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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on March 12, 2019, 01:45:50 am
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Ocasio-Cortez doesn't think Trump impeachment is off the table
By Juliegrace Brufke - 03/11/19 08:19 PM EDT
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) doesn't think Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is completely shutting the door on impeaching President Trump.
"She's always demonstrated leadership that takes all kind of factors into account," Ocasio-Cortez told reporters on Monday. "Legally I don't think it's something that can ever be 100 percent off the table, but if that's how she feels right now I respect that."
Pelosi in an interview on Monday told The Washington Post: "I've been thinking about this: Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path, because it divides the country. And he's just not worth it."
Ocasio-Cortez noted that there are a number of "unsettled variables" including the much-anticipated report generated by special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation that could play into how House Democrats ultimately decide to proceed.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/433593-ocasio-cortez-doesnt-think-trump-impeachment-is-off-the-table
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She does lead the party, so party leaders disregard her at their peril, right?