Posted on 05/16/2019 6:10:35 AM PDT by Mariner
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, who is refusing to cooperate with more than 20 congressional investigations, instructed current and former aides Wednesday to ignore a House committee's request for documents in the latest act of defiance that has prompted Democrats to declare the nation is facing a constitutional crisis.
But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told Democrats in a closed-door caucus meeting Wednesday morning to stick to their policy agenda ahead of the 2020 election rather than initiate impeachment proceedings. And not a single lawmaker challenged her.
The events underscored that Pelosi has managed to hold the line on her no-impeachment stance despite Trump's ongoing resistance and relentless liberal pressure for Democrats to try to oust the Republican president. Most notably, she has quelled an internal clamor and kept even the most vocal impeachment proponents and eager investigators in check along with committee leaders as Democrats increasingly look to the courts to settle the fight between Congress and the chief executive.
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For them to publicly deny their equally frenzied base the polling must be horrendous for them.
What a disappointment.
Don’t remember the drive-bys using the word ‘defiance’ when Eric Holder ignored subpoenas regarding Fast and Furious.
Trump trying to goad them into impeachment, but Botoxic smells a trap. She knows this is now month 4 after their House win and they have done NOTHING.
These morons believe that they are the ‘Permanent Harassment Committee’.
The Democrats (however they may act) are not all stupid.
The worm has turned and they can see that all their hate towards everything Trump is not working. In fact he is getting stronger.
Add to that the fact that instead of ORANGE MAN being arrested and put on trial, many in the former administration will be facing a day in court.
Going into the 2020 race with nothing to show for winning the house, their clown car full, the economy doing well, and the nightly news full of high ranking Democrats trying to shift the blame on others. It is going to be a very good year indeed (for us).
It is no wonder they are backing off from Impeachment. They are going to be lucky to survive as a party.
Trump is now simply ignoring the House.
He has written them off.
Not trying to “goad” them to impeach, he KNOWS they will not and is thus empowered.
To be fair, that is their mandate, that is what they ran on, they owe it to their constituents....
To continue to suck the Democrat bandwagon teats, Dems are required to check at the door any remaining untamed grey cells they’ve kept hidden.
Hey Nancy, kneel before Zod!
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