Impeach Trump Now

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20. Nancy Pelosi has shown absolutely NO leadership on this matter

Last fall, she said that the Democratic House would hold trump accountable, yet nothing has been done except a bunch of committee meetings that have gone nowhere. Maybe Robert Mueller's testimony next week will sway some people, but we really need Speaker Pelosi to show some fight. Right now, she seems like she's only interested in fighting the progressive members of the House.

Failure to Impeach Trump Is a Way to Reaffirm Him

So it’s a calculated question for 2020: Would a prolonged, careful, substantive impeachment inquiry make Trump stronger or weaker by election day? Would a prolonged period of sniping at Trump’s faults, without daring to impeach him, make Trump stronger or weaker on election day? Regardless of who the Democratic candidate turns out to be, it seems more likely that he or she will be strengthened by a House impeachment inquiry carried on with integrity before the election. Yes, it will be partisan, but that is offset if it is also principled. But first, Pelosi has to help it happen.

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The Democrats Pelosi denigrates are all agents of change. Pelosi talks about defeating Trump, but she doesn’t embrace much change of any other sort. She cavils at the more ambitious proposals of Democratic presidential candidates. Why has the House pushed so little legislation that challenges the status quo? Is there anything Pelosi truly believes in besides herself? Dowd characterizes her as the most powerful woman in the country (with Trump the most powerful man). She seems to have made the calculation that she’d rather preserve her speaker-ship than take any serious risk. Are the ambitions of a 79-year-old multimillionaire really more important than the good of the country?

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/william-boardman/85553/failure-to-impeach-trump-is-a-way-to-reaffirm-him