Posted on 09/18/2019 9:40:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took aim at House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler in a closed-door meeting last week, saying that the panel has taken the push for impeachment of President Trump far beyond the position of the House Democratic caucus.
Pelosi shocked those present at the meeting with her criticism of Nadler and added that the Democrats dont have the necessary votes to impeach Trump.
You can feel free to leak this, Pelosi said to those present, according to Politico.
The revelations come on the heels of a contentious hearing in which former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was summoned to testify regarding allegations of obstruction of justice on the part of the president.
During the Tuesday hearing, Lewandowski was asked to shed light on whether Trump asked him to tell thenattorney general Jeff Sessions to curtail the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives. The investigation itself ultimately concluded there had been no collusion, but prosecutors did not make a charging decision as to whether Trumps alleged attempts to curtail the investigation constituted obstruction of justice.
Pelosi and Nadler have been at odds for some time over how to handle possible impeachment proceedings. The latter is extremely supportive of impeachment, and has turned up his rhetoric on the issue recently.
Personally, I think the president ought to be impeached, Nadler said on Monday in an interview with WNYCs Brian Lehrer. Nadler is currently facing his most difficult primary challenge in years, a factor several Democrats said is contributing to his hard line on impeachment.
Pelosi seeks a more moderate stance due to what she sees as insufficient support within the Democratic party for a more radical course of action. She fears that a failed bid to impeach Trump will embolden him during an election year, as he may use the proceedings to claim his exoneration.
Nancy Pelosi has the Power....
If only she knew how to use it.
She will never be a heroine in the Marvel Universe. Storm she ain’t.
The Democrats are committing one of the most common blunders of warfare, attacking something you know you cannot win. The Dems don’t have the votes to remove Trump, so they are fighting a known losing battle. The GOP did that with Clinton and paid dearly for it in the 1998 mid term elections.
Very Obamaesk in her fake display of rationality....with her party pushing for two impeachments, POTUS and a sitting Judge on the SCOTUS; she's got her hands full plus the Squad is not cutting her any slack.
Let's not forget this:
Nancy Pelosi signed off on Barack Obama’s eligibility to be on the democrat presidential ticket in ‘08 and the rest is history. She’s orchestrating this good-cop/bad-cop show, because she could stop it cold with one phone call.
Whoever else she might put in that chair might be more to the impeachment side than Nadler. Her party overwhelmingly “favors” impeachment. They know it’s stupid, but the Dem party base wants it, so they’re relying on Pelosi to keep them from doing it.
Nancy, just like Lindsey Graham...wants this to die and die fast.
Nadler’s a lowlife bottom feeder who doesn’t give a damn about the democrat party, the country, or anything but nursing his hated of Trump... His brain’s been rotted out by Trump derangement syndrome...
Nancy’s on to him.
Partially correct my FRiend.
The GOP actually lost at least one life long (40 year) stalwart supporter with the Clinton Impeachment Trial fiasco. It was shortly after their decision to not hold a real trial that this life long Republican switched his voter registration to "No Party Affiliation".
It remains that way today although I did come out of voter retirement from 2008 to support (financially) and vote for Donald Trump.
It is only a SWAG, but I believe the Democrat Party might have a few of their life long supporters slide away from the Party after their failed Impeachment process.
Pfft. More like the March Hare vs Humpty Dumpty.
Pelosi has zero control over her radical maniac freshmen let alone an old fossil like Nadler.
So are we to believe that Speaker Pelosi had no control over her Democrat committee chairmen?
KABUKI THEATRE.
No further words required.
Why would there be a water buffalo on a plain in Africa?..................
AOC approved candidate challenger.................
Now, this meeting took place LAST WEEK, so yesterday’s clown show fiasco was not on the table as yet. I bet she is about ready to pull the plug...............
Now this would make a better story.
This is the pink hat nitwit Nadler is concerned about. She is better looking.
If she identifies as a woman, wouldn't Nadler have to concede?
OK. It’s a stretch. I was trying to think of an animal, uh, portly enough to be Nadless.
Hooboy. The good news just keeps rolling in, doesn't it?
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