Team Trump Nonchalant On Impeachment Possibility

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 04: U.S. President Donald Trump makes remarks during a meeting of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House April 04, 2019 in Washington, DC.... WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 04: U.S. President Donald Trump makes remarks during a meeting of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House April 04, 2019 in Washington, DC. The council was formed to carry out the Trump administration’s plan "to encourage public and private investment in urban and economically distressed areas, including qualified opportunity zones," according to the White House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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White House aides are so unconcerned about the specter of impeachment that they don’t even have a plan in place to handle proceedings, should the House start them, an administration official told Politico.

White House aides reportedly think that Democrats wouldn’t take such a politically risky gamble with a move that has next to zero chances of working, thanks to the Republican-controlled Senate.

“She seems keenly aware that if they launch impeachment now, it will guarantee [Trump’s] reelection in 2020,” an administration official said of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Instead, Democrats are turning to further investigation of President Donald Trump’s conduct in the wake of episodes revealed by the redacted Mueller report.

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  1. Team Trump Nonchalant On Impeachment Possibility

    Well, I’d recommend a tiny bit of chalance.

  2. Dear media,

    Please stop asking team trump and Republicans if they’re concerned about or think there should be impeachment. Ask them if they think the actions Trump has been proved to have committed (and list them here - it’ll take awhile, but do it) are just fine and dandy and what they want and expect in a president … or a Congress critter or a CEO or middle manager or the owner of a convenience store.

    Thanks a lot.

  3. “they don’t even have a plan in place to handle proceedings”
    Nah,
    Plan A: lie,
    Plan B: sue

  4. “She seems keenly aware that if they launch impeachment now, it will guarantee [Trump’s] reelection in 2020,” an administration official said of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

    He might be invited for a talk with Cummings and Co.

    About things a lot more damaging than FOX-friendly quotes.

  5. If you can’t trust an unnamed official in the most mendacious administration ever, who can you trust?

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