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“No collusion; No obstruction” –
88 days after release of Mueller’s report, Trump still drives the narrative.
#ImpeachmentInquiry would drive the narrative, but @SpeakerPelosi takes a back seat like a feckless autocrat, #AfraidToBeBold. nytimes.com/2019/06/06/opi…
88 days after release of Mueller’s report, Trump still drives the narrative.
#ImpeachmentInquiry would drive the narrative, but @SpeakerPelosi takes a back seat like a feckless autocrat, #AfraidToBeBold. nytimes.com/2019/06/06/opi…
Pelosi Tribe ARGUMENT 1: “Not enough support in the Dem Caucus.”
ANSWER 1: Pelosi’s not pushing it. She’s doing the opposite: Quashing it!
“Leaders presented them polling from 50 battleground districts to underscore the peril in backing impeachment.”
huffpost.com/entry/house-de…
ANSWER 1: Pelosi’s not pushing it. She’s doing the opposite: Quashing it!
“Leaders presented them polling from 50 battleground districts to underscore the peril in backing impeachment.”
huffpost.com/entry/house-de…
Pelosi Tribe ARGUMENT 1: “Not enough support in the Dem Caucus.”
ANSWER 2: There probably is. “The House Probably Has A Pro-Impeachment Majority Right Now”
fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-h…
ANSWER 2: There probably is. “The House Probably Has A Pro-Impeachment Majority Right Now”
fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-h…
Pelosi Tribe ARGUMENT 2: “The Senate won’t remove him.”
ANSWER 1: So? Months of televised impeachment inquiry hearings will make Trump toxic for 22 GOP Senators up for reelection in 2020. Dems only need to flip 4 seats to take back the Senate.
nymag.com/intelligencer/…
ANSWER 1: So? Months of televised impeachment inquiry hearings will make Trump toxic for 22 GOP Senators up for reelection in 2020. Dems only need to flip 4 seats to take back the Senate.
nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Re: Nixon 1974
“This wasn’t Congress waiting on the public. It was the other way around. Congress provided guidance to the public. It’s clear from the data that impeachment proceedings gave the jolt that shook the public, among independents in particular”-Historian Julian Zelizer
“This wasn’t Congress waiting on the public. It was the other way around. Congress provided guidance to the public. It’s clear from the data that impeachment proceedings gave the jolt that shook the public, among independents in particular”-Historian Julian Zelizer
Pelosi Tribe ARGUMENT 3: “If we impeach, Dems will face backlash in 2020”
ANSWER 1: “Would Dems really face a backlash if they impeached Trump? Probably not.”
fivethirtyeight.com/features/would…
ANSWER 1: “Would Dems really face a backlash if they impeached Trump? Probably not.”
fivethirtyeight.com/features/would…
Pelosi Tribe ARGUMENT 3: “If we impeach, Dems will face backlash in 2020”
ANSWER 2: “she ignores the profound effect the proceedings would have on public opinion — including sustained news cycles mounting over months.”-
truthout.org/articles/democ…
ANSWER 2: “she ignores the profound effect the proceedings would have on public opinion — including sustained news cycles mounting over months.”-
truthout.org/articles/democ…
Pelosi's Tribe ARGUMENT 4: “Get evidence 1st, then consider impeachment.”
ANSWER 1: That’s what impeachment hearings are for: Televised 1st hand witnesses. Real leaders drive the polls. They don’t sit back & wait for them.
ANSWER 1: That’s what impeachment hearings are for: Televised 1st hand witnesses. Real leaders drive the polls. They don’t sit back & wait for them.
Pelosi’s Tribe ARGUMENT 4: “Get evidence 1st, then consider impeachment.”
ANSWER 2: Trump is blocking. BUT Impeachment proceedings are NOT JUSTICIABLE so he couldn’t block & drag subpoenas out in lengthy, risky court fights like he is now.
verdict.justia.com/2019/05/13/exa…
ANSWER 2: Trump is blocking. BUT Impeachment proceedings are NOT JUSTICIABLE so he couldn’t block & drag subpoenas out in lengthy, risky court fights like he is now.
verdict.justia.com/2019/05/13/exa…
“No collusion; No obstruction” –
88 days after release of Mueller’s report, Trump still drives this false narrative.
#ImpeachmentInquiry would drive the narrative, but @SpeakerPelosi takes a back seat like a feckless autocrat, #AfraidToBeBold. nytimes.com/2019/06/06/opi…
88 days after release of Mueller’s report, Trump still drives this false narrative.
#ImpeachmentInquiry would drive the narrative, but @SpeakerPelosi takes a back seat like a feckless autocrat, #AfraidToBeBold. nytimes.com/2019/06/06/opi…
88 days since the Mueller Report: Time to ask why @SpeakerPelosi has not had some jail cells built in the House wing of the Capitol to incarcerate Trump officials who've been held in inherent contempt of Congress. Optics can show strength. Pelosi shows fecklessness.
