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Home Front: Politix
House Democrats battle behind the scenes over impeachment
2017-06-14
[THEHILL] The weekly meeting of House Democrats on Tuesday erupted over stark disagreements about how the party should fight President Trump.

Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.), a leadership ally, stood during the Democrats’ closed-door caucus meeting to denounce Rep. Brad Sherman’s (D-Calif.) impeachment push as a selfish maneuver that could hurt fellow Democrats and candidates at home, according to a source in the room.

There must be "a discussion within the caucus -- in a public forum -- before we do something that would position our colleagues or our future colleagues," Capuano said, according to the source.

"Emotions are high. These issues have political implications and government ones."

Rep. the mealy-mouthed Steny StinkyHoyer
... Nancy San Fran Nan Pelosi's second banana, or plaintain, or mango, or whatever he is...
 (D-Md.), the minority whip, also took issue with Sherman’s tactics on Tuesday after the meeting.

"We believe strongly that a discussion about impeachment is not timely," he said.

Sherman told The Hill that he spoke with Capuano afterward to emphasize that he wasn't moving forward with a floor vote on impeachment without input from Democratic leaders and colleagues.

"I said, 'I couldn’t agree with you more. I’m not doing anything until I consult with colleagues and leadership,'" Sherman said.

Posted by:Fred

#12  The left is desperate. Over at Drudge and in WAPO, the headline reads "Mueller Probes Obstruction." So Meuller is expanding his investigation beyond the Russian collusion probe. The Russian collusion probe was based on a lie. Comey leaked information to a friend at Columbia Law School to then be leaked to the NYTs to try to set up a Special Counsel. Later, Comey met with Mueller before he testified before the Senate committee.

It would seem appropriate for Mueller to recuse himself from further investigation. It would also seem appropriate to pull the plug on this B.S. investigation fishing expedition and witch hunt. If there is a Special Counsel is established, it ought to be to investigate all the Machiavellian back-biting that is going on to undermine Trump. Another ought to be set up to investigate Obama/the Clintons'/Soros criminality.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-06-14 21:21  

#11  The left has never been a fan of the rule of law. That is why the left packs the court with judges who pointedly ignore the law. And why college campuses ignore free speech and due process (Duke lacrosse team anyone?).
Posted by: Jomong Bourbon9156   2017-06-14 17:55  

#10  It's conviction, the next step, that removes from office.
Posted by: Shipman    2017-06-14 17:54  

#9  Impreachement doesn't even remove the person from office, judging by the Clinton impeachment it can turned the impeached into a martyr (even if guilty).
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-06-14 17:25  

#8  49, I think that some Democrats seem to think that "stealing" the election from Hillary amounts to a high crime. They've been talking impeachment from before Trump was even inaugurated.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2017-06-14 15:31  

#7  They believe their own rhetoric. There is nothing to impeach him for...
Posted by: 49 Pan   2017-06-14 14:53  

#6  Might want to talk with them quietly and warn them. Stop the bullshit and help me run the country or I will drain the swamp starting with these corruption issues. You might suddenly find cooperation in Congress.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-06-14 13:30  

#5  Di would be a good start too. Might wanna look into Feinstein's and Pelosi's connections to Moonbeam's train to nowhere too.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-06-14 13:16  

#4  I nominate a California Senator -
Blum's wife, Senator Dianne Feinstein, has received scrutiny due to her husband's government contracts and extensive business dealings with China and her past votes on trade issues with the country. Blum has denied any wrongdoing, however.[9] Critics have argued that business contracts with the US government awarded to a company (Perini) controlled by Blum may raise a potential conflict-of-interest issue with the voting and policy activities of his wife.[10] URS Corp, which Blum had a substantial stake in, bought EG&G, a leading provider of technical services and management to the U.S. military, from The Carlyle Group in 2002; EG&G subsequently won a $600m defense contract.[1]

In 2009 it was reported that Blum's wife Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to provide $25 billion in taxpayer money to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, a government agency that had recently awarded her husband's real estate firm, CB Richard Ellis, what the Washington Times called "a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms."[11]


Wiki
Posted by: Bobby   2017-06-14 12:33  

#3  How about starting with Maxine Waters?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-06-14 10:04  

#2   He needs to go after the abundant real corruption/criminality/venality of the last administration gangsta government.

Good idea. If they can dig for dirt on him then he should be able to do the same to them and with them there is undoubtedly a helluva lot more dirt to be found.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-06-14 10:04  

#1  Right now, these are merely wet dreams of the unhinged left. They will enlist all the Donks as usual and try to peel off enough RINOS to bring about an impeachment on some B.S. charges such as Russian collusion. Either that or they will wait and try to win the House back and do the same.

Trump needs to turn this around and go on the attack. The Donks are not busy enough. He needs to go after the abundant real corruption/criminality/venality of the last administration gangsta government. If he doesn't drain the swamp it will suck him in and drown him.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-06-14 08:25  

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