Nancy Pelosi's great impeachment charade By Charles Kolb

[mystery-ak]

Nancy Pelosi's great impeachment charade
By Charles Kolb, Opinion Contributor — 01/03/20 02:30 PM EST

For the first time in U.S. history, and unbeknownst to most Americans, the U.S. Senate has 101 members, not 100.  Rep. Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat representing California’s 12th Congressional District, has apparently anointed herself as California’s third U.S. Senator.  She also collects a paycheck as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Speaker Pelosi has decided to dictate how the Senate should handle President Trump’s trial.  She refuses to transmit to the Senate the two articles impeaching Donald Trump that the House voted on Dec. 18, 2019. Her reasons for delaying are murky.

The Speaker has said that she wants to ensure a fair Senate trial before transmitting the two articles. There’s also speculation that her delay may encourage a few Senate Republicans to complicate Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) plans to coordinate the Senate trial closely with the White House.

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[PeteS in CA]

Miss Nancy doesn't get it. As long as she doesn't transmit the articles, under current Senate rules they cannot take action on them. And nothing makes taking action urgent, while on the other hand, the longer Miss Nancy holds back the articles, the more obvious to Americans that there was no urgency and the whole shampeachment was not serious, other than being a campaign stunt paid for by tax $$. Miss Nancy has zero leverage, and has painted herself into a lose-lose corner. And in January 2021 she might also lose the Speaker's gavel.