Tag Archives: Nancy Pelosi

Pelosi On Impeachment: I’m Not Trying To Run Out The Clock, We’ll Proceed When We Have What We Need

CNN reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded to her Democratic critics Friday who say she’s not moving fast enough on impeaching President Donald Trump and promised her approach wouldn’t be “endless.” “No, I’m not trying to run out the clock,” Pelosi said at a news conference on Capitol Hill. “Let’s get sophisticated about this, OK?” Pelosi repeated her long-standing position …

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Trump To Tabloid: I’m “Not Unhappy” With Racism Vote

Britain’s Daily Mail tabloid reports: President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s ‘not unhappy’ with the result of a political war over his recent comments that Democrats were quick to brand as racist. In a brief phone call a few hours before he will speak to a rally crowd in North Carolina, he told The Daily Mail that his game …

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House Passes Resolution: Yes, The President Is A Racist

The New York Times reports: A House Democratic effort on Tuesday to formally denounce comments by President Trump devolved into a partisan brawl on the House floor as Republicans tried and failed to stop Speaker Nancy Pelosi from calling the president a racist. Mr. Trump on Tuesday denied that his tweets suggesting that four minority congresswomen leave the country were …

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House To Vote On Condemning Trump’s “Xenophobia”

Vox reports: House Democrats will soon vote on a formal resolution condemning President Donald Trump for his racist tweets about four members of Congress. After blasting the president’s words in her own tweet this weekend, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the House will go further. Democrats will soon introduce a resolution condemning Trump’s “xenophobic” remarks. The resolution will be sponsored …

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Trump Accuses Nancy Pelosi Of Racism [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: President Trump on Monday accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of using racist comments, escalating his attacks on four first-term Democratic congresswomen to the leader of the Democratic Party. Ms. Pelosi had criticized the president on Sunday for suggesting four lawmakers of color should “go back” to their own countries, and she said that his slogan, “ …

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Pelosi Blasts Trump’s Racism: When He Says Make America Great Again, He Means Make Us White Again

The Washington Post reports: Trump’s tweets prompted a sharp response from Nancy Pelosi, who described them as racist and divisive. She also called on Trump to halt the planned ICE raids on Sunday and “work with us for humane immigration policy that reflects American values.” Other Democrats also responded with outrage, with some pointing out Trump’s history of birtherism as …

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Pelosi Scolds Progressive Reps On Tweeted Infighting

Politico reports: Speaker Nancy Pelosi chided progressives in a closed-door meeting Wednesday, calling on them to address their intra-party grievances privately rather than blasting their centrist colleagues on Twitter. Pelosi’s comments, which were described as stern, came during the first full caucus meeting since a major blow up over emergency border funding last month between progressive and moderate lawmakers as …

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Nancy Pelosi: Labor Sec Must Resign Over Epstein Deal

The Washington Post reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday night became the highest-profile lawmaker to call for the resignation of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, citing his handling as a U.S. attorney of an earlier case against Jeffrey Epstein that resulted in a minimal sentence. Pelosi’s call for Acosta to “step down” followed Monday’s indictment of the billionaire financier …

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Pelosi: If I’m Not Left Enough For The Left, So Be It

“All these people have their public whatever and their Twitter world. But they didn’t have any following. They’re four people and that’s how many votes they got. If the left doesn’t think I’m left enough, so be it. As I say to these people, come to my basement. I have these signs about single-payer from 30 years ago. I understand …

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House Passes Border Spending Bill After Pelosi Reverses

ABC News reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she is “reluctantly” urging Democrats to pass a bipartisan emergency spending bill Thursday afternoon to send humanitarian relief to the southern border, reversing course and abandoning a Democratic effort to amend a measure that won strong bipartisan support in the Senate on Wednesday. “The children come first. At the end of the …

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Trump Accuses “Nervous Nancy” Of Fascism [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: President Trump on Friday accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of making a “fascist statement” when she said his administration is engaged in a “criminal cover-up.” “It’s a fascist statement, it’s a disgraceful statement. I call her ‘Nervous Nancy,’ she’s a nervous wreck,” Trump said during a call-in interview on “Fox & Friends.” Pelosi said last month that …

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Pelosi: Trump Saying He’ll Accept Dirt From Foreign Spies Won’t “Trigger” Impeachment Hearings [VIDEO]

“Everybody in the country should be totally appalled by what the president said last night. Should be totally appalled. He has a habit of making appalling statements. This one borders on so totally unethical but he doesn’t even realize it. However, what we want to do is have a methodical approach to the path we’re on and this will be …

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Giuliani Accuses “Over The Hill” Pelosi Of McCarthyism

Politico reports: Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, blasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday for saying she wants to see the president in prison, and likened her to Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the Red Scare of the 1950s. Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) defended Pelosi’s comments Sunday morning in a conversation with Brett Baier, host of “Fox News Sunday.” …

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Trump Attacks “Nervous Nancy” For Criticizing While He Was Overseas, Which He Did To Her While Overseas

So this happened just yesterday: President Trump went after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, calling her a “nervous wreck” minutes before giving a speech commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings. “I think she is a disgrace,” Trump said Thursday in a Fox News interview. “I actually don’t think she’s a talented person. I’ve tried to be …

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Pelosi To Jerry Nadler: I Want To See Trump In Prison

Politico reports: Speaker Nancy Pelosi told senior Democrats that she’d like to see President Donald Trump “in prison” as she clashed with House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler in a meeting on Tuesday night over whether to launch impeachment proceedings. Nadler pressed Pelosi to allow his committee to launch an impeachment inquiry against Trump — the second such request he’s made …

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Pelosi Notes Common Misconception On Impeachment: It Doesn’t Mean Immediate Removal From Office

The Washington Post reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday noted a common misconception that the impeachment of a president means immediate removal from office, as she continued to call for a deliberate approach in building a case against President Trump. “Do you know that most people think impeachment means you’re out of office?” Pelosi said at a news …

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Pelosi To Kimmel: Trump “Wants Us To Impeach Him”

ABC News reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” that President Donald Trump actually wants to be impeached because he believes the Republican-controlled Senate would bail him out. “I think the president wants us to impeach him,” the California Democrat told Jimmy Kimmel. “He knows it’s not a good idea to be impeached, but the …

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Nancy Pelosi: Slow Your Roll On Impeachment, Our Case Must Be Compelling Enough To Sway Republicans

Referring to the time it took to impeach Richard Nixon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this afternoon effectively urged Democrats to slow their roll on impeachment calls, saying, “We want to do what is right and what gets results.” Pelosi also said that the press is overlooking the House Democrats who have yet to back an immediate start to impeachment hearings: …

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LIVE VIDEO: Pelosi Addresses Mueller’s Statement

PBS reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will deliver remarks hours after former special counsel Robert Mueller made his first public statement on the Russia probe. Pelosi is scheduled to speak at 3 p.m. ET today. In his more than 8-minute statement, Mueller said that it was “not an option” to charge President Donald Trump with a crime in the two-year …

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Zircon And Burlap: Nancy Pelosi Slurs Her Words And She Looks Like A “Non-Functioning Alcoholic” [VIDEO]

Mediate reports: Fox & Friends did the right thing Friday morning in swiftly correcting the record after Fox Nation hosts and frequent Fox News guests Diamond & Silk made remarkably disparaging remarks about Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Co-host Steve Doocy marked a new era in their relationship, noting that Trump has finally given Pelosi a nickname, “calling her Crazy Nancy.” Lynnette …

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