XCR1250 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is amplifying her unfavorable comparison of President Donald Trump to fellow Republican Richard Nixon, saying that disgraced president at least cared enough about the country to leave office before his impeachment. The top Democrat in Congress told reporters last week that Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to investigate one of his potential opponents in the 2020 election “makes what Nixon did look almost small.” In a CBS interview broadcast on Sunday, she alluded to Nixon’s resignation after the Watergate scandal involving a break-in at Democratic Party headquarters and the subsequent cover-up. “I mean, what the president did was so much worse than even what Richard Nixon did, that at some point Richard Nixon cared about the country enough to recognize that this could not continue,” Pelosi said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Nixon, whose name has become synonymous with scandal and ignominy for many Americans, resigned in 1974 after the House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment against him but before the full House voted on the issue, and he was not impeached. He is the only U.S. president who has resigned from office. Pelosi for months resisted calls from her more liberal Democratic lawmakers to initiate impeachment proceedings, but said Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy compelled her to open the inquiry against the president. Since launching the proceedings on Sept. 24, Pelosi has not been in the room as the House Intelligence Committee held public hearings on Trump’s impeachment. However, her voice is loud and clear on the outside, where she drives messaging in a nuanced but sharp manner. Her Nixon comparison came amid the trial of longtime Trump ally Roger Stone, a self-proclaimed “dirty trickster” who worked for Nixon’s re-election campaign and has Nixon’s face tattooed on his back. Stone was convicted on Friday of lying to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering during the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. Trump and his supporters have attacked the impeachment probe as politically motivated. Trump says his call with Zelenskiy was “perfect” while Republican lawmakers criticize the impeachment process as unfair. “Do you have any evidence at all that the president did anything criminal or illegal? And the answer is no,” Republican U.S. Representative Chris Stewart said on ABC’s “This Week.” The president has “every opportunity to present his case,” Pelosi told CBS, including coming before the intelligence panel. “If the president has information that demonstrates his innocence in all of this, which we haven’t seen,” she said. “If he has information that is exculpatory -that means ex, taking away, culpable, blame -then we look forward to seeing it.” She accused Trump of bribery last week in having his aides dangle a White House meeting, then $400 million in suspended U.S. security assistance, if Zelenskiy announced an investigation into a Democratic 2020 political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. Bribery is one of three articles of impeachment in the U.S. Constitution. In the CBS interview, taped on Friday, the House speaker called Trump an “imposter” whose insecurity drove his real-time Twitter attack on former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch as she testified in the impeachment inquiry. “Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad,” Trump said on Friday as she testified, an extraordinary moment that Democrats said amounted to witness intimidation. Republicans at the hearing expressed support for Yovanovitch’s public service and some later openly criticized Trump’s actions. “I find the president’s tweet unfortunate,” Representative Mike Turner, a Republican on the intelligence panel, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “He made a mistake,” Pelosi told CBS. “He knows her strength. And he was trying to undermine it.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 She spent how many years saying Bush lied and manipulated her into taking part in war crimes? now , Bush is a saint, always willing to work with her. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 I find it amazing the left keeps putting this idiot out there, as the face of their party. Even With the most friendly of interviewers she comes of as a bewildered moron. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Nixon never threatened national security. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Nixon never threatened national security. have the ducks showed back up for this little side show yet ? or are even your ducks to humiliated after there last quacking sesion ended so badly for them and you? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Mainecat said: Nixon never threatened national security. how has trump threatened our national security exactly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 10 hours ago, Mainecat said: Nixon never threatened national security. You act like you were a fan of Nixon.. Im sure you were jumping for joy when butterfield revealed what he knew.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted November 18, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted November 18, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, Mainecat said: Nixon never threatened national security. Seek help. Edited November 18, 2019 by Highmark 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 15 hours ago, Ez ryder said: have the ducks showed back up for this little side show yet ? or are even your ducks to humiliated after there last quacking sesion ended so badly for them and you? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 18 hours ago, Ez ryder said: have the ducks showed back up for this little side show yet ? or are even your ducks to humiliated after there last quacking sesion ended so badly for them and you? So you got nothing. I made my point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 16 hours ago, Angry ginger said: how has trump threatened our national security exactly You need to pay attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, Mainecat said: You need to pay attention. link and proof to national security threat?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 57 minutes ago, XCR1250 said: link and proof to national security threat?? Look it up yourself or just change from FOX to any other of the 1000 news outlets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Look it up yourself or just change from FOX to any other of the 1000 news outlets. No you, you claimed it so prove it or it's just more lies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Look it up yourself or just change from FOX to any other of the 1000 news outlets. This from the woman that uses DUh underground as a source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Just now, XCR1250 said: No you, you claimed it so prove it or it's just more lies. If it’s MC it’s most likely a lie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 3 hours ago, Mainecat said: So you got nothing. I made my point. lmfao just unreal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Mainecat said: Look it up yourself or just change from FOX to any other of the 1000 news outlets. news outlets lmfao what one has tbis opinion piece you can link for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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