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Pelosi to Democrats: 'Are you ready?'
By Mike Lillis and Juliegrace Brufke - 12/04/19 12:26 PM EST
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) marshaled her troops at a closed-door meeting in the Capitol, asking whether they were ready to move forward with impeachment as more and more Democrats question whether a floor vote should be held before Christmas.
During the meeting in the Capitol basement Wednesday morning where staff and cellphones were not allowed Pelosi posed a simple question to her caucus: "Are you ready?"
She received an enthusiastic response from the Democrats in the room.
Pelosi's question to her caucus, first reported by CNN, came a day after Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released an extensive report detailing the findings of their two-months-long investigation into Trump's handling of foreign policy in Kyiv. The report painted a damning picture of Trump leveraging U.S. military aide to Ukraine to press that country's leaders into announcing anti-corruption investigations targeting his political rivals the episode at the center of the Democrats' impeachment inquiry.
Pelosi used Wednesday's meeting to deliver a simple marching order for the caucus: "What the Speaker said is, 'Read the report,'" said Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.).
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/472998-pelosi-to-democrats-are-you-ready
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Pelosi to Democrats: 'Are you ready?' (Original Post)
babylonsister
Dec 2019
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greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)1. Fired up and ready to go!
babylonsister
(171,070 posts)2. Me, too! nt
Hekate
(90,712 posts)3. Fired up!
Ready to go!
yaesu
(8,020 posts)4. It looks like tRump and his fascist team are going to turn the Senate trial into a reelection circus
I hope Dems don't let them do this
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)8. Once the trial starts, McConnell won't be in charge of the Senate,
CJ Roberts will be.
BlueWI
(1,736 posts)5. It's time.
Justice prevails.
PatrickforO
(14,576 posts)6. I don't know about all them, but I'm sure ready! n/t
AllaN01Bear
(18,245 posts)7. all ahead full madome speaker
samplegirl
(11,480 posts)9. With a Big Red Christmas bow
You bet were ready!
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)10. Absolutely ready.
Full steam ahead. Timidity will get us nowhere.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)11. Go,go,go get them Nancy!!!
House of Roberts
(5,175 posts)12. What's the hurry?
Let Trump seethe over the holidays.
babylonsister
(171,070 posts)15. Elections.
Both are important.
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)13. READY!
Farmer-Rick
(10,182 posts)14. Are you ready to rumble?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)16. been ready since the inauguration