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kentuck

(111,089 posts)
Sun Dec 29, 2019, 02:11 PM Dec 2019

Would Nancy Pelosi send Articles to Senate before SOTU speech by Trump?

And give Trump a national platform to crow about how he has been acquitted and exonerated?

Or would she prefer that Trump still be impeached but not yet tried in the Senate, when he makes his speech to the nation?

Or do you believe this is nothing they have thought about?

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Would Nancy Pelosi send Articles to Senate before SOTU speech by Trump? (Original Post) kentuck Dec 2019 OP
Since the SOTU isn't until February that probably would happen. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #1
Why can't she? She should give in to a sham trial? triron Dec 2019 #8
Do you believe there are no patriotic GOP left? Wow, amazing. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #2
I believe Pelosi is waiting for some external events to happen before she acts. kentuck Dec 2019 #3
yeah Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #5
Perhaps a door prize for every member at the SOTU C_U_L8R Dec 2019 #4
Nancy has earned our trust (again!)........ MyOwnPeace Dec 2019 #6
+1 2naSalit Dec 2019 #7
Like the morning of the SOTU? Hmm LiberalFighter Dec 2019 #9
That would blow his mind! kentuck Dec 2019 #12
She should send them to the Senate MurrayDelph Dec 2019 #10
I don't have the mental ability to think about what Nancy and other Democratic leaders abqtommy Dec 2019 #11

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)
1. Since the SOTU isn't until February that probably would happen.
Sun Dec 29, 2019, 02:13 PM
Dec 2019

I don't think she can hold off that long, and I doubt she thinks it's important anyhow. Trump is going to say whatever bullshit he says regardless.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
2. Do you believe there are no patriotic GOP left? Wow, amazing.
Sun Dec 29, 2019, 02:14 PM
Dec 2019

Watched one of the traitors say the dems have no evidence.

I would get angry but I believe putin has real bad days in store for us ahead so I am trying to reserve my energy.

kentuck

(111,089 posts)
3. I believe Pelosi is waiting for some external events to happen before she acts.
Sun Dec 29, 2019, 02:21 PM
Dec 2019

I think she will eventually send the Articles over, but I believe circumstances will have changed when she sends them over. Also, I believe she thinks if she can get 4 or 5 Republicans to agree to witnesses, then she would consider that a victory. She is a realist. She does not anticipate enough Senators will vote for conviction and removal. A victory would be if she got a simple majority to convict. That is about the best scenario that Democrats could hope for.

C_U_L8R

(45,001 posts)
4. Perhaps a door prize for every member at the SOTU
Sun Dec 29, 2019, 02:33 PM
Dec 2019

with a nice packet of evidence they can read during Trump's annual screed

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
6. Nancy has earned our trust (again!)........
Sun Dec 29, 2019, 04:59 PM
Dec 2019
"Or do you believe this is nothing they have thought about?"

Nice bait - you don't really believe she (they) haven't "game-planned" this whole thing out, do you?

I am convinced that she is playing a brilliant poker game, knowing that she's holding a hand that has a "slim-to-none" chance of winning, but making the fools sweat their asses off and being so stupid as to show more evidence of how guilty they all are.

I think it would be SO GOOD if they have NOT sent the articles before the SOTU. I have this little vision of IQ45 totally exploding right there in front of America - for all to see!

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
11. I don't have the mental ability to think about what Nancy and other Democratic leaders
Sun Dec 29, 2019, 06:22 PM
Dec 2019

might plan or do. But I'll leave that to them; they haven't let me down yet.

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