county, directing Trump.

I would say the House needs to lay a foundation before impeachment and be prepared for facing a different Republican candidate and the ongoing war being waged by Putin.

Putin is not giving up.

We are in the position of England when Neville Chamberlain returned from negotiating with Adolph Hitler
in 1938 and was lionized by the British when he claimed he had negotiated "Peace for our time."

Only trouble was Hitler lied and his war machine would soon almost conquer England.

Putin does not have a military that can defeat the US. What he does have and has honed is an ability to wage a propaganda and economic war against the US

Putin is the 3-demensional chess player of the 21st century.

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