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Showing Original Post only (View all)Pelosi Warns Democrats: Stay in the Center or Trump May Contest Election Results [View all]
Pelosi Warns Democrats: Stay in the Center or Trump May Contest Election Results
By Glenn Thrush
May 4, 2019
WASHINGTON Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not believe President Trump can be removed through impeachment the only way to do it, she said this week, is to defeat him in 2020 by a margin so big he cannot challenge the legitimacy of a Democratic victory.
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Sitting in her office with its panoramic view of the National Mall, Ms. Pelosi the de facto head of the Democratic Party until a presidential nominee is selected in 2020 offered Democrats her coldblooded plan for decisively ridding themselves of Mr. Trump: Do not get dragged into a protracted impeachment bid that will ultimately get crushed in the Republican-controlled Senate, and do not risk alienating the moderate voters who flocked to the party in 2018 by drifting too far to the left.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/us/politics/nancy-pelosi.html
By Glenn Thrush
May 4, 2019
WASHINGTON Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not believe President Trump can be removed through impeachment the only way to do it, she said this week, is to defeat him in 2020 by a margin so big he cannot challenge the legitimacy of a Democratic victory.
...
Sitting in her office with its panoramic view of the National Mall, Ms. Pelosi the de facto head of the Democratic Party until a presidential nominee is selected in 2020 offered Democrats her coldblooded plan for decisively ridding themselves of Mr. Trump: Do not get dragged into a protracted impeachment bid that will ultimately get crushed in the Republican-controlled Senate, and do not risk alienating the moderate voters who flocked to the party in 2018 by drifting too far to the left.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/us/politics/nancy-pelosi.html
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Pelosi Warns Democrats: Stay in the Center or Trump May Contest Election Results [View all]
Trumpocalypse
May 2019
OP
Why does Anyone still think the next election will be free and fair ?! That's not rational
uponit7771
May 2019
#5
I am so disappointed and in disbelief over this 2 prong strategy. Will she not even consider
Nevermypresident
May 2019
#24
Because, the truth is, the average American does not care about what Trump did.
Oneironaut
May 2019
#66
"We'll never know," are the three most important words in your entire post.
marylandblue
May 2019
#26
Yes it is higher stakes. But the Constitution does not make a duty of impeachment.
marylandblue
May 2019
#33
Trump kind of faked a bit of a progressive agenda and he won the rust belt. So there was
Autumn
May 2019
#64
Because a lot of the so called progressive ideas are supported by the majority.
LiberalFighter
May 2019
#68
I kept my mouth shut at the time, because I know how this place can get, but
Crunchy Frog
May 2019
#36
Exactly. NYT looks for trouble. And finds it as people don't read past the headline
robbedvoter
May 2019
#45
"Own the center left, own the mainstream." (NP as quoted in the NYT story)nt
emmaverybo
May 2019
#63
Center-left. It's what she said. NYT headline edited "left" and you all jump on her
robbedvoter
May 2019
#44
No, her point is that we need to win by a large enough margin that he can't contest.
TwilightZone
May 2019
#67
+1, there's no reason to think 2020 election will be more free and fair than 2016
uponit7771
May 2019
#74