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TexasTowelie

(116,773 posts)
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 06:03 AM Apr 2018

Emanuel cautions fellow Democrats to drop impeachment talk

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Monday he “couldn’t be angrier” at President Donald Trump, but that doesn’t mean it’s time for his fellow Democrats to talk about impeachment.

The almighty “I” word — and the perils of impeachment for Democrats pushing the envelope before it’s time — came up during a conversation hosted by Axios and the U.S. Conference of Mayors on the impact of innovation and automation on cities.

Axios Executive Editor Mike Allen asked Emanuel whether impeachment was a “good issue” for the mayor’s fellow Democrats to use against Trump.

“This is a serious legal and consequential, non-political issue. And my view is, there’s nothing there today that we know” that rises to that standard, Emanuel said.

Read more: https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/emanuel-cautions-fellow-democrats-to-drop-impeachment-talk/

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Emanuel cautions fellow Democrats to drop impeachment talk (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2018 OP
Well it also riles up the base Fullduplexxx Apr 2018 #1
Better to have the millstone around the necks.. raising2moredems Apr 2018 #2

raising2moredems

(706 posts)
2. Better to have the millstone around the necks..
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 10:27 PM
Apr 2018

of what passes for the republican party of today. And pence is far worse than trump - we don't need the 21st century Crusades.

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