will witness a battle between a speaker of the house with leadership ability and a president who should fear it. nancy pelosi continues to display the attributes that matter. let s look at them. first, timing. she opposed impeachment until she saw a clear-cut case to justify it. that was donald trump s attempt to shakedown the president of ukraine by demanding he smear joe biden. second, focus inasmuch she has kept the hearings targeted to that case of presidential bribery. lastly, discipline. speaker pow losy won the endorsement for the impeachment inquiry from all but two democratic members of congress. her leadership in this historic moment has been stunning, and it should terrify donald trump. i remember when richard nixon learned that tip o neil, my old boss was running the impeachment drive against him. he said that is when he knew he was in trouble. she s got the timing, the folk
china, we all know what the future holds. if we re going to be come peeco we need to be stronger. we would have a better agreement and be in a stronger position. but the speaker is more concerned about tearing the president down instead of building the country up. mr. leader, i gather you were watching just now when the speaker in rather effusive terms denied that there is any personal animus on her that s motivating the impeachment drive. it was intimated further that they were impeaching him because they simply don t like the guy. do you believe the speaker is telling the truth that she does not dislike the president and that is not what this is about? look, i ll take them at their word when congresswoman talib
the new york times, the washington post reported that the impeachment drive had already begun. so throwing it all in the kitchen sink hurts these moderate democrats even more than the ukraine impeachment does. but these guys, it is one thing. they already went out on a limb to vote for the impeachment inquiry, but at least in that case a majority of voters supported an inquiry. but a minority supported actual removal. and that has now gotten worse. after all of the hearings, fewer people support removal, but they are being pushed and forced by nancy pelosi to vote on removing the president in districts where people are planning reelections. julie: marc thiessen, that s all the time we have. apologies, i wish that we could go on. thank you very much. we appreciate it. let s bring engine pe jim trust, former federal prosecutor. we announce it at the top of the show, scheduled the next hearing for monday. basically how it works is counsel from the republicans in the democrats for th
know what the future holds. if we re going to be competing, we need to be stronger. we would get a better agreement with china if we had usmc achla. we would be in a stronger position. but the speaker is more concerned about tasearing the president down instead of building the country up. reporter: mr. leader, i gather you were watching just now when the speaker in rather effusive terms denied there is personal animus on her part motivating the impeachment drive. representative collins suggested as much in the hearing yesterday when he intimated that the democrats are impeaching president trump because they don t like the guy. do you take the speaker at her word, do you believe she s telling the truth when she says she does not hate the president and that s not the reason she s doing this? look, i ll take them at their word when congresswoman tlaib said on her very first day in
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