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Philippe Reines
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.@PattyMurray (WA) is the 3rd highest ranking Senate Democrat. Not a House Representative, but still significant a member of leadership has come out in support of impeachment.

This comes on the same day as four House members from the Washington (State) delegation came out too.
Nearly half of the 235 Dems in the House have bucked leadership to call for impeachment. Hitting 118 will be a milestone — but only psychologically. The Speaker isn’t bound by a majority of her caucus, nor has she called crossing 51% meaningful.
politico.com/story/2019/07/…
ICYMI @RepJerryNadler did TV interviews this weekend which were not only consistent with his Friday remarks but stronger.

And while saying there’s no timeline might be maddening, it’s smart. There’s no false self-imposed deadline to garner a mythical #.
politico.com/story/2019/07/…
Shout out to @BradSherman for introducing impeachment articles on Jan 3, 2019 — the first day of the new Democrat-controlled House.

Dismissed at the time as a stunt, it’s part of the parliamentary basis @RepJerryNadler & House Judiciary can move forward.
rollcall.com/news/politics/…
There are several head counts but @axios has 105 Ds PUBLICLY supporting impeachment (15 of 24 on House Judiciary).

IMPORTANT: Don’t confuse PUBLIC support w assuming the rest oppose. They don’t, but hesitate bucking leadership.

And Rep Dina Titus is 106:
Senator Debbie Stabenow — the 4th highest ranked Senate Democrat — joins the call for the House to impeach trump.

Technically, Senators Patty Murray & Stabenow are the two highest-ranked Democrats in the country to call for impeachment.

politico.com/story/2019/07/…
New ad from @TomSteyer’s group “Need to Impeach.” It’s good.

Representative Eliot Engel, Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee, now calling for impeachment.

Any committee chair bucking leadership is huge.

@axios has the count at 111 Democrats (112 with Amash).

118 Democrats is a majority of the 235 total.
axios.com/impeachment-ho…
#115

#116

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Philippe Reines
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1,123: Words by ⁦@nytimes⁩ judging Bob Mueller’s mental acuity based on his 87 previous Congressional appearances.

0: Words by the ⁦NYT about donald trump’s obvious cognitive decay compared to dozens of Larry King interviews since the ‘80s. Ever. nytimes.com/2019/07/24/us/…
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Fuckers.
Right, because this wasn’t a cry for mental health help.
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Philippe Reines
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With the hearings over, one thing is clearer than ever:

Formal impeachment proceedings are as righteous and required now as they were when we woke up.

More so.

The politics of impeachment can go fuck itself.
I continue to believe impeachment is right.

I know the political ramifications could be bad.

But I believe politics shouldn’t paralyze us.

And while I respect other views, to those who think donald trump will ever spend a day in jail:

I have a tower in Moscow to sell you.
My month-long moratorium on debating the merits of impeachment will continue indefinitely. Life’s too short.

What I wrote in March remains my view. So like Robert Mueller I will not veer from or expand upon my oped, therefore I refer you to what I wrote:
nytimes.com/2019/03/13/opi…
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NEW: Rep. Katie Porter, who narrowly flipped a historically GOP district in CA to the Democrats in the midterms, just announced her support for impeachment:

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“The House Dem Caucus is not on a path to impeachment & that’s where Trump wants us to be” – @SpeakerPelosi. She calls on Trump’s family to have an “intervention” but refuses to use the House’s “intervention” tool: impeachment.
Home next week. Call your reps. #Impeachment
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“He’s just not worth it” is brilliant messaging.

Setting aside the actual question, this message blows up GOP messaging in advance of 2020.

Pelosi is saying to the GOP, “You want to make this election about defending that pathetic orange sniveling bully? Have fun with that.”
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BIPARTISAN is the key word there.

“Compelling and overwhelming” evidence exists.

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Without some GOP participation, impeachment will be mere theater.

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