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McCarthy Puts Pelosi on Notice Over Impeachment Acquittal
Townhall.com ^ | February 2, 2020 | Beth Bauman

Posted on 02/02/2020 3:46:02 PM PST by Kaslin

Once House Democrats voted to impeach President Donald Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) made the media rounds with the same phrase: "Once a president is impeached, he's impeached for life," she would say with a smile.

"We had confidence- we have confidence in our case that it is impeachable, that this president is impeached for life, regardless of any gamesmanship on the part of Mitch McConnell, however, that could still come to bear," Pelosi told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos last month. "We're still confident in the impeachment and we think it's enough testimony to remove him from office."

On Sunday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy reminded Pelosi of one tidbit she seemed to forget: once the Senate votes to acquit President Trump – which is likely to happen on Wednesday – he will be acquitted for life. 

McCarthy put Pelosi on notice during an interview on "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday.

"The president's going to be acquitted for life. Nancy Pelosi needs to know that but what you're going to see right now is a real change in the Democratic Party," McCarthy explained. "There are two internal Civil Wars going on right now: There's many Democrats in the House telling them that they're very upset with the speaker and with Adam Schiff."

According to the House Minority Leader, Democrats are upset with how Pelosi handled impeachment by pursing it "too soon" and not being "fair in the process."

"And she changed the message every single week," he said.

McCarthy said Democrats are upset with Schiff because he failed to tell his Democratic colleagues on the Judiciary Committee he had met with the whistleblower. His own lies have caused the internal war, McCarthy explained.

WATCH:@GOPLeader: "The President's going to be acquitted for life - Nancy Pelosi needs to know that." pic.twitter.com/EWn88te5sh— Mark Bednar (@MarkBednar) February 2, 2020

RT to make sure Speaker Pelosi knows —> the President will be acquitted for life.— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) February 2, 2020



TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: impeachment; impeachmenttrial; kevinmccarthy; nancypilosi; pelosi; presidenttrump; schiff
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1 posted on 02/02/2020 3:46:02 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

8D chess...


2 posted on 02/02/2020 3:49:32 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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To: Kaslin

Handing out pens was a total disgrace of the Speakers position.
Disgusting,she needs to go.


3 posted on 02/02/2020 3:49:35 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Kaslin

Yes and no.....Impeachment is not like a criminal trial in that “Double Jeopardy” does not apply.

Theoretically they could impeach Trump ad infinitum on the same charges until they finally got a conviction.

Highly unlikely but technically possible.


4 posted on 02/02/2020 3:55:10 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: Kaslin

Not “too soon”, she let those idiots run with a bad case. Then allowing a lunatic and a sycophant prosecute with no evidence of crime was the killer. Goodnight Pelosi, Schiff and Nadler.


5 posted on 02/02/2020 4:00:40 PM PST by MikelTackNailer (Time is what no one gets more of.)
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To: Kaslin

Time for the demands for Pelosi’s resignation...

“Any speaker who truly cared about “OUR DEMOCRACY” would resign after failing to protect it and dooming us to more Donald Trump!”

Rouse that rabble!


6 posted on 02/02/2020 4:01:36 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Kaslin

I’d bet the Dems will be very nasty and rude during the SOTU.

The Dems are showing their true, ugly colors and decent, good and normal people don’t like what they’re seeing.


7 posted on 02/02/2020 4:02:06 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Kaslin

By Pelosi’s statements she is either an idiot, a genuine idiot, or a liar. Probably a fair bit of both.


8 posted on 02/02/2020 4:02:18 PM PST by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: Bell Bouy II
Handing out pens was a total disgrace of the Speakers position. Disgusting,she needs to go.

Definitely a new low in American national politics. Pelosi must be extremely bipolar. One day she's wearing funeral clothes because it's such a somber event. The next she's giving out pens in celebration like the House dems did something great and wonderful. In the meantime Pelosi and the rest of her bipolar gaggle are completely clueless about the optics of these extremes.

This is not the behavior of adults, not even teens, more like bellicose tantrum-like toddlers.

9 posted on 02/02/2020 4:04:56 PM PST by Boomer ('Democrat' is now synonymous with 'corrupt')
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To: Kaslin
"...impeached for life..."

A meaningless phrase, if I ever heard one.

10 posted on 02/02/2020 4:05:23 PM PST by Windflier (Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: traderrob6

They could but their would be really shooting themselves in the foot if they tried.


11 posted on 02/02/2020 4:13:55 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Boomer

Senility comes to mind, mine that is


12 posted on 02/02/2020 4:35:30 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: ThunderSleeps

The vane glorious Pelosi has been getting her face carved up by a surgeon.

Her Nose is slowly getting remodeled. Probably skin cancer.

With this going on and her elitist vanity, add her dentures threatening to fall out every time she talks, she’s got to be going bat shit crazy. She looks like she can barely walk, and that makes me wonder if she’s got a tumor in her head or if shes had a mini stroke.


13 posted on 02/02/2020 4:43:08 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: Kaslin
☎ ring ring... "The number you have dialed is no longer in service...try another prayer line...
14 posted on 02/02/2020 4:47:36 PM PST by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: Bell Bouy II

Handing out pens was a total disgrace of the Speakers position.


That and the solemn march carrying the articles of impeachment like the folded flag. What utter BS


15 posted on 02/02/2020 4:48:17 PM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: MikelTackNailer

The dems got up there and ranted about all these things that Trump would do in the future if he isn’t removed now. It was just plain nuts. Trump is not going to break the law. That’s a dem specialty.


16 posted on 02/02/2020 4:48:50 PM PST by dandiegirl (BOBBY)
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To: laplata

The rats are trying to figure out how to act at the SOTU. It will be damn interesting. I know this is debatable but I would like to see Trump postpone it by 2 days. The optic of him walking up the podium immediately the day after his acquittal would be gold. The problem is he has to be invited so Pelosi could kill that because she knows it too. Trump won’t postpone of course because he is not about to let them change his schedule.


17 posted on 02/02/2020 4:49:53 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Kaslin

She needs to be reminded that Slick Willy Clinton was also impeached for life, and in his case, it was for actual crimes (unlike the BS charges they brought against Trump).


18 posted on 02/02/2020 4:50:05 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The Electoral College is the firewall protecting us from massive blue state vote fraud.)
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To: traderrob6

I think the Dem Senate would shut them down.


19 posted on 02/02/2020 4:58:40 PM PST by databoss
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To: gibsonguy

I was thinking almost the same things.

DKT will act presidential and they won’t be able to do anything about it. Any antics they pull will show them in a bad light. They can’t hide the Evil in them.


20 posted on 02/02/2020 4:59:04 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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