.@SpeakerPelosi – it has been an honor to serve alongside you during these unprecedented times. Your bravery, leadership & strong progressive track record has helped moved our country forward & I can’t think of anyone more deserving of the #ProfileInCourage Award. #MApoli #MA7 pic.twitter.com/AMApn7tLAb
— Rep Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) May 20, 2019
Nice story from commentor Hervevillechaizelounge:
One of my friends went to a Nancy Pelosi shindig in Boston last night. When folks were waiting to shake the Speaker’s hand some dude kind of nudged my (female) friend out of the way.
Apparently Nancy Smash noticed because she maneuvered around Sir Shove-a-lot and grabbed my friend’s hand—my friend was gobsmacked!!
Given such history, I’m willing to watch what Speaker Pelosi does next, per the Washington Post:
… At least five members of Pelosi’s leadership team — four of whom also sit on the House Judiciary Committee, with jurisdiction over impeachment — pressed Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a closed-door leadership meeting to allow the panel to start an inquiry, which they argued would help investigators attain documents and testimony that Trump has blocked.
Several hours later, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler met with Pelosi as well and made the case to start the inquiry, he later told his panel member on a call.
Pelosi declined to endorse the idea both times, according to the officials either in or familiar with what happened in both meetings. She and House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) argued that such an inquiry would undercut other House investigations — or that the idea was not supported by other members in the caucus…
The meeting marks the first time a chairman and top rank-and-file lawmakers — including members of Pelosi’s leadership team — have lobbied her to change her long-held position on impeachment. Judiciary Committee members for days have discussed how to move the speaker toward their thinking, but few have been willing to break with her publicly.
However, a core group of Judiciary Democrats plans to begin calling Tuesday for an impeachment inquiry if former White House counsel Donald McGahn does not show for subpoenaed testimony at 10 a.m., according to multiple sources familiar with the plan. The White House on Monday moved to block McGahn from showing up, arguing that he is exempt from testimony…
Late Monday night, after huddling with Pelosi on the matter, Nadler appeared to side with the speaker — though he did not rule out impeachment. He would not speak about his meeting with Pelosi.
Nadler acknowledged, however, that opening an impeachment inquiry “might” empower his investigations, but he pointed to a federal judge’s ruling Monday to uphold a Democratic subpoena as proof that the courts could help the party. Pelosi had made the same point privately during the meetings…
My emphasis. Gonna be a(nother) busy morning on Capitol Hill…
In my public life, I have seen leaders who understood that their duty was not to do what was easy, but what was right – especially when my colleagues had the courage to support the Affordable Care Act. #ProfileInCourage
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) May 20, 2019
It was not arrogance, but courage, that fueled America’s birth. #ProfileInCourage pic.twitter.com/vSeKmBAd8J
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) May 20, 2019
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