Posted on 12/19/2019 8:40:51 AM PST by jazusamo
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday defended her decision to hold off on sending impeachment articles to the Senate, calling Mitch McConnell a "rogue leader" in an unusual press conference where she repeatedly tried to shut down questions about the impeachment process.
Pelosi spoke to reporters after Democrats passed two articles of impeachment against President Trump in a Wednesday evening vote. She indicated the House would eventually send the articles over to the upper chamber, but insisted it is up to the Senate to determine how the process develops going forward.
“The next thing for us will be when we see the process that is set forth in the Senate, then we’ll know the number of managers that we may have to go forward, and who we would choose,” Pelosi said Thursday.
After an impeachment in the House, the articles are normally sent over to the upper chamber for an impeachment trial, but Pelosi signaled earlier that the House is waiting for the Senate to set out how Trump's trial will be conducted before they determine next steps, such as designating impeachment managers who will represent them. This prompted outrage from Republicans who worried she would simply refuse to transmit the articles, thus denying Trump the chance at acquittal.
Pelosi made clear Thursday that she is not prepared to name those managers yet "because we don't know the arena we are in." As she did Wednesday, Pelosi insisted House Democrats want to see a "fair process"...
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Nancy will continue to prey for Donald Trump.
I heard that too. He was clear that the house will not be allowed to control the executive OR the Senate.
The “arena” you are in is called the U.S. Senate, Nancy. If you don’t know that by now, you ought to go to sleep tonight with a plastic bag tied around your head.
The GOP has given in to the dems in the past.. they think they can win this one for that reason.. the GOP has a new President.. they are not giving to the dems... no, it would mean a conviction and that won’t happen.
I noticed that the over the air channels did not have McConnell on. All of the other impeachment nonsense seemed to be. Proves that the news media are nothing but propagandists for the left. I was listening on Facebook.
Yes, I heard that. I am patiently looking forward to what he has planned next.
Democrats are hemorrhaging voters. Recent pollings shows them starting to lose their own base on this. If they are stupid enough to keep the bleeding going well into 2020, let them.
Pelosi withholding what the Senate doesn’t want until she gets what she wants is a weird kinda extortion. It’d be like Hillary withholding sex from Bill.
You can’t come home from your fishing trip until you promise we can spend the weekend at my mother’s house.
LOL, This is how our betters negotiate.
It sure looks that way, she’s nuttier than a squirrels next in my view, totally lost it.
the naming rights to the arena she’s in is “the house of cards” and she knows it...
Why should Mitch do anything until the articles are transmitted by Nancy?
At the moment, it’s an uncompleted process.
Well, she’s showing her stupidity. Up to this point, apparently the “Lawfare” group was running her, but by directly insulting Yertle—whom the rank and file senators like-—she is aligning them against her and they may be inclined to change the rule so as to take up impeachment without official transmission.
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Good point
Exactly...the “normal person” is sick of this...my non political son is one, and told me that recently.
Well said, Bump!
They trapped in a lose lose situation and are too stupid to fold their cards before they do more damage to themselves. They are desperately flailing around for some way to save themselves.
The problem here is this is a political matter being run by the Democrat party lawyers. They are using legal tactics to try an delay delay delay. That doesn’t work in politics when you are losing the public relations war with increasing velocity every day this goes on.
No. She is the evil leader. Pro abortion, anti free speech, anti-free religion, anti-gun, anti 6th amendment of fair trial, high tax, etc.
You mean an MRE.
“My theory is that Nancy has NO ONE in the house that wants to act as impeachment managers and argue the case in front of the Senate. It’s toxic, and anyone with half a brain can see that; plus it’s DOA in the Senate.”
Send Schiff over to argue. I would say the squad, but that’s just me trying make a joke...
War!
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