House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is gathering her frustrated caucus Wednesday morning to soothe their anger over White House stonewalling and remind them of the many fronts on which Democrats are investigating President Donald Trump and his administration.
According to Politico, while some members are infuriated at Trump’s tactics, an overwhelming respect for and trust in the Speaker is so far keeping them in line.
“I don’t think anything happens without the speaker,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who has spoken in favor of an impeachment inquiry, told Politico. “We really want to keep people united. We’re not going to take action if the speaker is not there. I think the speaker is very strategic, very smart. We’ve got to show her where the caucus is.”
Pelosi, meanwhile, is just trying to turn down the heat until the Memorial Day recess when she can spring her members free to their home states where tempers can cool and stress can dissipate.
She’s reportedly hoping that the longer any talk of impeachment is delayed, the less acute the obsession will be as national attention shifts to ousting Trump via the ballot box in 2020.
Good article. Someone please get this in front of the speaker
Pelosi, meanwhile, is just trying to turn down the heat until the Memorial Day recess when she can spring her members free to their home states where tempers can cool and stress can dissipate.
And, all our problems will just melt away. The Rethugs will start complying, tRump will not lie, will turn over his taxes and we’ll all live happily ever after.
I look at the 2020 elections like this:
Unless Trump is as popular as Harold Stassen on November 2020, he will cheat and win. The election is life for him.
Literally
The nation will survive under two scenarios:
(a) Trump is gone before the 2020 elections
(b) He is so weakened and devastated that the election itself is an exercise
If Pelosi can achieve (a) or (b), I am all for whatever strategy she chooses. She knows more than I do and she does this kind of thing for a living.
But like Josh says, Trump’s re-election would be catastrophic and exposing this country to
(a) Trump’s ability to gin-up the swing states
(b) The cheating which will occur
is political malpractice.
And, that’s why somehow, some way, he has to be taken down so he cannot run. He will cheat his way to victory. He has no bounds.
Whatever feelings members have towards Pelosi, I hope they express them in private. The media has an obsession with the “Dems in disarray” narrative so don’t feed it.