House Democrats avoided adding Mueller findings to impeachment in order to woo skittish members and voters

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House Dems engaged in a vigorous behind-the-scenes debate about whether to charge Pres. Trump with obstruction of justice as part of an article of impeachment, but ultimately decided that doing so would become a more difficult message to sell, sources say

At a closed-door meeting Monday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team debated about adding an article of impeachment on obstruction of justice related to former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, but it was recognized in the room that they would lose some Democratic votes. The idea was broached of even seeing that article of impeachment voted down, but there was little support for going that route, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

Trump hits point of no return as Democrats ready impeachment articlesHouse Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel, one of the six chairmen who announced the articles on Tuesday, said adding an obstruction of justice charge to the impeachment articles would have been a"mixed bag of tricks." Because it didn't have broad consensus in the caucus, the New York Democrat said, it could have been tough to get the votes needed.

 

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TRUMP will be reelected taking 45 states thanks to Democrats nice job. Thanks from the American people..

so it is about selling...Ok

So what you are saying it is not what is right or wrong - but what can be marketed and sold to voters as the truth?

Keep it simple!! That works best! 57% of Americans says to IMPEACH

Well it’s all BS anyway!!!

Putin is laughing. Schiff, Pelosi, and Nadler are doing exactly what he has hoped for. Dems are Putin’s puppets. Dems’ shams are crumbling. Maybe republicans will make up impeachable crimes after the election if a dem wins. Dems will lose big time. Some people call it karma.

Key words “ behind the scenes

Impeachment shouldn’t be difficult to sell?

Please! Americans are smart enough to read Trump's tweets and watch his bullying news conferences to understand the Donald is obstructing justice. Make the case with video evidence and the multitude of examples or go back to the barnyard and pick shit with the chickens.🐔🐔

Democrats are wimps.

As if 'obstruction of Congress' is even a law.

There’s going to be a lot of people looking for their safe places again when Trump beats this then wins the 2020

I’m so glad that you guys are destroying yourselves along with the Democratic Party. So cool to see the freefall of ratings! What comes around goes around ! you can’t single people out like that!

The fact the word sell is being used here tells you all you need to know.

Do the right thing - include the McGahn Obstruction which Prof Turley called a serious issue

There is no direct link to withholding a meeting or arms and an investigation in Ukraine. If there were there would have been an announcement from Ukraine on June 26th. You actually think Ukr is going to debate investigating H. Biden in return for $400 million? Lolz.

I would have loved to see that freak show.

the 2nd he made any money from the job as his family (with any govt title) he should have been impeached. the racist hate speech surely that has to be biggest impeachment signal when you are dealing with other countries and you are representing every person in the country.

The ‘American Experiment’ relies is founded on laws - the much lauded ‘checks and balances’. If they can’t be invoked, the US will become a dictatorship.

'story to sell' pretty much sums up entire Impeachment scam

Sell? WTF SpeakerPelosi

They haven't sold the majority of America on nothing. Just like the Tea Party hated Obama, the Liberal faction of the Democrats hate Trump. Democrats just took it to a whole new level of scumbaggery.

Good 👏 yeah let’s worry about selling the message instead of due process and legality

Unconstitutional

Just get on with it, Christ I'm so tired of hearing this shit everyday.

Strange they never used bribery or any of their other key words........they must have used their focus group again

Democrats never did sell their impeachment sham to the public! Party is a complete joke!

To be fair Pelosi has a hard time selling any message.

If I had any doubts for whom to vote in the next election , definitely Trump , By the way I did not vote for trump last election

Because it never happened?

They have no case period.

I thought this had nothing to do with politics?

Sean Hannity on his radio show just called CNN's people 'lazy and dumb' journalists. Seriously?

Nancy is Nuts. The democrats have lost their minds. Impeachment and also trying to take credit for the USMCA all in one day?

The message isn’t selling anyways. The democrats are eating themselves alive. It’s been fun to watch.

The Dems are losing the battleground states and the independents. They are doomed in 2020. Trump in a landslide.

Everything the Democrats do is behind the scenes in basements on islands

The senate will just toss this. What was the point ? He’s only going to use it as an advantage in the election as the victim. He holds the cards

Because it’s garbage. He released the classified transcript to them and anything else they requested that he didn’t want to do he contested legally thru the courts, which the democrats have refused to wait for an outcome on.

leaving out excultiptory information? who would do such a thing?

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