Nancy Pelosi really, really doesn’t think House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s plan to expunge Donald Trump’s impeachments is a good idea.
Speaking with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” Pelosi repeatedly criticized the plan and even resorted to personal insults, referring to McCarthy as a Trump puppet and denouncing GOP hearings on government censorship as a “clown show.”
Reports claim that McCarthy told Trump that he would have the House vote on expunging the Democrat-led impeachments. There is no vote currently scheduled and the reports indicate he is simply trying to gauge support for the idea.
When asked about the idea, the Republican House Speaker said it would have to “go through committee like anything else.”
House Speaker McCarthy reportedly promised former President Trump that the House would expunge his impeachments before the August recess, according to new reporting https://t.co/Klavc7ISYY
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) July 20, 2023
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Pelosi Doesn’t Want McCarthy To Expunge Trump Impeachment
In the eyes of the public, those impeachments are already expunged. An honest person can’t say that impeaching Trump for asking Ukraine to investigate corruption was a worthy and bipartisan endeavor.
Nor can anybody who understands what actually happened on January 6th think that these clowns in Congress were putting forth a serious effort in impeaching Trump over his speech.
McCarthy’s efforts, while symbolic and a definite slap in the face to Democrats, seem unnecessary. Trump was acquitted twice, incidentally, proving those impeachments to be little more than a perpetual witch hunt.
That said, Pelosi is clearly upset by the idea, meaning it’s probably a good thing for the country.
“Kevin is, you know, playing politics. It is not even clear if he constitutionally can expunge those things,” she told Bash. “If he wants to put his members on the spot, his members in difficult races on the spot, that is a decision he has to make. But this is not responsible.”
“These people are pathetic”: Nancy Pelosi just ripped Kevin McCarthy and Republicans for their proposed plan to pass a bill to ‘expunge’ Donald Trump’s impeachments. There is no such thing as ‘expunging’ an impeachment. pic.twitter.com/vjg8UJemGZ
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) July 23, 2023
“Go ahead, you’ll be sorry” is usually the last resort for somebody who is trying to use reverse psychology to stop something.
Pelosi wasn’t finished, however, and was clearly riled up.
“This is about being afraid. As I have said before, Donald Trump is the puppeteer. And what does he do all the time but shine the light on the strings?” she said. “These people look pathetic.”
“As I’ve said before, Donald Trump is the puppeteer and what does he do all of the time but shine the light on the strings — these people look pathetic.”
— Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the reporting that Speaker Kevin McCarthy may look to expunge Trump’s two impeachments pic.twitter.com/4KoQ8tfM7J
— The Recount (@therecount) July 23, 2023
Pelosi: Efforts To Stop Censorship Are A ‘Clown Show’
Oof. Just watch that video again. You can even put it on mute and tell that Pelosi seems a little worried. The eyebrows almost sailed clear off her grill.
It’s almost as if McCarthy’s plan to expunge Trump’s impeachments would negate the only thing she ever accomplished as House Speaker from 2016 to 2021.
And by “accomplished,” we mean for the Democrat party, not for America. Both of Trump’s impeachments were designed to protect Joe Biden, nothing more.
JUST IN: Pelosi says when she found out Trump asked Ukraine about Biden corruption allegations (which we just found out had validity to them) she immediately moved forward with impeachment.
Translation: They impeached Trump to protect Biden
This isn’t surprising considering… pic.twitter.com/jbG4AYaxjj
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 23, 2023
Pelosi also took umbrage with House hearings on censorship. Censorship that interfered in the 2020 presidential election which, according to Democrats’ own comments, is a threat to democracy, an insurrection.
But because the censorship again protected President Biden, Pelosi isn’t a big fan of trying to expose it.
“What a ridiculous clown show, again, on the part of the Republicans, she said while misidentifying Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
NANCY PELOSI: “What a ridiculous clown show … what did they do? Bring in Joe Kennedy talking about censorship!
DANA BASH: “I think you meant Robert F. Kennedy?” pic.twitter.com/d1lqszX0lY
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 23, 2023
Back in 2020, Pelosi seemed to think her impeachment dreams would last forever.
“This president is impeached for life, regardless of any gamesmanship on the part of Mitch McConnell,” she bragged. “He will be impeached forever.”
Pelosi said today:
– Trump won’t be president next year “one way or another”
– Dems may “have him removed sooner” than the election
– Trump “will be impeached forever”It’s clear: Impeachment was a Democrat hit job to stain Trump’s legacy and hurt him at the polls. Nothing more. pic.twitter.com/LY4TUwNiuZ
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) January 12, 2020
We’ll just have to see about that, Nancy!
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