The Democrats took back the House less than 24 hours ago, but it looks like they’re already making big plans.
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— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 7, 2018
Here we go. I rode the train down with an important incoming chairman of House Judiciary and heard about their plans to impeach Kavanaugh and Trump. #RussiaRussiaRussia! https://t.co/bErZmO82jL
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 7, 2018
The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway reports:
Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., revealed plans for House Democrats to investigate and impeach Justice Brett Kavanaugh for alleged perjury and investigate and impeach President Donald Trump for alleged treasonous collusion with Russia.
In post-election chats with various callers while riding the Acela train from New York to Washington, Nadler gave advice to a newly elected representative and discussed potential 2020 Democratic presidential nominees with another. He also lamented identity politics and the thriving economy and worried about Democrats losing working-class voters while gaining elite former Republicans and suburban women.
The two discussed two routes for investigating new Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh. The first is to go after the FBI for how they handled the investigation into unsubstantiated claims he sexually assaulted women. “They didn’t even do a half-ass job,” he said. “They didn’t interview 30 witnesses who said ‘Interview me! I’ve got a lot to say!’” he said, while mimicking people waving their hands to be called on.
His other plan is to go after Kavanaugh because “there’s a real indication that Kavanaugh committed perjury.” He claimed that The Atlantic published an article about the allegations of a third woman. Then he claimed that when Kavanaugh was “asked at a committee hearing under oath when he first heard of the subject, he said, ‘When I’d heard of the Atlantic article.’ But there is an email chain apparently dating from well before that from him about ‘How can we deal with this?’” Nadler told the caller.
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So. This is really how House Dems plan to use their time?
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) November 7, 2018
I hope they really do. Will be fun to watch them make complete fools of themselves while accomplishing nothing.
— Cslater (@cslater) November 7, 2018
Good luck with all that, Jerrold et al.
Whoa. Looooot of news in this story. Jerrold Nadler should be a lot more careful about who he sits next to on the Acela next time. https://t.co/QjOX3B8xqM
— Jeff B. (@EsotericCD) November 7, 2018
No kidding. If Democrats want to be insane, that’s their prerogative, but they might not want to give away their big play so early in the game. Especially not on the effing Acela.
I have no doubt Nadler's stupid enough to cater to the "resistance" fantasy of impeaching Kavanaugh, but I suspect Pelosi will strangle it in the crib. Also, if you're a pol riding the Acela, you really should sit in the quiet car so you can't be overheard by journalists. https://t.co/IzvJzkgThL
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) November 7, 2018
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Update:
Tom Brokaw warns that this move could put Dems on the 'road to disaster' https://t.co/oVmfxBFQQT
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 7, 2018
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