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| Dems Clash in Closed Meeting, Members of Pelosi's Leadership Team Revolt on Impeachment |
| 2019-05-22 |
| [Townhall] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is once again struggling to maintain control over her new majority's caucus -- even battling dissension among her own leadership team. Pelosi has already faced multiple rank-and-file insurrections on GOP-led motions to recommit, caved to pressure and lost a battle over condemning a freshman member's anti-Semitism, decided to ignore her chamber's budgeting requirements in order to sidestep endless intra-party spending battles, and recently watched as her party was forced to shelve (since revived) DREAM Act legislation due to internal squabbling over extending amnesty to people with criminal records. Her latest headache is on impeachment, which she's opposed for months on tactical grounds. Her rhetorical fence-straddling has been awkward and strained at times (what does this mean?), and now it appears as though there's a growing chance that her delicate balancing act could be heading toward a breaking point (see update). In a closed-door meeting yesterday, top House Democrats reportedly clashed over the issue of pursuing impeachment against President Trump. Though Pelosi did not abandon her opposition to the idea, her stance came under siege from some typical allies: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 If they try to impeach they'll make themselves look so stupid they'll lose 2020 anyway. Either way they lose. He looks presidential and they look like a gang of juvenile delinquents. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-05-22 17:20 |
| #6 Nancy knows if the effort fails Trump, et. al. will take 2020 and likely the Reps will take 2022. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-05-22 14:43 |
| #5 Nancy might know a thing or two that the rest of them don't about how Trump will respond to impeachment proceedings. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-05-22 12:10 |
| #4 Cohen said President Bill Clinton faced impeachment proceedings “over sex” while Trump is “raping the country,” Does he mean 'rape-rape' or is it 'social & economic transformation for the good of America rape'? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-05-22 11:19 |
| #3 Clinton was impeached for lying under oath not sex. Don't let them get away with altering history. |
| Posted by: Warthog 2019-05-22 10:52 |
| #2 Shut up and eat yer chicken, Cohen, you twat |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-05-22 09:32 |
| #1 Cohen said President Bill Clinton faced impeachment proceedings “over sex” while Trump is “raping the country,” according to two sources in the room. Cohen later confirmed his remarks. I suppose a lot of Dims see it that way - anti-progressive 'rape'. Ironically, Amash may have inadvertently further united Congressional Republicans (see Mitt Romney's comments, for instance), while further dividing Democrats. Karl Rove smiles... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-05-22 08:51 |