Please stop assuming if you don't see the Democrats strategizing and whipping, it's not happening

[StarfishSaver]

195. You're changing the subject again

You stated that "Any Representative in the House can make a suggestion to pursue Article(s) of Impeachment ... Then it is up to the Speaker of the House to decide whether to forward it to the House Judiciary Committee." and so did the ABC article. I explained that isn't true and offered you conclusive proof that it is NOT up to the Speaker to forward an impeachment resolution to the Judiciary Committee - that such resolutions are automatically referred to the committee without any determination by the Speaker.

Arguing that she can INFLUENCE whether the Judiciary Committee takes it up is an entirely different topic.

ABC News got it wrong several things wrong in its piece - including leaving out a couple of critical steps in the process. (I must say, though, that watching a Democrat argue that, if a news network said it, it must be true, is pretty funny).

And if Professor Gerhardt actually said that the Speaker has the power to determine whether or not an impeachment resolution is referred (or forwarded) to committee, then yes, he is incorrect since, as I've repeatedly tried to explain to you, House Rules governing the Speaker's powers and actions provide exactly the opposite. But saying he was wrong is not a knock against Professor Gerhardt - he's obviously an expert who knows his stuff. But even the most brilliant scholars make mistakes or misspeak sometimes. Moreover, it's hard to know what he actually said and in what context since the ABC piece quoting him acknowledges that they pulled a quote from something he said 2017, not in connection with this particular story and doesn't offer any context for his comment - so it's possible he was discussing something else altogether.