'No one's giggling around here': Democrats defend impeachment ceremony
by Kerry Picket
| January 16, 2020 01:56 PM
House Democrats defended the celebratory nature of a signing ceremony sending two impeachment articles against President Trump to the Senate.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday handed out 24 black pens to her fellow Democratic caucus member, embossed with her signature, which she used to sign the impeachment resolution.
House Republican leadership in both chambers chastised Pelosi and her fellow Democrats about the signing ceremony.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said it was an example of Democrats not recognizing the “gravity and seriousness†about impeaching the president, who faces two charges in the Ukraine military aid affair.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, on Thursday, called the event a “taxpayer-funded campaign stunt.â€
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