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Report: Democrats Privately Urging Pelosi to Hold Impeachment Inquiry Vote
Breitbart ^ | October 11, 2019 | EDWIN MORA

Posted on 10/13/2019 11:29:19 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Some House Democrats are privately calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to hold a vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry to undermine Republican criticism that the process is illegitimate, Politico reported this week.

So far, Pelosi has refused to schedule a vote, arguing that the Constitution and House rules do not require the lawmakers to do so.

Meanwhile, the White House and its Republican congressional allies contend that such a vote is necessary to legitimize the inquiry per the recognized standards of previous impeachment efforts.

Politico reported:

Some Democratic lawmakers and aides have begun to say privately — and, to a lesser extent, publicly — that the House should just vote to formalize the inquiry, robbing the GOP of its main talking point.

Though a small but growing chorus of Democrats has started urging a vote simply to undercut this GOP talking point, others say that nothing will stop Trump and his supporters from claiming Democrats’ efforts are unfair and inconsistent with past impeachment procedures. They say the party shouldn’t take the White House’s bait, arguing that the president’s defenders will simply find other reasons to not comply with the inquiry.

The “private” debate on whether or not to hold a vote “is threatening to cleave Democrats’ unified front” in favor of impeachment, the news outlet added.

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) publicly called for a vote, telling Politico,“If Nancy asked me, I would say sure, let’s have a vote. Everybody’s on record, so they’re not going to vote any differently. What’s the danger in having a vote to formalize it?”

House lawmakers voted to allow an investigation into whether to impeach President Bill Clinton and President Richard Nixon. Republicans have pointed to those votes as evidence that Democrats are acting in an unfair and illegitimate manner.

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KEYWORDS: democrats; impeachmentvote; kangaroocourt; mockimpeachment; pelosi; stalinistshowtrial; tds
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Just having the vote, doesn’t mean that the democrats are going to give Republicans and Trump due process rights.

They need to do both. Have the vote, and agree to fair rules.


21 posted on 10/13/2019 12:20:49 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Last night's LA whipping wasn't enough for them!! ok 👌🏻 fine with me...please take the vote I triple dog dare ya!!!
22 posted on 10/13/2019 12:44:35 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: NoLibZone

This


23 posted on 10/13/2019 12:54:58 PM PDT by Ronniesque
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To: catnipman

You’re right. It’s going to fizzle out and won’t even get to the Senate...imo.

It’s going to backfire on the bastards.


24 posted on 10/13/2019 1:05:53 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Internals in the swing states must stink.


25 posted on 10/13/2019 1:46:15 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Bavarian Clockworks to name their next cuckoo clock The Warren!!!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Pelosi will not do it because the democrats do not have an impeachable offense to go with.


26 posted on 10/13/2019 2:12:18 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: maxwellsmart_agent

Not a chance Nazi will allow a vote, she just wants to piss and moan for 13 months.


27 posted on 10/13/2019 2:28:49 PM PDT by CMailBag
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To: laplata

Hold that thought, FRiend. I’m kind of fed up with some of the defeatists on these threads.


28 posted on 10/13/2019 2:45:15 PM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Pelosi knows if she makes the inquiry legit then she can be put on the stand to testify about her own son’s illegitimate position in various countries just like the Biden kid. She may be politically experienced enough to dance around it but what about her son?

Her son and by extension, Nancy Pelosi, will be exposed as the corrupt jackals they are. Using US government positions to enrich themselves and family financially.

While this may not be technically illegal, only because congress writes the laws, it would expose her to the world. No one will remember anything about her (or Joe Biden) other than their extreme corruption. That could lead to the Obama’s and destroy the entire dem leadership; past and present. It could very well destroy the entire Progressive/Socialist faction within the dem party that has made it so toxic today.

Maybe even expose all the hate money Soros has injected into the Peoples Progressive Dem Party to make it a “MeToo” shame for anyone who takes his money. Use their methods against them. They certainly deserve and earned it.


29 posted on 10/13/2019 2:59:01 PM PDT by Boomer (Our melting pot has turned into a pressure cooker)
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To: Nothingburger

Thanks, FRiend. It only makes sense. The Rats can only go so far before it turns around and bites them in the ass for all to see. Discovery, for instance...…

They might try some more dramatics but that’s about it.

It is already backfiring on them.


30 posted on 10/13/2019 3:06:18 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: CMailBag

I agree! That is all the democrats are doing. There will be no impeachment. The idea is just to slander Trump’s reputation for the vote in 2020.


31 posted on 10/13/2019 4:19:45 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: USS Alaska

Thank you!


32 posted on 10/13/2019 8:49:53 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (No weapon formed against me shall prosper! (Isaiah 54:17))
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To: convoter2016

He might not want to walk around DC late at night then.


33 posted on 10/13/2019 8:52:22 PM PDT by Rastus
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