10-31-2019, 04:18 PM
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi waited to take the non-required vote until public support for the inquiry surged after witnesses under oath corroborated each other's testimony that President Trump did, in fact, tie moving forward with military aid to Ukraine with garnering its President's commitment to investigate Biden.
The same type of vote was taken during the Nixon and Clinton impeachment inquiries as well.
Anyway, whether you love or hate her, Pelosi's a great tactician, in my opinion. She was patient, smart and strategic.
And, whether you love or hate him, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is also one savvy political strategist. I'm sure he has some tricks up his sleeves to try to pour water all over Pelosi's House, in full view of the public audience.
In any case, it was flat out wrong to threaten halting US military aid to Ukraine unless Ukraine's President agreed to do something that personally benefited the US President (quid pro quo, with Trump using nutjob Rudy Giuliani as a conduit no less)..........if that's actually what went down.
Is it an impeachable offense, if proven? We'll see.
The same type of vote was taken during the Nixon and Clinton impeachment inquiries as well.
Anyway, whether you love or hate her, Pelosi's a great tactician, in my opinion. She was patient, smart and strategic.
And, whether you love or hate him, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is also one savvy political strategist. I'm sure he has some tricks up his sleeves to try to pour water all over Pelosi's House, in full view of the public audience.
In any case, it was flat out wrong to threaten halting US military aid to Ukraine unless Ukraine's President agreed to do something that personally benefited the US President (quid pro quo, with Trump using nutjob Rudy Giuliani as a conduit no less)..........if that's actually what went down.
Is it an impeachable offense, if proven? We'll see.