Pelosi is exactly right!

[NYETNYET]

At this moment yes, we can impeach him. Then what? He goes to the senate and doesn't even get his wrist slapped. And the tweets go on and on and on. See, I told you it was a witch hunt. Nothing changes! We want him removed. In the senate today... that won't happen.
There are things for the average Americans that need to be done. We can walk and chew gum. The hearings have started. They are public. The American people are hearing of the nasty, crooked, dirty and basically evil things he has done. Let the hearings go on.

Let the cuts in Medicare make the news. Let the cuts to farmers make the news. Every hearing one more nasty detail will come out.

The media chased shiny objects and put him in the white house with putins help. The media complains about the how they are treated. Do something about it. Stop with the 'oh, Pelosi won't impeach him'. That isn't the story. She has her eye on having him removed. The story today is his new budget. The story today is the WH refusing to allow the lawyers that filled out the ethics form go before a committee and answer one little question. Did tRUMP lie to you about the porn payments or did you lie to the American people.

Speaker Pelosi has my full support and my thanks.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. Nope!! Impeach the Traitor-in-Chief now!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[oldsoftie]

20. We've already been thru this; he's NOT going to be impeached in todays Congress.

To make a show and come out with nothing will make the Dems look like the GOP did after Clinton.
And push fence-sitters off to the idiots side
For what? A failed impeachment.

[uponit7771]

2. Unnnnn, them ... NOT ... doing their part doesn't mean we don't do our part.

[Blecht]

3. She also has my complete support

I want the fucker out of office and in prison.

Impeachment could only get him out of office if the Senate will convict, which won't happen at this time. It may even help his reelection chances.

Pelosi is correct.

[Sherman A1]

4. Agreed

[yortsed snacilbuper]

5. ditto

[Irishxs]

6. Best plan is to beat him at the ballot box. Get dems out to vote!

[littlemissmartypants]

15. +1000 nt

[OliverQ]

33. The ballot box that Russians are going to target again?

We can't handle him for another 2 years, and I still think he has a chance to win again.

[donco]

7. Pelosi is exactly right!

We need him blunder around till election time to remember what a fool he is... And to get out the vote.

[Chin music]

8. We can wait to 2020...(?)..if we can stop him from doing more damage. If we can't, then impeachment

must be the call of the day. Under impeachment proceedings, these solo rendezvous w putin and kim absolutely should be estopped, until we figure out of he's trading deep intel. If we can't curtail his behavior and destruction to American Institutions, impeachment should go full steam. At this rate, we can drag out impeachment another year plus, and never let it get to the Senate for rolling back the impeachment process.

[ffr]

9. I agree with both sides of the argument, but I'll defer to Nancy. She's been spot-on thus far.

She probably knows better and I'm willing to trust her on this one.

[Indykatie]

25. Pelosi Has Earned Our Trust That She Is Making the Best Decision After Considering All Factors. EOM

[dflprincess]

10. Besides saying Trump is "not worth it" is bound to make him crazy

Watch for his tweet proclaiming "I am too worth impeaching!"

[2naSalit]

18. He has susch a weak mind

that reverse psychology actually works on him. Just look at how he was so adamant about the shutdown earlier this year. He totally took the bait. That's how we need to deal with him on all things. He'll expose and incriminate himself.

[oldsoftie]

21. Throwing that in at the end was brilliant. Seems none of the news folks got that.

[George II]

11. I agree 100%. Impeachment at this point would fail and backfire.

[tazkcmo]

12. I don't second guess Madam Speaker.

She knows her stuff.

[Raven]

13. I am waiting for the Nixon moment on steroids....

When public opinion and his own party turn against him. When public opinion (the sane people left in his base) begin to turn, the rats in the Republican leadership will take the walk from the Capitol to the White House. He will refuse to resign or demand conditions to his resignation that will be unacceptable, even to Republicans. He will then be impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate and he will get a military escort out of town. That is how I see this going down.

[emulatorloo]

36. Yes, I too believe that could happen. Nixon has the sense to resign. Trump, not so much

[lame54]

14. ...

Saving for later rant

[Lotus54]

16. I Beg to Differ

There are, so far, 7,586,269 Americans who support Impeaching Trump.
Madam Speaker should be vigilant on her words.

https://www.needtoimpeach.com/

[oldsoftie]

22. Petitions are meaningless. trump would get 7 million sigs if HE posted one.

Nancy Pelosi is where she is by knowing how and when to fight the battles.

[Indykatie]

28. Did Lotus54 Shows up Late to the Party Just to Attack Pelosi's Decision Making Abilities?

I guarantee there are many millions more that agree with her decision on impeachment so let's not go there.

[emulatorloo]

37. That's fine, but at this point Republicans will not vote to convict right now

Once they see the Mueller report that might change

We only have one shot at impeachment, it would fail now

[Raine]

17. Agree, totally. nt

[sarge43]

19. Plus, it's a significant waste of political capital.

Impeachment at this time won't go anywhere. The Turtle may not even let it come to the senate floor.

[oldsoftie]

23. I just dont get how this isnt obvious to everyone. nt

[sarge43]

38. You can only go to that well once. n/t

[crud]

24. Demand his resignation

They could do this over and over for his high crimes...'where by DJTrump violated the oath of office' 'abuse of power' etc. etc. we hereby call for his and his whole corrupt administration to immediately resign. It would serve notice that these are impeachable offenses, put it in the record, while still recognizing the reality of the senate. This would also make mitch and Senate repubs sweat having to defend that POS.

[Ferrets are Cool]

26. Let the media control the dialog?

All the "media" wants to say is how much in DISARRAY the "Democrat" party is now. Yes, I misspelled it intentionally.
They will never tell the truth, with rare exception.

[AlexSFCA]

27. GOP wishes we impeach him!!!

That’s all they want from us, to consume all our time and energy on impeachement which will only energize their base. We need to win 2020 senate; if we lose presidency and trump wins, we can impeach him then. But we need him to continue shrinking GOP base and tuening suburbs solidly blue for generations to come.

[Indykatie]

30. A Failed Impeachment Would Only Serve to Energize GOP Voters.

I want voters focused on helping candidates win not sitting on their couches watching C-SPAN hearing a rehash of his sins that we already know about.

[spike jones]

29. Today's announcement explains this.

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times - Wednesday, November 7, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi received an unlikely show of support from President Trump Wednesday in her bid for speaker of the House.
“In all fairness, Nancy Pelosi deserves to be chosen Speaker of the House by the Democrats,” the president tweeted. “If they give her a hard time, perhaps we will add some Republican votes. She has earned this great honor!”

Trump thought she was exactly right.

[Indykatie]

32. Quit, Just Quit.

Do you think Trump's comment persuaded any one to vote for Pelosi? Trump knew Pelosi was gonna win regardless of what he said.

[spike jones]

34. I believe he thought impeachment would be "off the table" just like before.

[sarge43]

42. The Wash Times is the print verision of Faux News

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Times_Herald

[Honeycombe8]

31. It is our DUTY to impeach someone who has committed an impeachable offense.

The timing can be planned. But there's no option. To do otherwise would mean the law has no meaning. You don't fail to pursue the law because there might be a bad political consequence for you, too.

This is not the time. And we don't know if we have the hard evidence. We need Mueller's report and for the House to get further along in investigations.

But if the evidence comes in, we have no choice. This is when the Democrats show that they stand for something and have the interests of the country uppermost in mind.

Impeach does not mean remove. The House can impeach him, and it will go no further. But "impeached" will be on Trump's record forever, showing that he had done something (s) very serious.

Do you think the Republicans let it stop them that Bill Clinton wouldn't be impeached in the Senate? You think they said to each other, "Oh, no. We shouldn't do this, because it won't go any further and will be divisive."

[Blue_true]

35. Yes she is. nt

[yaesu]

39. Since it would be only impeachment by name as it would never go anywhere she does have a point

plus, with all the daily drama from the orange nazi MSM would go bankrupt if they didn't have him driving their profits, I means, that is why they got him elected.

[In It to Win It]

40. I agree with Nancy

Trump is popular among republicans but republicans are peeling off.

We want to beat him and I don't believe impeaching him will lead to us winning.

[Stinky The Clown]

41. I support Pelosi. I agree with this decision.

I also think she would impeach in a heartbeat if the climate changes.

Let the investigations continue!

[humbled_opinion]

43. To Act, or not to act ?

Not acting to remove him is to be complicit in everything that happens from here on out, so when he totally destroys our Democracy history will judge Nancy Pelosi's failure to act as being complicit in allowing it to happen.

I do not support her position on this issue.

[Perrenial Voter]

44. Personally, I am sick and tired of politicians making

decisions based on the impact on their political careers and/or their party. It is clear that Pelosi is concerned that impeachment might damage Dems because it damaged Republicans when they impeached Clinton. But the crimes like lying us into war (Bush) and obstruction of justice are in a different league than consensual sex and are certainly enough to impeach. If she is concerned about having the opportunity to make public all of Trumps many crimes--like putting our foreign policy up for sale--or until there is clear evidence to implicate Pence, I may be ok with it, for now. But there is plenty to impeach and God knows what damage Trump will do while we are waiting.

[Cousin Dupree]

45. SHE.KNOWS.HOW.TO.PLAY.HIM.

[nolabear]

46. As much as I'd enjoy the spectacle, she's right. It's far more complex.

Mueller, the election, further high crimes and misdemeanors, potential martyrdom thatvwould actually help him get re-elected, there are many reasons to walk this out very carefully. We have no idea what’s going on backstage. Impeached isn’t removed. It could fuel the fire and the Senate would never do it.

[crud]

47. you said it right there.

covered all the bases. When you actually game things out it isn't clear anymore that impeachment is the strategy to take.