Posted on 06/06/2019 9:37:21 AM PDT by Kaslin
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is about to have the weight of the liberal world on her shoulders. On the one hand, she hates Trump and wants to destroy him. On the other, is executing a politically charged impeachment fight that will rile up congressional Republicans and energize the Trump coalition worth it, especially if their side has no candidate who can beat Trump. Yes, we all know about Biden and his white working-class roots etc., but that an impeachment fight will nuke that outreach effort. He’s already halfway there by kowtowing to the Green New Deal trash that’s being peddled by the House Democrats’ far left coalition.
Now, it’s also true that the Ocasio-Cortez-Ilhan Omar wing is small, but scores of 2020 Democrats have jumped on the impeachment train. So, what’s she going to do? If history shows anything, she’ll probably cave. Pelosi was unable to corral the crazies during Omar’s most recent spout of anti-Semitism, where she accused supporters of Israel of exhibiting dual loyalty. A simple non-binding resolution condemning anti-Semitism was watered down because the far left didn’t want to single Omar out for her apparent bigotry. The party was catering to and tolerating anti-Jewish sentiment. Pelosi did nothing. Now, behind closed doors, we have the caucus at each other throats over impeachment, which Guy wrote about.
Politico reported today that Pelosi would rather see Trump in jail than impeached:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi told senior Democrats that she’d like to see President Donald Trump “in prison” as she clashed with House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler in a meeting on Tuesday night over whether to launch impeachment proceedings.
Pelosi met with Nadler (D-N.Y.) and several other top Democrats who are aggressively pursuing investigations against the president, according to multiple sources. Nadler and other committee leaders have been embroiled in a behind-the-scenes turf battle for weeks over ownership of the Democrats’ sprawling investigation into Trump.
Nadler pressed Pelosi to allow his committee to launch an impeachment inquiry against Trump — the second such request he’s made in recent weeks only to be rebuffed by the California Democrat and other senior leaders. Pelosi stood firm, reiterating that she isn’t open to the idea of impeaching Trump at this time.
“I don’t want to see him impeached, I want to see him in prison,” Pelosi said, according to multiple Democratic sources familiar with the meeting. Instead of impeachment, Pelosi still prefers to see Trump defeated at the ballot box and then prosecuted for his alleged crimes, according to the sources.
GET IN THE ROOM: @SpeakerPelosi's own leadership team tonight rebelled against her on impeachment.
During a closed door meeting, at least five members of her leadership team pushed her to bless an impeachment inquiry against Trump.
w/@mikedebonis https://t.co/gVu9YKOl1x— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) May 21, 2019
I never thought I would ever write this, but it appears that Pelosi is the only rational one in the room to a certain degree. The whole Trump being in jail view is trash; he didn’t do anything wrong. And Russian collusion was debunked by the Mueller report. It’s the fact that she would rather defeat him in the next election that’s somewhat refreshing from a liberal hailing from a state and a city—San Francisco—that’s most certainly pro-impeachment. Also, the Democrats lust for impeachment could be a sign that maybe at a subconscious level, they know this is the only way to defeat Trump. They know the powers of incumbency, they know the 2020 primaries could devolve into a blood bath over who is the most “woke,” and the economy continues to soldier on strong. I mean some Democrats have already confessed the intent of their impeachment pushes: they’re worried about Trump being re-elected. I would too if my 2020 candidate bus was full of left-wing clowns, some of which have zero shot at connecting with voters outside of the liberal northeast. Still, this impeachment albatross will hang around the Left’s neck and it will surely be felt with Ms. Pelosi. So, grab your popcorn. This isn't going to go well for them.
Jailed for what Nancy? Thwarting your left wing agenda?
Demented old hag. She is afraid of something. This sounds desperate.
THAT’s why Ms. Ed (AOC) didn’t want to send Manafort to Rykers.
The Rats want our President there instead.
It’s the thing to say when she knows that neither one is ever going to happen.
Trying to keep her troops happy.
For what, Nancy?? Your treason and sedition should have put you and MANY RATS in jail already.
bump
Pelosi is saying though she may not think she is saying that she wants Trump to finish out his term before he is penalized for not being Hillary Clinton. He cannot be arrested, tried, and jailed while president without sans a necessarily military coup.
She said this as The President of the United States is on foreign soil?
The arrest of Nader has the Dems in the know scared. He was the Clinton’s fixer, and connected to Podesta.
Uh....Nancy, I'm not sure he'd visit you.....
Especially because he’s abroad, as her handlers planned.
Shame on that woman ! What a disgrace !
Don’t you know? It is a criminal offence to win an election as a Republican.
Give it about five more years and 8 to 10 million more illegals, and that statement will no longer sound far-fetched.
“The arrest of Nader has the Dems in the know scared. He was the Clinton’s fixer, and connected to Podesta.”
And a shot across the Pizzagate Barge.
NO ONE was allowed to speak ill of the Fraud while he was overseas bashing America.
For the crime of not giving Democrats what they want, like the rest of the RINO’s in the GOP.
Right back atcha hon!
Good one.
NO ONE was allowed to speak ill of the Fraud while he was overseas bashing America.
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No one was allowed to speak ill of the Fraud even when he WASN’T overseas.
If you so much as made fun of him, your career was over and you were lucky you weren’t jailed.
The left can NEVER, ever be allowed to regain power again. I don’t care if we DO have another Civil War - it would be worth it to rid our country of these useless vermin.
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