Posted on 10/15/2019 3:58:06 PM PDT by jazusamo
Speaker Nancy Pelosi continued to stand firm Tuesday, insisting she will not stage a vote on the House floor to officially launch an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
Trump and his Republican allies have been pressuring Pelosi to hold a formal vote to begin the investigation a move they believe would grant them more power and influence in the process, including the ability to call and subpoena their own witnesses.
Last month, Pelosi formally launched an impeachment inquiry into Trump after months of resisting calls from her caucus to do so, but she has faced pressure to hold an on-the-record vote from both Democrats seeking Trump's ouster and Republicans who view the issue as a political winner.
The impeachment inquiry followed Trump's admission that he pressured Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, as well as a whistleblower's complaint that alleges Trump sought the probe in order to help his own chances ahead of the 2020 election.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing and dismissed the investigation as a "witch hunt," while House Democrats have held a series of behind-closed-doors hearings in recent weeks with administration officials involved in Ukraine policy, including former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch on Friday, former Trump Russia adviser Fiona Hill on Monday and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent on Tuesday.
Pelosi's announcement came less than two hours before the Democratic 2020 primary field is set to hold its first debate since the impeachment inquiry began.
DEVELOPING...
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Waffle by Nan
... She knows she is toast and her hubby’s rise into uber wealth is at risk.
It is refreshing that the Democratic party no longer pretends to respect the voters, the Constitution or the rule of law.
They have laid bare their true selves. Anyone who votes for a Democrats hates you and wants you dead if you do not agree with whatever they want.
Utterly despicable and vile, evil, mean spirited had people.
I figure that she knows how badly the recent secret hearings have gone for the Democrats and they do indeed have nothing.
Its also possible that the Botoxed B**ch has taken note of the huge raucous Trump rallies that were held last week.
She may have also noticed that Trumps fundraising has taken off like a rocket since this witch hunt inquiry got started.
The Botoxian is very worried, probably soiling her Depends right now.
What is even more appalling- the number of people who have no problem with this.
There has to be a way to stop the Democrats from running a secret government and secret hearings, but short of dragging them out and putting them before a peoples’ court, I don’t know what it is. The House GOP should develop ways to completely shut down the House and think outside the normal bureaucratic boundaries.
Nice. I still remember after Scott Brown won, thinking, “how does the House not have to vote again?”
Pelosi doesn’t mention that Biden’s son, John Kerry’s stepson, and her son all had ties to the Ukraine.
Yep...Sum Ting Wong is a liar.
So clearly the House isnt impeaching Trump, democrats are. Every time democrats push the envelope, it ends up hitting them back - think Reid and judges. Now, democrats will have to worry about a Republican lead House impeaching the next democrat president who serves while they control the agenda.
She’s owned.
Us Rs flipping long held dem seats in Louisiana may have been a little wake up call for her.
“No she did not. She launched a fishing expedition that is not authorized by the Constitution or Federal law.”
Nor is it precluded by either.
The Constitution allows the House to make their own rules. And there is no authority above them that can say otherwise.
You’re dead on the mark, FRiend.
DO NOT TRUST THIS...
They are trying to get us to back down, and not rally around President Trump.
The Democrats are Anti-American and working for Beijing.
DO NOT TRUST THIS AT ALL
“The impeachment inquiry followed Trump’s admission that he pressured Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son,”
I must have missed that part. I thought Trump was asking for assistance in investigating that mickey mouse internet security firm “Crowdstrike”.
Bingo
Yes, the Party of Hate, Violence, and Evil and its propaganda machine deserve to be destroyed.
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