Nancy Pelosi frustrates Democratic activists on impeachment – but strategists like what she's doing
In the rising Congressional impeachment debate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi occupies the hottest seat. Some think she's burning herself, writes CNBC's John Harwood.
"Pelosi's arguments against initiating impeachment are so obviously weak," Susan Hennessey, executive editor of the online journal Lawfare, tweeted. "This is starting to feel more like House Dems actually just don't know what they're doing." Even if Pelosi approved, it's unclear impeachment could currently muster the 218 votes needed in the House, much less the 67 required for conviction and removal from office in the Republican-led Senate. The Democratic caucus contains 235 members – 31 representing districts Trump won in 2016.
Pelosi's approach matches that sentiment precisely. She has encouraged multiple House committees to keep gathering documents and witness testimony – including testimony from Mueller about his Trump-Russia findings. A quarter-century earlier, congressional Democrats targeted President Richard Nixon over Watergate right after his landslide 1972 reelection. Nixon's Gallup poll approval rating fell from 65% when Senate hearings began in February 1973 to 39% five months later. Trump's Gallup approval stands at 42%.
"I'm as entitled as anyone to want Trump impeached, but Pelosi is handing this exactly right," says Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign manager. "A show vote in the House that goes nowhere in the Senate only gives Trump a win."
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