Whenever someone claims "Nancy Pelosi said impeachment needs to be bipartisan, " there's one clear response:
One Republican, @justinamash came to support impeachment, and he was kicked out of the party.
∴ the GOP has singlehandedly impeded any chance of bipartisanship.
One Republican, @justinamash came to support impeachment, and he was kicked out of the party.
∴ the GOP has singlehandedly impeded any chance of bipartisanship.
Ipso facto, when a party kicks members out for voting with initiatives in line with reality, not alternative facts, those initiatives can NOT have 'bipartisan' support in the house.
Similarly, there were Democrats who voted against impeachment*, ∴ not a top-down monolith...
Similarly, there were Democrats who voted against impeachment*, ∴ not a top-down monolith...
In the current political climate, the GOP has shown it is willing to force compliance of all in the party to obstruct initiatives from the left, no matter how inconsequential they seem, if only to throw raw pwnage of Libs to their base.
The simple fact that a Republican *left his party* in order to cast a vote in support of impeachment reveals even stronger support for the fairness and apolitical nature of the allegations that led to the house impeachment vote.
Take out the politics, and you have 'apolitical.'
Take out the politics, and you have 'apolitical.'
The house impeachment had what is far more important:
the support of independent-minded representatives on both sides of the aisle who focused on the evidence at hand, including one who was willing to sacrifice his own political ambition to cast his vote in favor of impeachment.
the support of independent-minded representatives on both sides of the aisle who focused on the evidence at hand, including one who was willing to sacrifice his own political ambition to cast his vote in favor of impeachment.
For that reason, I strongly advise anyone against using the word "bipartisan" as a condition or modifier to reflect broad, non-ideologically motivated support.
Requiring "bipartisan" support is, in effect, an attack vector.
Requiring "bipartisan" support is, in effect, an attack vector.
I suggest anyone framing issues that require broad support should use "nonpartisan" or "apolitical" instead.
- Apolitical in the sense that no single party or entity alone will profit politically from their association with supporting said issue or initiative.
- Apolitical in the sense that no single party or entity alone will profit politically from their association with supporting said issue or initiative.
IMO, @SpeakerPelosi should revise that statement to say
"impeachment needs to be NONPARTISAN,"
i.e., it's not monolithically supported by the Democratic party...
but has broad support from support by conservatives and independents who aren't bound to Trump's servitude.
"impeachment needs to be NONPARTISAN,"
i.e., it's not monolithically supported by the Democratic party...
but has broad support from support by conservatives and independents who aren't bound to Trump's servitude.
* It's true that Jeff VanDrew left the Democrats, but he did so to join the Republicans, not to become independent.
When he did, Trump immediately scheduled a campaign rally in Van Drew's district to support his re-election campaign.
His defection was not a sacrifice.
When he did, Trump immediately scheduled a campaign rally in Van Drew's district to support his re-election campaign.
His defection was not a sacrifice.
