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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Can someone show me where in the Constitution it says that the Senate has to wait until Pelosi decides to “send” the impeachment to the Senate before the Senate exercices their “sole Power to try all Impeachments”?
The House has “the sole Power of Impeachment.” They exercised their power on a purely party line basis and voted to impeach President Trump. He has now been impeached.
Nancy and the democrats controlling the House are now utterly irrelevant for the rest of the proceeding.
You should understand that the communists don’t care about the Constitution at all. It is a hindrance second only to how many firearms we have.
See my tagline. They want us all dead.
P-lousy, proof that turds can talk.
This is Obstruction of Justice.
Insane.
Ignore her and the impeachment charade...
Go on about business as if nothing happened...
“Strong in this one the hypocrisy is” Yoda, 2019
The arena is the f'ing SENATE where you and your other liberal comrades are about to get your a$$ handed to you.
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.
Question is:
If Pelosi and democrats retreat and fail to send the impeachment papers to the senate...
Will it mean that Trump WAS NOT IMPEACHED?
She was really wound up, talking with her mouth and hands at the same time and flustered at times. She did manage to keep her teeth in. :^)
More leftist projection.
These guys crack me up.
Ham sandwhich? How about a DRE?
All of the “evidence” presented so far for the “impeachment” is readily available. The Senate also have knowledge of the Articles of “Impeachment”. What more does the Senate need to act?
This is insane. Tell her we won’t consider rules etc till we have a case to try. So send it over or shut up
Mitch has been in politic and the senate forever. Rogue leader. This is laughable
Well said. Super Ninja Turtle Mitch can end this nonsense by amending the impeachment rules. Which he probably needs to do anyway to dispose of this farce expeditiously.
That's right. Senate,DO SOMETHING !
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