House Republicans Ask Biden: Get Pelosi to Back Off Impeachment

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A group of House Republicans who voted to accept President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory asked him to persuade Speaker Nancy Pelosi to back off impeaching Donald Trump for instigating Wednesday’s riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The lawmakers, led by Representative Ken Buck of Colorado, warned in a letter to Biden on Saturday that Trump’s impeachment would inflame his supporters anew, and damage Biden’s efforts to unify the country.

“In the spirit of healing and fidelity to our Constitution, we ask that you formally request that Speaker Nancy Pelosi discontinue her efforts to impeach President Donald J. Trump a second time,” they wrote. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-09/house-republicans-ask-biden-get-pelosi-to-back-off-impeachment

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Rethugs still don't get it, the days of us ever taking anything they say serious are long, long gone

[Enterstageleft]

1. Ken Fuck...Buck you!

[a kennedy]

20. and no, seriously, just say it.....or damn it I'll say it.....FAWK YOU.

[Enterstageleft]

24. Thanks, but I've said in many times in other posts...just not in the polite way you did it.

[a kennedy]

26. Ha ha........and right back at cha.....

[soldierant]

89. He is not my Rep - he is one district to the east -

But the problem with wanting to replace him (and this is also true of my district and the one to the west of me) is that you never know hoe much worse it can get. Because it can. It doesn't seem that it can - but with Republicans, it can always get worse.

[DeminPennswoods]

2. This is not an argument without merit, tbh

These cultists are crazy and all the ring leaders haven't been arrested yet.

[Turin_C3PO]

12. If conviction is possible,

it must be done. It would strip Trump of his pension, secret service protection, and ability to run again. For that it’s worth it.

[Enterstageleft]

14. The US government does NOT negotiate with terrorists.

Period.......

End of discussion!

[bullwinkle428]

22. Beat me to it, sir!

[Bluethroughu]

35. 100%

[babylonsister]

31. I think it's without merit.

We need to draw the line, and we know how full of shit the rethugs are. None of this was said with sincerity.

Besides, mf45 deserves every miserable thing that heads his way. He's earned that.

[DeminPennswoods]

48. Flake made an underappreciated point

a little while ago on CNN. He said if Trump was impeached, but avoided conviction yet again, he would see it as "win" for himself and the cultists would, too. Flake argued that right now Trump is severely diminished in the eyes of nearly everyone, but impeachment without conviction would change that.

[maryallen]

70. It does NOT have merit.

I'm with Keith O. Had Nixon received consequences for his actions, we would not have been plagued by people like Roger Stone and his ilk who have returned to haunt us in every Republican administration since Nixon resigned.

[NCjack]

88. Idea for Republicans who are concerned about the depth of the divide and

their desire to stop it from increasing:

Fuck you. His terrorists were going to decapitate the DEM leaders in Congress. We are not falling for lies anymore.

[MagickMuffin]

3. NO, you can't tell us what to do

and to even ask is just too damn bad. Your party had the chance to do something about this and you refused your duty then and now.

F"OFF

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Ken Buck...Joe Biden is NOT Nancy Pelosi's Boss...

We are her boss, the voters. She is doing what we want her to do.

[rzemanfl]

10. o n/t

[Cha]

19. Exactly! Buck should know that, too.

[kag]

47. Not sure Buck will ever figure that out.

Republicans just don't seem to understand how this democracy thing works.

[ailsagirl]

60. Spot on

[unblock]

5. Republicans covering for Donnie's insurrection? I did nazi that coming!

[Gothmog]

6. Keith Olbermann does not like this concept

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[IsItJustMe]

90. KO pulls no punches. Thx for posting this.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

7. Pelosi responds, "I will back off once Trump has resigned the presidency."

At least, that's what I hope she says.

[gldstwmn]

21. No. He must be made not to run again.

Finish him off.

[Vivienne235729]

25. Exactly!!! He should not be allowed the ability to run again.

[Cha]

8. Tough Shit, Buck. trump Has to BE

HELD Accountable.. you should KNOW that.

[BadgerKid]

9. Pssst....appeasement doesn't work.

Pass it on!

[chowder66]

11. Trying to leave the mess for Dems to clean up. The Republicans need to clean it up this time.

[Captain Zero]

13. Tell them to go shit in their red hats.

nt

[bamagal62]

15. No way!

[madaboutharry]

16. F**K THEM!

When republicans are in power they do whatever they want without any concern to "healing and fidelity to our Constitution." The hypocrisy is sickening.

[stillcool]

32. 6 ways to Sunday

and then some.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

17. Don't fall for it Joe!

There must be consequences and accountability for this.

[EarlG]

18. "In the spirit of healing."

WRONG. This is a nation of law and order, or so the Republicans keep telling us. There is no way in hell Trump should be allowed to walk away from this without punishment. There’s nothing healing about letting a criminal get away with his crimes.

You know who won’t be healing? The five people who DIED when Trump sent his mob to vandalize the Capitol Building.

Healing, my ass.

[Johnny2X2X]

23. He sent people to kill Dems

He sent people to kill Nancy and other Dems, plus Mike Pence. But go easy on him Nancy.

[regnaD kciN]

27. Joe, please tell the House Repugs to fuck off!

[Bluethroughu]

28. No fuckihg way, if his supporters think they are gonna bully

The citizens and their Government, be prepared for the fucking consequences!

Round up every sonofabitch from the insurrection and give them a lesson in law and order!

Our capital and representative government was attacked, by DOMESTIC TERRORISTS IN A COORDINATED INSURRECTION, INCITED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND A SITTING PRESIDENT!

No fucking way, we are not cool.

Sorry about the language but, this is Bullshit. TRAITORS AND THEIR SYMPATHIZERS are afraid of what we'll find, but light will heal this country. No more fighting in the dark!

[LuvNewcastle]

29. I know this is hard for Trumpy to understand, since no one ever

makes him pay for any of the shit he pulls, but when you stage a violent coup and get caught, you don't get to be left alone in your office. No country works that way, at least not one that lasts.

[Gothmog]

30. From the Hoarse Whisperer

This is a great rant

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[stillcool]

40. that's a work of art...

I may have to frame it. Thanks!

[Bluethroughu]

46. Standing ovation!

[babylonsister]

54. Wow. He's right, you know.

[NHvet]

71. I'll have what he said

[Renew Deal]

33. Sorry, the stuff that went on the other day cannot go unpunished.

The problem for republicans is they know they have to vote for impeachment. They're just trying to dodge the vote. The best they can hope is Trump resigns.

[StarfishSaver]

34. "Wah-Haaa! Make her STOP!!!"

[JHB]

36. I suggest these House members remember what their day job is supposed to be, and do it.

'Cause this is a really bad comedy routine.

[Blue Owl]

37. Let's add some murder charges for Mr. Fuck

[gratuitous]

39. Can't these he-men approach Speaker Pelosi themselves?

Just carry a notebook to cover your shame boners, boys.

[stillcool]

43. They'd have to wear a jockstrap

just in case.

[OrlandoDem2]

41. They just don't want to vote on impeachment of their cult leader.

Put them on the effing record!!

[yaesu]

45. Yep, that's the bottom line, they don't want their voters to see their true colors, orange

and if the don't show up in the Senate to vote it just means we need less votes to convict the russian.

[Vivienne235729]

42. FUCK BUCK. That is such a lame as argument. As if anyone is worried about

"inflaming" trump supporters. They were NEVER going to meet us in the middle or "unify" in any way. I don't think anyone is deluded to believe they would. I'm so offended at the audacity of this f*cker. Seriously. GTFOOH, Buck. Go home. And yake that piece of shit red hat with you.

[Eyeball_Kid]

44. This is batshit crazy.

Who really thinks that "backing off" will mollify Trump, first, and second, his fascist mobs.

Those same Republicans said that Trump would learn his lesson during his first impeachment, that conviction and removal just weren't necessary. Now, here we are.

Pelosi should tell them to shove it up their asses. Trump set up Pence and members of Congress to be tied up and hanged. And just a week ago, Trump was caught shaking down the Georgia SoS and pressuring him into committing felonies.

And GOPers want mercy before a trial? That's what I call "nerve". Those GOPers who are pressuring Pelosi are themselves Nazis and insurrectionists. They're aiding and abetting another coup attempt. They know it.

Trump's followers can go to hell. Because they have white skin doesn't mean that they wouldn't kill others with white skin. And they will. Trump attracts, intentionally, the craziest of the crazy, and some are simply psychopaths out for a killing.

[SunStar]

49. Ridiculous on two levels

1) Biden has been clear that Trump needs to be gone. It's why he ran. There's no chance of his agreement.
2) Maybe there are some lesser politicians who don't have the gravitas to say, I'm sorry, but no I'm going to do the right thing in the face of a president (-elect) from their party. Anyone who thinks Nancy Pelosi is one of them is an idiot.

[marlakay]

50. This is a test to see if the republicans

Can manipulate Joe because he's a good guy. But the guys in the white hats all my life have righteous anger and hold people responsible for their bad behaviors.

[philly_bob]

51. Say no, Joe. Let Congress Impeach Trump.

but I do have my doubts about the social media censoring and closing Trumpist posts, which fits nicely into their exaggerated "We are Victims".mentality. It just forces them to go somewhere else.

[dhill926]

52. um...no....

fuck you....

[PirateRo]

53. Wow!

These people must be removed from the public trust!

They attempted a coup! As far as I’m concerned they should all swing!

[AmericanCanuck]

55. I would agree to do that

if 100 house republicans and 15 senate republicans agreed to vote with the Democrats for 4 years. Biden's policies will bring a lot of healing.

[CentralMass]

56. Show the Orange Anus no quarter.

[KayF]

57. let's forget about this

and get back to normal so we can investigate your son nonstop.

[StClone]

58. Republican: just another word for seditionist scumbags.

Full speed ahead 25 for 45 if no Impeachment or resignation.

[monkeyman1]

59. i'm gonna vomit !!!

we need a federal gag order on all republican's " now"

[Gore1FL]

61. I hope he tells them to fuck straight off.

We had better not roll on this.

[birdographer]

62. Oh please

Just more self-serving rhetoric that means nothing. "Don't do that, it will make us look bad!" They don't want to have to choose to vote for it and make trumpy mad, or not vote for it and be forever known as a traitor. No-win for them so they want it to just not happen.

[Grins]

63. "...impeachment would inflame his supporters anew..."

Screw you.

There are FIVE DEAD, many more injured, and we have been irreparably damaged on the world stage. That should be forgotten? In the spirit of “healing and fidelity”, you bastid?

My only concern is that some D’s will - again - fall for this crap. If it was the other way around, REPUBLICANS would double down.

[MoonlitKnight]

64. Back off? How about they F off.

[blue-wave]

65. Rethugs still don't get it, the days of us ever taking anything they say serious are long, long gone

Yup!! I've never been as pissed at them (republiCons) as I am now. I do apologize for my four letter words because it's usually not like me, but fuck you to the entire republiCon party.

Go live in Putin's Russia. We do not want you here!!

[ClusterFreak]

66. If these repukes were paying attention...

They'd know that Trump already threw his gawking, slack jawed followers under the bus when he revised his "I love you, you're special" comments in the so-called hostage video he put out the next day. So Nancy backing off impeachment isn't going to matter one little bit.

[Progressive Jones]

67. After the Senate Republicans publicly chastises the Trump Trash on FOX News, maybe we can talk. nt

[Aerator]

68. Hell just froze over

Judge Jeanine was blasting trump supporters on her show tonight .She said stop blaming it on antifa they had nothing to do with it. She’s beginning to worry that she won’t be able to wash off the trump stink .

[NHvet]

69. Bill and

Monica do their thing in the Oval office and he gets impeached. Trumpkins gets caught trying to burn down the republic and gets people killed with his rantings, and we need to just forgive and forget...what a strange world we live in.

[bdamomma]

72. Nancy will

not do it, Repigs are shaking too bad push them off the cliff, they pushed us off for too long. tRump must pay, and so do they.

Repigs are fiithy POS's, all those accomplices should pay.

[onecaliberal]

73. Yes, every single word of it.

[JDC]

74. F that. They voted in mass to contest the electoral count.

Even after the terrorist attack.

They are all dogs that must be brought to heel. Period.

[hibbing]

75. That's rich n/t

[littlemissmartypants]

76. Total Bullsh!t misogyny. Chatting up the guy in charge to rein in the out of control woman.

I call bullsh!t times infinity.

No FN way.

Totally disgusting.

[LW1977]

77. Hope he told them to go pound sand

[sakabatou]

78. Ken Buck can shove it!

[Roy Rolling]

79. Idiotic

They want to make coup attempts, within two weeks of a dictator’s exit, legal. If a violent overthrow is repelled within two weeks of a new administration, it is not against the law.

Seriously, this is their idea of law and order?

[mtngirl47]

80. The cult followers will never unify with us.

They are brainwashed and think we are communists and pedophiles and that we will ruin "their" country.

They are not interested in changing their thinking, learning something new or accepting the truth.

As I said on 11/9/2016----they are racist and stupid.

Impeach Trump, investigate everthing---with televised hearings, and imprison every deplorable who tried to overthrow our government.

[Nasruddin]

81. anew?

Anew? Are you kidding us? They're already and staying inflamed. Can't fix that with sweet talk. It's just seen as, & is, weakness.

[Beartracks]

82. So NOW we're supposed to give in to terrorists?

[crickets]

83. "fidelity to our Constitution"

means that the man who incited a crowd of his followers to insurrection does not just walk away from his crime untouched. The Capitol was ransacked, people died, and members of Congress had to hunker down where they could in fear for their very lives.

You want healing? Kick this man out, have him tried for his crimes against this country, and take your medicine for being part of the reason a mob was whipped into a frenzy that caused this. This is not politics as usual. Get real.

DO YOUR JOBS OR GET OUT.

[lastlib]

84. In other news, Charles Manson has asked the state not to prosecute him....

...so his cult would have time to heal......Mm-HMMmmm!

[sprinkleeninow]

85. 'Twas not a 'riot'.

Insurrection.

[Wednesdays]

86. Who wants to bet the Repukes will be ALL ABOUT UNITY

after January 21?

I sure wouldn't bet the farm on that.

[IsItJustMe]

94. Well of course they are about unity, until they are not. Just like states rights and any other

issue they supposedly believe in. You can't trust them any farther than you can spit.

[Kablooie]

87. Good God! YEAH! Let's do nothing because Trump deserves another shot at this in the future!

We just couldn't live with the idea that Trump will never be president again.

[Sogo]

91. I don't think any approach of the subject by Biden to Nancy Pelosi would be successful.

There are probably several reasons why Pelosi is backing impeachment, but I'm pretty sure one of them is that she is ROYALLY PISSED. She is well aware that she and others were major targets of the hostility and could have easily been killed if things had gone any other way but what they did.

Additionally, this is a building and an institution of our government that she loves, and it was violated. If you've ever been the victim of a burglary and returned to a ransacked home, you know the feeling of violation. I'm sure she has seen all the pictures - the gear some of them were bringing to the riot, like those military grade hand constraints, etc., and I'm sure she's been informed about the pipe bombs, and guns, and nooses, not to mention the vandalism, looting, and deaths.

And I'm sure she has been given major intelligence of the background details of this event. This was one branch of government (executive) literally going to war with another branch (legislative). It totally crossed a line, as is Trump's MO about most things.

She has every right to feel personal indignation at this coup attempt, as well as outrage for the assault on our form of government. I'm pretty sure there will be no persuading her to back off.....

[IsItJustMe]

92. I agree. I believe Nancy would preverbally show Joe where the door was. She is a leader of her

institution in her own right. And I don't believe Joe would step on her toes to begin with.

[Sogo]

93. Yep.