Pelosi wants credit for showing up late for impeachment, and excluding the President's corruption and misappropriation of public funds.
The limited process she has allowed reflects multiple failures of leadership. Thread. /1
The limited process she has allowed reflects multiple failures of leadership. Thread. /1
Why not include Emoluments violations?
Maybe because corruption in Washington is (unacceptably) bipartisan.
Trump's invitation of foreign interference is indeed illegal.
Biden's family profiting from his career may not be illegal, but it should be. nbcnews.com/politics/trump… /2
Maybe because corruption in Washington is (unacceptably) bipartisan.
Trump's invitation of foreign interference is indeed illegal.
Biden's family profiting from his career may not be illegal, but it should be. nbcnews.com/politics/trump… /2
Including Emoluments violations is important.
🤔 misappropriating public funds enrages conservatives.
🤫 Airing ALL the president's dirty laundry, including his corruption, is most likely to flip GOP votes in the Senate.
🧐 We must deter future graft. truthout.org/articles/democ… /3
🤔 misappropriating public funds enrages conservatives.
🤫 Airing ALL the president's dirty laundry, including his corruption, is most likely to flip GOP votes in the Senate.
🧐 We must deter future graft. truthout.org/articles/democ… /3
At the very least, Pelosi should support transparency and let Congress hear from whistleblowers.
Instead, she continues to silence professionals who offer info suppressed by intelligence agencies, even while relying on one whistleblower’s findings. vox.com/2019/11/6/2089… /4
Instead, she continues to silence professionals who offer info suppressed by intelligence agencies, even while relying on one whistleblower’s findings. vox.com/2019/11/6/2089… /4
Even worse, Pelosi imposes House rules that keep Congress in the dark by preventing Members from accessing classified information.
Pelosi’s rules allow access only to her hand-picked deputies, which reinforces executive secrecy and invites corruption. /5
Pelosi’s rules allow access only to her hand-picked deputies, which reinforces executive secrecy and invites corruption. /5
In addition to the limits that @SpeakerPelosi imposed on an ultimately deferential impeachment process, she also took the better part of a year to show up and *still* left most of the cards on the table.
