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Pelosi stands by delay in sending impeachment articles to Senate, calls McConnell a ‘rogue leader’
Fox News ^ | December 19, 2019 | Ronn Blitzer

Posted on 12/19/2019 8:40:51 AM PST by jazusamo

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday defended her decision to hold off on sending impeachment articles to the Senate, calling Mitch McConnell a "rogue leader" in an unusual press conference where she repeatedly tried to shut down questions about the impeachment process.

Pelosi spoke to reporters after Democrats passed two articles of impeachment against President Trump in a Wednesday evening vote. She indicated the House would eventually send the articles over to the upper chamber, but insisted it is up to the Senate to determine how the process develops going forward.

“The next thing for us will be when we see the process that is set forth in the Senate, then we’ll know the number of managers that we may have to go forward, and who we would choose,” Pelosi said Thursday.

After an impeachment in the House, the articles are normally sent over to the upper chamber for an impeachment trial, but Pelosi signaled earlier that the House is waiting for the Senate to set out how Trump's trial will be conducted before they determine next steps, such as designating impeachment managers who will represent them. This prompted outrage from Republicans who worried she would simply refuse to transmit the articles, thus denying Trump the chance at acquittal.

Pelosi made clear Thursday that she is not prepared to name those managers yet "because we don't know the arena we are in." As she did Wednesday, Pelosi insisted House Democrats want to see a "fair process"...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: impeachment; managers; mcconnell; nazipelosi; pelosi; presidenttrump; presser; speakerpelosi; trump; ushouse
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1 posted on 12/19/2019 8:40:51 AM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Nancy is telling us that she is a rogue leader.


2 posted on 12/19/2019 8:42:20 AM PST by chris37 (Where's Hunter?)
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To: jazusamo

Nancy wants a quid pro quo from Mitch McConnell?


3 posted on 12/19/2019 8:42:36 AM PST by magua (It's not racism, it's just that thisBecause itÂ’s being reported that a lot of this started in 2015.)
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To: chris37

Then she’ll him a Russian spy.


4 posted on 12/19/2019 8:42:56 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: jazusamo

All that plastic in her lips and face has finally started leeching its way into her brain.


5 posted on 12/19/2019 8:43:58 AM PST by jpl ("You are fake news.")
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To: jazusamo

It can’t go on forever. At some point this sham comes to an end. Otherwise she could hold off until the Senate is in Dim hands.


6 posted on 12/19/2019 8:43:58 AM PST by devane617 (Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
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To: jazusamo

Well, she’s showing her stupidity. Up to this point, apparently the “Lawfare” group was running her, but by directly insulting Yertle—whom the rank and file senators like-—she is aligning them against her and they may be inclined to change the rule so as to take up impeachment without official transmission.


8 posted on 12/19/2019 8:44:14 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: jazusamo

https://www.senate.gov/reference/Index/Impeachment.htm


9 posted on 12/19/2019 8:44:50 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: jazusamo

By calling Mitch McConnell a “rogue leader” she is seriously undermining Constitutional system.


11 posted on 12/19/2019 8:45:43 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: jazusamo

Wow, she has truly lost her mind. She no longer has any leverage, and she should have known that as soon as the articles were approved. Picking a fight with the Senate Majority leader? That will not end well for the Democrats.


12 posted on 12/19/2019 8:45:59 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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Now the next step is in the Senate hands that I am sure they are prepared to take!


13 posted on 12/19/2019 8:46:00 AM PST by LoveMyFreedom
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To: jazusamo

We now have the equivalent of a Third World government.


14 posted on 12/19/2019 8:46:08 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: jazusamo

didn’t McConnell already say Clinton Rules


16 posted on 12/19/2019 8:46:39 AM PST by olesigh
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To: jazusamo

If a case is not brought to court then it never happened.


17 posted on 12/19/2019 8:46:42 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: jazusamo

Until pelosi sends the articles to the Senate, there is really nothing to negotiate. When the Senate receives her paperwork, it can be considered.


18 posted on 12/19/2019 8:46:54 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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I just saw the presser, she took two questions on impeachment then refused to take any more, she was flustered and look demented.


19 posted on 12/19/2019 8:47:03 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

When you hate the Constitution, provoking a constitutional crisis is no big deal.


20 posted on 12/19/2019 8:47:07 AM PST by Antoninus ("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
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