In conference call today with House Dems, Pelosi says "the public isn't there on impeachment"

[Mrs. Overall]

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Julie Davis
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In conference call this afternoon, Pelosi told House Democrats, “the public isn’t there on impeachment," but repeated what she has said before about how growing clamor for it among members gives her "leverage." "If & when we act, people will know he gave us no choice."

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. "The Public"

Is inattentive. They won't be "there" until the news leads them there.

It's Pelosi's duty to hold the public hearings that will force media coverage. She needs to lead.

[Takket]

8. THIS

[Poiuyt]

11. +1

Maybe the public would be "there" if the Democrats actually made the case for impeachment.

[Fullduplexxx]

3. She's hiding. Once again impeachment is off the table

Fool me once shame on....you? Fool me twice....... we cant get fooled again!

[BigmanPigman]

4. Huh?!

People shouted IMPEACH NOW to her at the last public appearance while collecting an award.

I am glad Nadler is pushing for more evidence and 130+ Dems want an inquiry as well as the majority of Dem supporters.

[PoliticAverse]

5. From June of last year...

There's nearly a Nixon '74 level of public support for impeaching Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/22/politics/impeach-trump-nixon-support-bill-clinton-poll/index.html

[msongs]

6. once upon a time it was there for nixon either til hearings exposed him nt

[Dirty Socialist]

7. What is her position

On the 25th?

[dansolo]

16. You realize that the 25th amendment is not even an option

Any one who mentions that 25th amendment has no clue what it entails. First it would require Pence and a majority of his cabinet to declare him incapable to serve as president. That would never happen. And even if it were, guess what happens next? Trump just has to declare he is fit, and he remains president. Then it has to go to Congress, where 2/3 of both houses have to declare that he is not fit. This is an even higher threshold than impeachment. And this process doesn't involve hearings, which is the reason people give for moving forward with impeachment even if it is guaranteed to fail in the Senate.

Do you now see the many problems with invoking the 25th amendment? The 25th amendment was written to cover when a president is incapacitated. Nancy is well aware of this, which is why she never mentions it.

[grumpyduck]

9. Come on, Nancy, fess up.

You're afraid the Senate will shitcan the idea and you and other Democrats will look like fools. And T will "win," so to speak. And you don't want that to happen with an election coming up.

[abqtommy]

10. How are we on investigation, Nancy? Do you remember the saying

that Justice Delayed is Justice Denied? tRUMP disapproval is now 62%, so what's your magic number?

[Sewa]

12. I predict impeachment will start

in October. Pelosi wants to get the legal challenges out of the way before starting impeachment. Which makes sense to me.

[cwydro]

13. Wow.

No words,

[pnwmom]

14. That's what the polls do say. But that's what the committees investigations are for --

to lay out the evidence so that the public will move toward supporting impeachment.

[diva77]

15. Most of the media has wingnut-bias -- therefore, basing the decision to impeach on

"where the public is at" is yielding to the wing-nut mission