Analysis: Pelosi tamps down talk of Trump impeachment — welcome words for centrist Democrats
By Paul Kane Paul Kane Senior congressional correspondent and columnist Email Bio Follow March 16 at 6:00 AM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi changed the impeachment debate with a five-word flourish that helped steady her wobbly caucus: “He’s just not worth it.”
That hashtag-worthy declaration against impeachment — unless several factors come together to produce a “compelling and overwhelming” case that Republicans will support — found strong support, particularly among freshman Democrats who won GOP seats in 2018. But Pelosi effectively sidelined impeachment, for now, and that led to several relatively quiet days before Democrats left Washington on Thursday for a 10-day recess.
Now, with Pelosi setting the ground rules, these Democrats have a ready-made answer if activists dominate their town halls in the week ahead. If liberals demand that a first-term Democrat impeach Trump, the response is simple: Listen to Nancy Pelosi, she has set the standard for when impeachment could begin.
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