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applegrove

(133,113 posts)
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:01 PM Feb 2021

Pelosi Rules Out Censuring Trump

Pelosi Rules Out Censuring Trump

February 13, 2021 at 6:46 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 6 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/02/13/pelosi-rules-out-censuring-trump/

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After” the Senate voted to acquit former President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday ruled out censuring the former president — an idea that several Republicans had floated in recent days,” The Hill reports.

Said Pelosi: “Censure is a slap in the face of the Constitution. It lets everybody off the hook, it lets everybody off the hook.”

She added: “Oh, these cowardly senators who couldn’t face up to what the president did and what was at stake for our country are now going to have a chance to give a little slap on the wrist?”

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StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
3. A censure at this point is just a fig leaf for the Republicans who voted to acquit him
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:07 PM
Feb 2021

The Senate already censured him - by a 57-43 vote to convict.

Midnight Writer

(25,754 posts)
4. Pelosi did Republicans a favor impeaching Trump. They had a chance to ostracize him.
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:23 PM
Feb 2021

They said no and accused the Democrats of a partisan persecution.

Now they want us to help them cover their asses and protect their political future.

Fuck them.

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