House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) slipped up and allowed her real plan of attack to take down Trump leak out to the media.
Overnight, social media outlets started to blow up that Nancy Pelosi doesn’t want to impeach Donald Trump but rather wants to see him “in prison” for his alleged crimes.
Getting Out of Hand
We all knew Democrats had taken the 2016 election personally, but this is truly ridiculous.
Pelosi has been getting pressed on pursuing impeachment based on the obstruction “occasions” outlined in the Mueller report.
Her frustration has finally boiled over to the point she accidentally spurted out why she is not really interested in pursuing impeachment.
While holding a private meeting with some top-ranking Democrats, including Rep. Jerry Nadler (D.N.Y.), Pelosi reportedly stated, “I don’t want to see him impeached, I want to see him in prison.”
Prison Over Impeachment
One reason Pelosi has been putting off impeachment is that she knows she cannot win.
While the impeachment movement is definitely growing within the House, she still does not have enough votes to press forward.
Even if she did, she would still meet resistance in the Republican-controlled Senate.
While she is still not taking impeachment off the table, it would appear as though Pelosi plans on pursuing her case against Trump long after he leaves office.
Just what Pelosi plans on sending Trump to jail for, though, remains unknown.
There was no collusion, so that is off the table.
However, Pelosi appears to want to pursue obstruction and possibly go after Trump for business practices.
Democrats have been digging around in his business records but as of yet, nothing has been reported that has been out of the ordinary.
Pressure Building
Pelosi is under extreme pressure right now and her statement may have been more out of frustration to temper the calls for impeachment.
Since Nadler got on board with impeachment, that pressure has grown considerably.
On the recent meeting, Nadler stated, “We are investigating all of the things we would investigate, frankly, in an impeachment inquiry.”
When asked if the caucus and Pelosi were on the same page, Nadler stated, “When that decision has to be made, it will be made not by any one individual, it will be made probably by the caucus as a whole.
“Certainly, Nancy will have the largest single voice in it.”
Pelosi continues to hold firm that there are no issues within the caucus itself.
She stated, “Make no mistake, we know exactly what path we’re on.
“We know exactly what actions we need to take.”
Pelosi can say what she wants, but it is pretty clear to everyone that is a rift in the party that is growing bigger with every passing day.
Was her threat to send Trump to prison frustration or do Pelosi and her fellow Democrats have something up their sleeve they plan on bringing out closer to election day?
For now, we will all have to wait it out and see if there is any clarity offered by Pelosi’s camp.
Source: Politico
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