Posted on 09/28/2020 6:14:20 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) refused to answer if she would impeach Attorney General William Barr to slow down the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on Sunday’s broadcast of CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Anchor Jake Tapper said, “So, Speaker Pelosi, it sounds as though you’re almost resigned to the fact that Judge Barrett will become Justice Barrett. And you’re saying very clearly that your message to viewers right now is vote, vote, vote — vote November 3 or early voting or whatever. That would seem to suggest that you are not on the program when it comes to individuals like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who this week did not rule out this long-shot effort to try to stall the confirmation of Judge Barrett by impeaching Attorney General Bill Barr. Now, you haven’t ruled it out.”
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Why would the impeachment of Barr have any effect on confirming Barrett?
If they proceed on Barr it is not because of this. He is dangerously close to exposing all their corruption and this is the only thing she has in her “quiver” to stop it from coming out before the election.
Remind me that I never want to see her “quiver”.
lol there is ZERO they can do to stop this. This is all just a bunch of noise to keep their base from offing themselves.
ROFL
Impeach him, could not care less. The clown already said there will no report or indictments before the election.
I’ve heard that if there is an impeachment, that the Senate is supposed to drop all other business until the impeachment trial is concluded. So that would delay the Senate vote on the Barrett nomination.
I don’t know if this is true. I’ve only heard partisan liberals say this.
What cornered RATS do!
He is dangerously close to exposing all their corruption”
Oh yes it might even happen in Barron’s lifetime.
How does impeaching AG Barr stop ACB? Barr has nothing to do with appointing or confirming ACB apart from FBI background checks which have been done already.
They are misusing and abusing impeachment.
It’s to remove people for law breaking, not a weapon to bludgeon your opponent with in a shameless, blatant power grab.
If there is any reason these people shouldn’t be man and wife, speak now or forever hold your peace.
If there is any reason Amy Barrett shouldn’t be a Supreme Court justice, inform the Washington Post by tomorrow or forever hold your peace.
Sad, I won’t be around for the 50 year anniversary of the probe!
They do not even hide it anymore.
We must take back the house. Period.
Even if that is the case right now, it would be solely a function of internal Senate rules, and those rules can be changed any time by a majority vote. And I'm pretty sure that if McConnell has the votes to get Barrett a floor vote, he'd have at least that many votes from Senators pissed off that the House is attempting to derail Senate business with an unjustified impeachment solely to stop a confirmation vote.
Dems would look absolutely horrible if they did that, so I do hope they try. But I think Pelosi is too smart to score an own goal like that.
The question itself shows a dangerous lack if maturity on behalf of the reporter and Pelosi.
The reporter should have never asked the question and Pelosi should have admonished him for saying such a crazy thing.
It is a threat which is much more of a bluff on Speaker Pelosi’s part.
For one thing, it is a little close to election to start now. After the election, things will be so chaotic as to make any attempt pretty much petty change compared to the rest of the news out there, and the public might not even pay any attention. Impeachments are run purely for the attention they get.
For another thing, there is a very good possibility that when the dust settles by January 2021, Nancy may not even be part of the majority in the House, and very unlikely to be Speaker.
Number of eggs in the brooder does not necessarily equal the number of chicks hatched.
Neither does the House have any role in the USSC nomination and confirmation. But that doesn’t stop Noisy Nancy from threatening us with her quiver. LOL
How about doing this...every time a gov’t. employee(such as Pelosi as she seems to be a prime offender)brings impeachment charges against another public official that prove to be baseless, then that one who brought the charges is prosecuted?? Seems fair to me & would maybe stop some of this political maneuvering.
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