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In reply to the discussion: Rep Brenda Lawrence no longer supports impeachment in abrupt reversal (but, she's back on board now) [View all]Takket
(21,421 posts)46. i feel a LITTLE better having read the statement she put out afterwards.......
but she comes across as very wishy-washy. Maybe this won't garner much national attention but we look pretty bad when we are trying to tell the public this is necessary and it looks like we cannot even convince our own caucus it is. What kind of message does that send?
I just hope the GOP doesn't seize on this comment and use it against us...... yeah I know she "clarified" but the GOP sound machine is great as amplifying half-statements and things out of context and the media happily goes along with it.
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Rep Brenda Lawrence no longer supports impeachment in abrupt reversal (but, she's back on board now) [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Nov 2019
OP
That's about as effective as 'Don't make me stop the car/come back there/blah blah' Toothless
CurtEastPoint
Nov 2019
#2
The timing is very frustrating. Coming on the heels of the public hearings...
Dennis Donovan
Nov 2019
#10
I wouldn't be surprised if she just threw that out there to try to show her constituents that
StarfishSaver
Nov 2019
#11