While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) insists withholding articles from the Senate temporarily is just a procedural move, Republicans have already fully spun the delay as a sign Democrats are getting “cold feet” about impeachment.
You can’t say the Republicans are bad at propaganda.
The @GOP #TreasonCaucus sounds scared.
she started to back off the idea that she’s using the articles as leverage
She should (and hopefully will) leverage the Articles of Impeachment for all they’re worth.
McCarthy still talking? I thought he was too busy cleaning out his desk.
The one who is running scared is Trump. He needs a GOP exoneration. Otherwise, impeach! is the last word on that topic while investigations continue and criminal liability exposure piles up.
Fear is such an UGLY thing!
the slightly muddled messaging
Bullshit.
So is 45, so there’s that.
I noticed he was unusually ‘Oranged’ Up last night. Maybe to hide his angry red face of humiliation.
Trump is a national disgrace, rinse, repeat, Trump is a national disgrace, rinse and repeat
“Still investigating” is a scary stick to crime piñatas.
Agree. Madame Speaker is never muddled.
“Cold feet,” as in being too afraid of the truth to hold a fair trial in the Senate?
The only thing you’re getting from Madame Speaker is a cold shoulder.
The Repubs think they are mind readers, but they are out of their minds. Oh, they are also stupidly desperate.
I can only hope every cable show has at least one Democratic rep on pushing back against this. And if not, or should I say when not, who is to blame? Democrats of cable producers?
The rules can be everything in a fight. Pelosi and McConnell both know that and are acting accordingly.
At a time when “crystal clear” is the order of the day, Nancy sends a “muddled” message. Holy crap. And we wonder why Dems lost 900 seats during BO’s term. When Dems grow a spine and refuse to shy away from beating the living shit out of every GOP opponent, let me know.
“Now we have the own speaker of the House, who is so embarrassed, she admits the failure of this impeachment that she will not even send it to the Senate,” he said. “So embarrassed that I saw in her press conference that she wouldn’t even take your questions. That is not a good legacy to have. She is admitting defeat by not sending it. By refusing to send impeachment over, she know this outcome is not good.”
And yet she persisted.
That should be the message you get from her actions.
Especially the “Heads I Win, Tales You Lose” kind of Propaganda.
If Pelosi immediately sends the Articles to the Senate: “Nancy Pelosi is Rushing to Judgement!!!”
If she delays it: “Nancy Pelosi is Getting Cold Feet!!!”
Fuck the GOP Reich Wing Noise Machine.
They are defending a Guilty, Guilty man and they know it (that is why they are already at the “Pounding on the Table” phase of their Defense strategy) and we will make them pay for it in the 2020 elections.