Democrats were sore losers for 4 years under Trump (and 8 years under Bush), and are now sore winners. Nothing makes these people happy. But, hey, #Unity, right?
Pelosi: Democrats will move to impeach Trump
House Democrats will stage a vote to impeach President Trump for encouraging mob violence at the Capitol on Wednesday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Sunday night.
Pelosi said the Democrats’ preferred response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol is for Vice President Pence to remove Trump by invoking the 25th Amendment — an unlikely scenario less than two weeks before Trump is set to leave office.
But in a letter to fellow Democrats, the Speaker vowed to bring a vote on impeachment in the absence of action by Pence, setting the stage for an historic first: the impeachment of a president for the second time in his tenure.
“In protecting our Constitution and our Democracy, we will act with urgency, because this President represents an imminent threat to both,†Pelosi wrote in the letter to rank-and-file colleagues. “As the days go by, the horror of the ongoing assault on our democracy perpetrated by this President is intensified and so is the immediate need for action.â€
Pelosi, who was personally targeted by some members of the pro-Trump mob in Wednesday’s insurrection, laid out the Democrats’ strategy for the days ahead.
So……it’s not “just property” when it is Nancy’s stuff, when it’s the Capitol? It was no big deal when BLM/Antifa were destroying the businesses of average Americans, when they were driving away customers, when they were attacking federal courthouses. It was no big deal when they were terrorizing regular citizens. Suddenly, Democrats are bent out of shape because they got to see a mob up close, something lots and lots of Americans saw in their own neighborhoods for a good chunk of the year. But, of course, according to AOC, almost half of the House came close to dying!!!!!!!!!
On Monday, they will try to adopt Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin’s 25th Amendment resolution by unanimous consent — a gambit sure to be blocked by Trump’s conservative allies.
“If we do not receive Unanimous Consent, this [Raskin] legislation is planned to be brought up on the Floor the following day. We are calling on the Vice President to respond within 24 hours,†Pelosi wrote.
“Next, we will proceed with bringing impeachment legislation to the Floor,†she added.
And where will this go? Even if the Senate could get to a vote by the 19th, they won’t get at least 67 votes to remove Trump from office, along with all the other loss of privileges once out, like Secret Service protection. After Trump leaves office? Well, there is quite a bit of Constitutional uncertainty as to whether that is allowed, even the House portion, and they won’t get to 67 votes in the Senate, either, so an exercise in Sore Winnership. Expect Democrats to whine about Trump for years.
