UPDATE: Nancy Pelosi at CNN Town Hall: If Only Democrats Impeach Trump, 'It Will Divide The Country' [View all]
Source: Mediate
by Joseph A. Wulfsohn | 12:41 am, May 24th, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was pressed about the calls from her party for President Trump‘s impeachment, something she had previously expressed caution on. At a CNN Town Hall, Chris Cuomo invoked a recent poll showing that more than 70% of Democrats want the president impeached and asked her why she wasn’t exactly onboard.
Pelosi began by explaining that she prioritizes “what is unifying for our country” and that she was “hesitant” when there were calls to impeach President George W. Bush for getting the U.S. involved in the Iraq War. “There is an investigation, if it takes its course, let it take its course, but I do not think that impeachment is a policy agenda,” Pelosi said.
The former Speaker urged voters should be more focused on other aspects of the Democratic agenda like their recent push to rid big money out of politics.
“Impeachment is, to me, divisive,” Pelosi continued. “Again, if the facts are there, if the facts are there, then this would have to be bipartisan to go forward. But if it is viewed as partisan, it will divide the country, and I just don’t think that’s what we should do.”
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UPDATE:
CNN Town Hall Questioner Challenges Nancy Pelosi: Shouldn’t There Be Proof of Russia Collusion by Now?
by Aidan McLaughlin | 9:50 pm, May 23rd, 2018
The first participant at CNN’s Town Hall with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi opened with a direct question: where’s the evidence of Russian collusion?
“If Trump actually colluded with the Russians, why isn’t he found guilty of it after a year of investigation?” Joshua Gonzalez, a law student at Georgetown University, asked the Democrat. “Wouldn’t there be some kind of concrete proof by now?”
“Well you know there is an investigation going on under counsel [Robert] Mueller,” Pelosi replied. “And that is where — we wouldn’t have any idea what is going on in that, and nor should we know what’s going on in that investigation. But it takes time, and I trust counsel Mueller and his work,” she added.
CNN’s Chris Cuomo, hosting the town hall, asked if Pelosi thought Mueller should release his findings before the midterm elections so that voters could make their decisions based on the investigation.
Pelosi said Mueller should proceed with the investigation in the way he thinks best. She pointed to the indictments that have already come from the Russia investigation, and stressed the importance of Americans feeling like their vote counts and is not “distorted by a foreign power.”
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