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polichick

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20. As the heckler mentioned, Pelosi was celebrated for clapping at Trump...

Tue Aug 27, 2019, 03:55 PM

Aug 2019

at a $300 per person fundraiser - while our country is being pillaged and our gov’t destroyed.

If Pelosi doesn’t respond to the crisis as if it actually is a crisis, she will be just another complicit enabler, and your’re right - The “there” the public will be at is “the Democrats won’t fight.”

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Would the Speaker support impeachment if Trump shot someone on Fifth Ave? [View all] polichick Aug 2019 OP

Probably not, but at least Senator Susan Collins would express deep concern Elwood P Dowd Aug 2019 #1

I'm sure the Senate WOULD NOT! BUT bluestarone Aug 2019 #2

the speaker does not support impeachment and i don't see that changing. Kurt V. Aug 2019 #3

The key is the voting public. Seems like it would be trump's Pearl Harbor. Huge turning point. empedocles Aug 2019 #4

Would you have the Speaker call for a vote if it was going to be defeated? onenote Aug 2019 #5

Absolutely - the House has a duty, despite the corruption of the Senate... polichick Aug 2019 #12

So you think that having the House vote on and defeat an impeachment resolution onenote Aug 2019 #28

Upholding the law and their oaths of office would be the RIGHT thing... polichick Aug 2019 #31

Holding a vote and then losing it would be a far worse precedent. onenote Aug 2019 #35

Lol, excellent question. cwydro Aug 2019 #6

Impeaching Trump for shooting someone would violate his Second Amendment rights. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2019 #7

The state of New York could bring criminal charges against trump Gothmog Aug 2019 #8

The public would be demanding it enough that she would treestar Aug 2019 #9

any day we're going to hear.....'well, it's just too late now' spanone Aug 2019 #10

If that happens, voters will have another reason to distrust establishment Dems. polichick Aug 2019 #13

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2019 #16

holding a vote on impeachment right now isn't going to bring justice JI7 Aug 2019 #11

What actually would happen if he did that. After Mueller, it's really hard to say. Would he Xtermin8 H8 Aug 2019 #14

No, she probably wouldn't Bettie Aug 2019 #15

We spent two years analyzing every Mueller move and now it seems like a forgotten dream. I think jalan48 Aug 2019 #17

And what is the plan to move public opinion? JHB Aug 2019 #18

As the heckler mentioned, Pelosi was celebrated for clapping at Trump... polichick Aug 2019 #20

What do you mean if?... lame54 Aug 2019 #19

If she isn't in support of impeaching Trump with over half of Democrats standingtall Aug 2019 #21

It isn't a question of whether she supports it, it is whether there are enough votes for it to pass onenote Aug 2019 #26

Her public support for impeachment and calling for a vote on it are two different things standingtall Aug 2019 #32

Maybe. Maybe not. onenote Aug 2019 #34

How will Impeaching Trump "lead us out of this existential mess"? brooklynite Aug 2019 #22

Why do you always have to be the voice of reason? n/t zackymilly Aug 2019 #23

By her lack of action Speaker Pelosi is normalizing a criminal administration... polichick Aug 2019 #24

Whose idea was it to "leave the Supreme Court to the last election"? onenote Aug 2019 #27

Voters who felt it was important to protest Moscow Mitch's stealing... polichick Aug 2019 #37

Link? onenote Aug 2019 #39

The last election Falcata Aug 2019 #36

Sorry, I meant the last pres. election. Will edit. polichick Aug 2019 #38

How does letting Trump get off scot-free lead us out of this mess? standingtall Aug 2019 #25

Thank you for sewing discord in the ranks of Democrats Stinky The Clown Aug 2019 #29

Some Democratic voters still put country and justice over the game of politics. polichick Aug 2019 #33

Impeachment is by definition political. Lots of pomp and ceremony around it, but still, at its core Stinky The Clown Aug 2019 #40

It depends. Which block? NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2019 #30

The Speaker is Democratic (meaning "of integrity") and yes *would* do the correct thing. UTUSN Aug 2019 #41

Good god. She is selling him rope by the yard and he keeps buying! GulfCoast66 Aug 2019 #42