House Democrats are frustrated over leadership's mixed messages on impeachment
Conflicting signals from the House’s most powerful Democrats have left rank-and-file lawmakers exasperated, unable to say confidently whether the House is, in fact, considering one of the weightiest actions any Congress can take: recommending President Donald Trump’s impeachment.Some see the messaging muddle as a strategic boon — it allows moderate Democrats to sidestep politically explosive questions about impeachment while permitting progressives to insist they’re aggressively hammering Trump.
A third, Rep. Gregory Meeks said the House is investigating to determine “whether or not there should be an impeachment investigation.” “I can’t even tell you which of those is more significant,” Sherman added. “And I realize the politics of it. I realize how they’re using the language. But somebody just focusing on the dictionary couldn’t tell you which is more important.”According to a source familiar with the matter, some lawmakers called Nadler over the August recess in order to “get a better understanding of what’s going on.”
“What we’re doing is very clear. It’s been very clear. It continues to be very clear,” Nadler told reporters on Monday. He added: “The speaker has backed us at every point along the way.” Since returning from the six-week August recess, Pelosi has publicly and privately sought to limit talk of impeachment in favor of discussing the caucus’s policy aims, like new gun limits.
Himes, a moderate Democrat who publicly favors an impeachment inquiry, acknowledged that Pelosi and her leadership team have sought to craft a message that can work for all corners of her caucus.
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