Pelosi's Embarrassing Impeachment Blunder cfif.org/v/index.php/co… via @CFIFonline
@CFIFonline Because whatever you make of the case against Donald Trump, it's getting increasingly difficult to argue that this amateurish, constantly shifting effort by the House has been effective.
@CFIFonline Pelosi didn't want the president to be able tell voters that he had been exonerated by Senate. The only way to mitigate the damage was to undertake a ham-fisted effort to attack the Senate trial and dampen, or perhaps circumvent, that inevitable moment.
@CFIFonline Pelosi destroyed the Democrats' justification for rushing impeachment in the first place. Nadler and Schiff both argued that Trump's tenure in office constituted a national emergency, and that the only way to save the republic from another stolen election was to move quickly.
@CFIFonline In truth, if the House had made a persuasive case, there would be public pressure on Republicans to act in a different manner. That the House did not is the only reason Pelosi embraced John Dean's silly idea — which has drastically backfired.
