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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCould Speaker Pelosi expel MTG?
Just heard Steve Schmidt suggest it on The Last Word MSNBC.
It requires a 2/3 vote in the house. She obviously does not have 2/3.
Deuxcents
(27,715 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Hard to talk about democracy and do stuff like that.
Besides, her hatefulness and ignorance help us.
Deuxcents
(27,715 posts)I see your point n the Founders were far sighted..thankfully.
Ocelot II
(131,250 posts)to the House Ethics committee, then there's an investigation. Expulsion rarely happens, and it's usually following a criminal conviction. I suppose Pelosi could start the process but she can't do it single-handedly.
Deuxcents
(27,715 posts)My political friends think Im so smart but I owe it all to the DU university! Ive learned so much. 🙏
Bayard
(30,293 posts)I don't see why she hangs around, except to cause trouble and get attention.
kwolf68
(8,452 posts)We need her. The more people like her talk the more apolitical people will hopefully be prodded to get involved and get rid of feces like her. Don't hide them under a cover, cut on the lights, let them shine.
Republicans are guaranteed a good portion of the house if they ran as KKK Nazis, let the craziest of the bunch take those spots and use their own words, values against them.
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