As impeachment passes, Pelosi warns Dems: No cheering from the bench by jonward11
When the House of Representatives impeached President Trump Wednesday night, a smattering of Democrats clapped, drawing a reproach from Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she announced the tally.
“I never ran for Congress wanting or expecting to impeach anybody, let alone the president of the United States. However, given the facts, here we are,” said Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill.“We did not wish for it. We voted against it once, we voted against it twice, we voted against it three times as recently as July. We did not want this,” Hoyer said in a lengthy speech moments before the vote. “However President Trump’s misconduct has forced our constitutional republic to protect itself.
“You know this statement is not true,” Trump railed in a six-page letter to Pelosi on Tuesday, “unless it is meant in a negative sense.” Story continuesOf course, the impeachment vote in the House has been a high-stakes political process all along. And Democratic leaders instructed members, “Don’t cheer, keep it solemn,” as a matter not just of decorum but of tactics,
And even within those constraints, Pelosi wanted to limit the potential for her own members to lose their tempers and get drawn into shouting matches with Republicans looking for a viral moment. For the most part, she succeeded in getting them to follow her lead.
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