By Felicia Sonmez Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow May 9 at 12:41 PM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she agrees with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler that the country is in a “constitutional crisis” due to President Trump’s stonewalling of congressional investigations.
Democrats and the White House are locked in a battle over executive authority in the wake of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. “There can be no higher stakes than this attempt to arrogate all power to the executive branch, away from Congress and, more important, away from the American people,” Nadler said Wednesday. “We’ve talked for a long time about approaching a constitutional crisis. We are now in it. We are now in a constitutional crisis.”
“In terms of timing, when we’re ready we’ll come to the floor,” she said when asked about the timing of a vote by the full House on whether to hold Barr in contempt. “And we’ll just see because there may be some other contempt of Congress issues that we might want to deal with at the same time. And he wants to do it as soon as possible, and so do we.”
But impeachment is off the table? So, then what?
Must be impeached, he's a total disgrace to the world.
My morning was in a crisis? How does that sound? Please don't put the United States constitution in this and sound so dramatic. You sound dramatic 😂
This is what the Second Amendment was wirtten for
This was Linclions warning
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Already heard that one like a billion times!
an executive branch that ignores subpeonas from congress? Yea, we are in a constitutional crisis, brought to us by russia and the right wing. they only care about the constitution when it supports their ideology of freedom for some.
Hysteria, anger, jealousy and lies = Democrats.
Dems in crisis!
One explnd a constitutional crisis is, for example, when SCOTUS orders POTUS to do something and POTUS does nothing; this person further said the USC does not provide a remedy for this. We aren’t yet in a Constitutianal Crisis, we are in the path to 1
If the courts are convicting people without ARRAIGNMENT, PLEAS AND JURY TRIAL AFTER FALSE ARREST ITS SAFE TO SAY THAT THE GOAL ARE TO DESTROY THE AMERICAN WAY TO BRING IN THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION.
Mostly due to you
Democrats continue to be the party of fear-mongering. Tax cuts: Armageddon Net neutrality: people are going to die Green new deal: we are all dead in 12yrs Constitution crisis: Barr won’t release 6E material.
It has taken two years for the president and the GOP to get us where we are, but we finally take the house back, and people cry, 'hurry up'. You guys need to be patient, this isn't microwave popcorn. For fuck sales. 🙄
Frylikeanegg Then she needs to start impeachment proceedings. But she won't. Scared of Trump. Weak leadership guaranteeing Trump gets reelected.
Laureta22 Like we been sayin .. ITMFA
but not worth the bother?
“But we’re still too scared to do something because of votes” - Nancy
The democrat party is a constitutional crisis
Kinda like when congress had AG Holder in contempt and Nadler was losing his mind over the contempt charge against Holder?
2 of the 3 branches of government are totally dysfunctional and are intent on ignoring the will of the people. Yeah I'd say the founding fathers did not anticipate this. PutinsGOP
For awhile now
SpeakerPelosi so why aren’t you doing anything?
Open an impeachment inquiry now.
It's been over 2 yrs...DO something!
Who cares what she thinks? I for one don't.
Argentina and USA very similar today. Fight between Parliament and President or fight between Congress and President. Should free world recognise the Congress as legitimate power?
Same people: 1) circumvent electoral college, 2) pack the Supreme Court, 3) confiscate guns, 4) deny religious freedom, 5) impeach despite lack of crime...
This is beyond tedious. WalkAway
Please what did you say with Holder was in contempt
The crisis is inflicted by you! It’s my understanding that u can walk right over and view an unredacted Report but that wouldn’t serve your purpose
Everyone in Congress needs to grow a spine now and put the Constitution ahead of tribalism. History will condemn those of you that don’t.
These people wouldn't know a constitutional crisis, if it bit them in their buts. This is just another made up crisis. Dems can't get anything done, because of their hate of Trump.
And?
Pelosi is a dummy! Nadler is asking Barr to violate the law in order to comply with Nadler’s request. If a crisis exists..Democrats started it! Let the Courts decide!
and the world is watching this fiasco with the BillionDollarLoser in charge .... so sad really
I thought we were in a border crisis? So many crisis I can’t keep up.
Only because democrats can’t walk and chew gum.
Then she should do something about it! No more playing nice, go for the throat!!
Go ahead can't wait to see crap full force in your face ALL FROM HATE THAT YOU'RE IGNORING REAL FACTS Obama administration playing games in our election & alot more! Suck it up Butter Cups it's coming & ZERO will feel avenge or happy with our entire traitorous goverment it seems!
ImpeachmentHearings would help with this crisis. Please SpeakerPelosi please add “impeachment” box next time you sent out fundraising emails.
So it's better than nothing, but also still just words. We need concrete actions taken. And I'll keep banging the drum that the action should take the form of opening an Impeachment Inquiry now.
In other words, we are clueless what to do.
ABAJournal Pelosi and Congress have to do something immediately to contain DonaldTrump ImpeachNow
The constitution is working just fine
SpeakerPelosi is a whimp!
A fake manufactured crisis based on lies.
The crisis is the establishment trying to overthrow an elected President
manufactured statement to poison the Americans 🤣
She is creating it, she should know‼️
Dem party don't know to make investment to build USA so they use investigation as their excuses, typical Washington establishment. 🤣
Do something !!!!
It is, we have a dope as speaker of the house!
A crisis they caused with a FakeDossier .....THEY need a lengthy investigation of themselves. Too bad the GOP hasn't the cajoles to surmount one. McConnell and Graham are too weak to do it. The voters have been swindled.
Ok Madame Speaker, the American people knows that & the entire world knows that. The question is WHAT ARE YOUUUU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?
Then DO SOMETHING!
Enough talk...ACTION!
Did the WP really expect one Democrat to disagree with another? Their career would be destroyed by other Democrats
That's funny, because when she and her cohorts 'condemned' the Repubs in 2012 when Holder was in contempt, now SHE and the Dems are doing the exact same thing! Hypocrite!!
Someone tell this smart lady that BERNIE is her answer. Stop beating your head up. This is her last chance to finish this race right, once and for all. No corruption, ever again from the DNC. Vote of the people MATTERS. ***BERNIE 2020***
It is in a constitutional crisis. The left wants to do away with electoral college. The left wants to increase the supreme court. The left says that that Congress is above the other branches of government, etc...
THE DOSSIER PLUNGED THE U.S INTO A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS.
Guess you need to impeach then, right? tedlieu is eating a cookie right now, but I’m sure he’s on board.
'We are now in a constitutional crisis.”
We have been since dt stepped into the WH.
SO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
Trump's illegal Venezuelan Coup for Central Banks has come to USA where his Secret Service Assaulted a US Veteran for giving out food. That's not the constitutional Crisis Wapo or Pelosi care about though. They just want power. Not Justice.
OK, guys. Better impeach Trump then, right? What's that? You can't? That's what I thought.
Great. Now impeach this motherf***er.
What are you going to do about it?
Have another drink smashed Nancy
And I agree with my plumber that they're both total dipshits.
Indeed, the Democrats in Congress are out of control.
🤣😂
Libola is infecting her majority. She has lost all control.
Ok, then what are they going to do about it?
Pure election campaign politics is all they are doing
another constitutional crisis since yesterday
They lost get over it Democrats look like a bunch of crybabies
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