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NewJeffCT

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5. Stephen Lynch

Reply to spooky3 (Reply #3)

Thu May 23, 2019, 12:39 PM

May 2019

Democrat from Massachusetts

"With President Clinton, the impeachment proceedings became a proxy for the election," Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts told CNN's Dana Bash on Monday. "Clinton's popularity went up."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/23/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-nancy-pelosi-democrats-bill-clinton/index.html

I thought I remembered a sound bite where Pelosi herself said similar

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MSNBC Pushing the LIE That Rs Suffered in Elections After Impeaching Clinton [View all] stopbush May 2019 OP

K&R, "suffered" means Republicans won the house and senate by a little less than expected. That's... uponit7771 May 2019 #1

It's completely different renate May 2019 #2

Right. VERY different situations. The entire nation Hortensis May 2019 #6

Once again: no Dems have said this. It's the pundits once again spooky3 May 2019 #3

+1 dalton99a May 2019 #4

Stephen Lynch NewJeffCT May 2019 #5

Thanks. Yes, several have said that Clinton's popularity spooky3 May 2019 #7

The problem with that is NewJeffCT May 2019 #9

Nobody knows for sure how it would play out Proud Liberal Dem May 2019 #8