Scoop: House Dems attend Trump's holiday party amid impeachment

[Calista241]

Source: Axios

Half a dozen House Democrats attended the White House Congressional Ball last night while their colleagues on the Judiciary Committee worked late into the night on articles of impeachment, according to two sources familiar with the event.

Why it matters: If you're looking for clues about which House Democrats might vote against impeaching President Trump next week, one tempting place to start is with those who chose to be Trump's guests at the annual ball — but that doesn't mean the two lists will totally overlap.

Democrats attending the party included:
Antonio Delgado (NY-19)
Susie Lee (NV-3)
Elaine Luria (VA-2)
Jim Costa (CA-16)
Josh Harder (CA-10)
Gil Cisneros (CA-39)

Read more: https://www.axios.com/house-dems-trump-ball-impeachment-c3c3006b-59fc-47d0-92fb-b260bffaed19.html

[saidsimplesimon]

1. Surely, we can find

Democrats who prefer to stand with US?

[jmowreader]

2. I would have gone

There’s a certain guilty pleasure in eating Trump’s cold Big Macs, drinking his warm Diet Coke, then voting to throw him out of office anyway.

[saidsimplesimon]

5. Sorry, the "fool on the hill" is on

my playlist.

(I need to replay Pulp Fiction.)

[Tactical Peek]

6. Somewhere Jesse Unruh approves of this remark.

[Iliyah]

3. Hey, I'm not mad at them for going . . .

[forgotmylogin]

11. ...keep your enemies closer!

[PunkinPi]

4. I doubt Elaine Luria would vote against impeachment, she was one of the 6 moderates

that wrote the op-ed about why they began to support impeachment. Op-ed was also co-authored by Gil Cisneros.

See also, her ad...

Link to tweet

.@realDonaldTrump didn’t uphold his oath, but I intend to uphold mine.

Serving in Congress and 20 years in the Navy, I’ve sworn an oath to support and defend our Constitution seven times. It’s an obligation I take seriously. https://secure.elaineforcongress.com/my-oath

[dustyscamp]

9. Maybe the Trump Admin will replace them with doppelgangers like in Invasion of the Body Snatchers

[demmiblue]

7. ...

[evertonfc]

8. Shit

free food and booze. I would go to. Nothing wrong with going to a party. In fact, I wouldn't disassociate with anyone but they wouldn't change my opinion or conviction. I once played golf with a stark political opponent in my State. We have a great time away from work but are like boxers at work.

[jvill]

10. reading this made me hate DC

This reads like essentially the same inane high school gossip about who went to what party, only written by adults about adults.

[YOHABLO]

12. Oh I don't agree that by attending that freaky ass party, that it means a 'no' vote.

If you believe that, then you don't know how back stabbing the political circle of Washington DC really is.