Pelosi: 2018 midterm elections 'cannot be about impeachment'
by Katelyn Caralle
| July 09, 2018 08:17 AM
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Democrats cannot make the 2018 midterm elections about impeaching President Trump.
“This election cannot be about impeachment. I don’t think it’s in the interest of America’s working families to focus on that, unless we have more to go on, which we don’t at this time,†Pelosi told Rolling Stone in an interview published Sunday. “I think it’s not unifying for the country."
The California representative recalled the unsuccessful calls for impeachment against former President George W. Bush when she was elected speaker of the House under his presidency.
“But when I was elected Speaker, people wanted me to impeach Bush,†Pelosi said, adding she agreed with people protesting in the streets that the Iraq War was sinful. “But nonetheless he got re-elected.â€
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