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Day after Nadler says impeachment of Barr is under consideration, Pelosi nixes the idea (Original Post) sunonmars Jun 2020 OP
Ugh. At least let him squirm. soothsayer Jun 2020 #1
He's not going to turn up now, is he, he knows they are going to do nothing. sunonmars Jun 2020 #2
Good move Nancy calguy Jun 2020 #3
Good move imo Polybius Jun 2020 #4
I guess it would make dems look weak if we lost that battle mucifer Jun 2020 #5
Impeachment is no threat at all as long as the R's hold the Senate. Why bother? NT enough Jun 2020 #6
I dunno. grumpyduck Jun 2020 #7
Agree with Pelosi. At this point, focus on the election. Raven123 Jun 2020 #8
Keep the Hearings and Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #9
No chance with corrupt republinazi Senate Yeehah Jun 2020 #10
Probably a good choice. egduj Jun 2020 #11
Oh Good ... GeorgeGist Jun 2020 #12
You think impeachment slowed down their confirmation of judges? StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #14
She didn't "nix" anything StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #13

calguy

(5,313 posts)
3. Good move Nancy
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 01:31 PM
Jun 2020

No need to be distracted from the only thing that matters, defeating trump and all republicans across the board. Defeat trump and Barr simply becomes collateral damage.

grumpyduck

(6,240 posts)
7. I dunno.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 01:36 PM
Jun 2020

My plastic-wrap (ran out of tinfoil) conspiracy theory is that these two were in cahoots. They are too close to pull something like this on each other.

Nadler said he wants to impeach. Wait a day to get reactions. A lot of people are for it. Now Pelosi says no. Admits the problem but also admits it'll probably fizzle. So she reminds people to vote. And reinforces the need to get rid of him.

Nadler and Pelosi are politicians with long experience. They don't shoot from the hip. They know what they're doing.

Raven123

(4,844 posts)
8. Agree with Pelosi. At this point, focus on the election.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 01:37 PM
Jun 2020

Barr doesn’t fear impeachment. The Senate won’t convict. Nothing gained.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
9. Keep the Hearings and
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 02:04 PM
Jun 2020

investigation going. Barr having a similiar Personality Trait as Trump,some really great Campaign Ad sound bites can be had.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
13. She didn't "nix" anything
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 04:07 PM
Jun 2020

She didn't say impeachment won't or can't happen. But she's not publicly going to give Republicans any opportunity saying she's obsessed with impeaching Barr. And she's correctly trying to keep our team's eye on the prize.

She surely knows impeachment talk right now is a distraction that would actually undermine investigations at this point.

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