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In reply to the discussion: YES, Pelosi just said this. [View all]Gothmog
(145,152 posts)108. Nancy Pelosi Doesn't Have The Votes To Impeach Trump
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Pelosis majority includes 31 members who represent districts Trump carried in 2016 and could face electoral danger. Impeachment might accomplish little more than energizing Trump 2020 voters.
Close Pelosi allies insist she couldnt gain majority support for impeachment even if she tried, not to mention the two-thirds of a Republican-run Senate needed for conviction and removal from office. There will never be 218 in the House, a leadership aide told me.....
The votes arent there. The 31 Democrats who represent districts that Donald Trump won in 2016 can see that impeachment is not popular with voters in general. If these nearly three dozen Democrats want to win second terms and keep the House in Democratic hands, they feel the need to stay far away from impeachment.
Blaming Pelosi is both easy, and it displays a fundamental ignorance of the dynamics of this Democratic House majority.
Robert Muellers testimony was an important step, but unless public opinion changes and a whole bunch of House Democrats change their minds, impeachment wont happen in the House before the 2020 election.
Close Pelosi allies insist she couldnt gain majority support for impeachment even if she tried, not to mention the two-thirds of a Republican-run Senate needed for conviction and removal from office. There will never be 218 in the House, a leadership aide told me.....
The votes arent there. The 31 Democrats who represent districts that Donald Trump won in 2016 can see that impeachment is not popular with voters in general. If these nearly three dozen Democrats want to win second terms and keep the House in Democratic hands, they feel the need to stay far away from impeachment.
Blaming Pelosi is both easy, and it displays a fundamental ignorance of the dynamics of this Democratic House majority.
Robert Muellers testimony was an important step, but unless public opinion changes and a whole bunch of House Democrats change their minds, impeachment wont happen in the House before the 2020 election.
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And you can't wait and just presume the 2020 vote will take care of everything.
calimary
Jul 2019
#1
Yup, I hope he can't stand it, goes bonkers and is led out of the White House in a strait jacket.
CTyankee
Jul 2019
#65
Did you not hear the testimony? He can't be indicted for any crime let alone a felony while he's
ehrnst
Jul 2019
#94
I feel ya, the problem is that not sure how impeaching him is any better a bet than the election.
Thomas Hurt
Jul 2019
#82
there is already enough evidence to impeach especially if the reason for not
standingtall
Jul 2019
#5
So, she's essentially saying she doesn't have enough evidence to impeach.
Captain Stern
Jul 2019
#12
She said there is still more evidence to gather and court cases to be resolved.
shockey80
Jul 2019
#15
Time will tell, the courts may expedite their decisions on Trumps financial records.
shockey80
Jul 2019
#20
No, she's saying that there isn't enough evidence to convince her caucus to vote
onenote
Jul 2019
#104
well, it is true--she wants a strong case. I listened to some of the Press Conference.
riversedge
Jul 2019
#74
That's true but you have to build the case, atm Trump is threatening to pull witnesses even from an
OnDoutside
Jul 2019
#26
I've been saying the exact same thing for months. What shocks me is that there are so many people
OnDoutside
Jul 2019
#24
I am hoping that the impeachment Inquiry begins very soon. They will be off for 6 weeks and
riversedge
Jul 2019
#72
'Be careful of what you wish for.' Former prosecutor on MSNBC point out that if
empedocles
Jul 2019
#39
we already have this, as there is no way to indict a sitting POTUS under the current system
Celerity
Jul 2019
#77
pelosi and her consultants are mistaken in their assumptions that republicans crossed
Kurt V.
Jul 2019
#45
no independents switched. they were already left leaning. also the right saw a surge in voter
Kurt V.
Jul 2019
#55
Correct. And a failed impeachment would sap the strength we have like nothing else.
GulfCoast66
Jul 2019
#60
I've been saying this since the beginning of the year - she's not stupid, she's not naive....
George II
Jul 2019
#59
Got a link to that poll, and any data that indicates Pelosi's actions are the reason for
ehrnst
Jul 2019
#92
You seriously think he's going to resign? He knows he can be indicted when he's no longer POTUS.
ehrnst
Jul 2019
#93