Posted on 01/05/2020 7:33:45 PM PST by Mariner
President Trump’s order to kill an Iranian commander responsible for hundreds of American deaths has scrambled the politics of impeachment, putting Democrats on the defensive in their bid to remove Trump during a possible escalation into war.
Multiple senior congressional Democratic officials predicted that the House in the coming days will transmit to the Senate a pair of charges accusing Trump of abusing his power and obstructing Congress, though Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office says no decision has been made. But some privately worry that the timing will trigger GOP accusations that they’re undercutting the commander in chief during a national security crisis.
After the House impeached Trump on Dec. 18, Pelosi (D-Calif.) opted to hold on to the articles of impeachment over the two-week holiday break, a move aimed at giving Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer more leverage in negotiating with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) over witnesses in a Senate trial. However, McConnell has refused to budge — and now, the articles are likely to be carried across the Rotunda during a tense and potentially dangerous standoff in the Middle East.
Pelosi, however, has signaled that she has no intention of backing down. On Friday morning, just hours after the attack, she emailed impeachment talking points to Democrats, encouraging them to “call on McConnell to commit to a fair trial in the Senate,” then later issued a statement suggesting she would transmit the articles eventually, though the exact timing is unclear.
“Every Senator now faces a choice: to be loyal to the President or the Constitution,” she said.
Republicans, meanwhile, are relishing the optics. In an interview Friday, top Trump ally Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) argued that Democrats were “playing politics” with impeachment while Trump was “taking out a general who has American bloodstains on his hands.”
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Democrats really believe POTUS did this to screw up impeachment. They don't know it's already screwed and that's yesterday's news.
Democrats are using this to cover for their own botched impeachment.
Trump was supposed to give up on being President when the nutcakes in the House of Representatives “impeached” him.
He didn’t, and now they’re upset.
“Mommy, I killed him but he didn’t lie down!”
I think what’s on trial here is the Dems being upset that the world is a safer place without those terrorists. Whose side are they on, anyway. I looks to those whom I spoken to that the Dems could care less about threats to us. Only their political power matters to them. Screw ‘em all!
Trump’s taking out the bad guys. Dems trying to take out the good guys.
Another democrat plan bites the dust: Benghazi II failure.
The Democrats have already done what they set out to do, namely, impeach him.
Who cares? Senate GOP is set fo dismiss the charges.
Democrats don’t have the leverage they think they do.
The optics of being against America and the CIC are looking terrible for them.
They should cut their losses.
I think you’re right.
The MSM was all talking about Trump resigning.
At least one was worried about what if Trump is impeached but won’t leave. I wonder now if this is the scenario they were talking about.
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