Pelosi doesn't budge on impeachment after Trump's 'appalling' claim he'd take 2020 campaign dirt...

[orangecrush]

... from foreign powers
Kevin Breuninger | @KevinWilliamB




House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday repeatedly refused to say at what point she would support impeaching President Donald Trump, whose claim that he would possibly take foreign operatives' dirt on a 2020 opponent was loudly condemned by her party a day earlier.

"Not any one issue is going to trigger, 'Oh, now we'll go do this,'" Pelosi told reporters when asked whether Trump's remarks were enough to push the top House Democrat — who has strongly resisted an impeachment fight — over the edge.

In an interview that aired in part Wednesday, Trump told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos that he would accept information on his 2020 opponent if it was offered by foreign operatives and would not alert the FBI.


"It's not an interference. They have information. I think I'd take it," Trump said.



The comments from a sitting president were immediately met with an outcry from Democrats and political organizations, as well as some Republicans.


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[bdamomma]

1. what is her strategy

here??? feedback please. I wouldn't want to be in her shoes.

[saidsimplesimon]

4. Read "The Art of War"

Never disclose your strategy, we elected Speaker Pelosi, the "ball is in her court".

[qazplm135]

5. At this point

she clearly thinks impeachment will backfire and she doesn't want to do it.

However, at some point, the pressure is going to be too much from her caucus and she won't have a choice IMO.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Let him hang himself, she just provides the rope...

...however much is necessary.

I am lovin' it.

[lagomorph777]

7. Hanging or bunjee-jumping?

That's an awful lotta rope, Nancy!

[Fullduplexxx]

11. Please Tell us about the 3d chess she's playing

[triron]

3. Pelosi needs to pressured. This is getting ridiculous.

Trump commits treason but it's not enough.

[emmaverybo]

6. The House is laying the groundwork to get public support. They are not going to fire until they see

the whites of their eyes. Why waste ammo?

[lagomorph777]

8. Not going to fire until they see the boogers in their noses,

or the fleas on their pubes.

What the hell is it going to take?

[blogslut]

9. There will be

hearings, then consensus, then impeachment proceedings.

It's going to happen.

[Fullduplexxx]

10. Oops too many hides .....

[Jake Stern]

12. I have been behind Pelosi so far

but it's time to start putting the fear of Goddess in Trump. He's so damn emboldened that he literally said, in front of millions, that he would accept help from foreign powers. There was a time in the not so distant past when a statement like that would be the death knell of a presidency. I couldn't even picture Dubya or Bush, Sr. making that kind of statement.

The time is now Nancy, start the hearings, get the evidence out in the open for all to see.