(12-26-2019, 10:21 AM)Byron LeftTown Wrote: My theory about Pelosi holding Articles has to do with RBG.  They want to keep Trump in Presidential purgatory so that if/when RBG retires or dies, the Dems can try to hold up a SCOTUS nomination by saying they aren't going to let an "impeached" President appoint a SCOTUS judge.  They also get to hang that tag on him until he is acquitted.  If she never sends the Articles, then every broadcaster can say "Impeached President Donald Trump" every time they reference him.

Claiming someone to be an existential threat to our democracy and a national security risk, then holding the articles of impeachment and going on vacation is not going to sit well with the American public.  My understanding is he hasn't officially been impeached until the articles are sent to the Senate anyway. Nancy is in a no-win situation here and this will all die when the GOP takes back the house in 2020.

As Barry Hussein Obama once said, elections have consequences. Mitch is smarter than Nancy and isn't going to let her or Cryin' Chuck tell him what to do.

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