Analysis: Nancy Pelosi just tried to slam the door on impeachment. But will Democrats let her?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi . By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow March 11 at 4:18 PM Nancy Pelosi raised more than a few eyebrows earlier this year when, the same day she became speaker, she appeared to open the door a crack to impeaching President Trump.
“I’m not for impeachment,” Pelosi told The Post. “This is news. I’m going to give you some news right now because I haven’t said this to any press person before. But since you asked, and I’ve been thinking about this: Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path, because it divides the country.
And this situation lends itself nicely to passing the buck, given that Trump faces reelection next year. The longer Democrats run the clock — even while investigating Trump — the easier it would be to say that this should just be left to voters. Will removing Trump from office in early 2020 be necessary if it can just be done in a less messy fashion in late 2020?
Indeed, what might be most interesting about Pelosi’s comments is the date of the interview: March 6. That means, even as the Omar stuff was playing out, Pelosi decided to lay a marker and assert control over the impeachment situation.
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