Thursday morning Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told the nation she has a âspring in her stepâ but waffled on unintelligibly about the next steps concerning impeachment.
ââIt seems like people have a spring in their step because the President was held accountable for his behavior,â Pelosi began. âIt really has been interesting to see the response that we are getting â partisan, across party lines.â
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If by âacross party linesâ Pelosi is referring to Rep. Jeff Van Drew switching to the Republican party over impeachment, then yes, Madame Speaker, party lines were crossed.
She later added: âI myself wanted to say I have a spring in my step because of the moral courage of our caucus. To see [so many members] go to the floor and speak about our Constitution, about the facts of the case,â praising her caucus for their âpatriotismâ.
Reiterating the majority of the Democratsâ floor speeches yesterday afternoon, the Speaker stated: âNo one is above the law, and the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. No one is above the law, and the President has been held accountable.â
Pelosi then discussed her caucusâ next steps: âJust to get this off the table right away, when you impeach the President immediately everybodyâs onto the thing. The next thing for us will be when we see the process set forth in the Senate, then we will know the number of managers we may have to go forward and who we would choose⊠In any event we are ready, when we see what they have we will know who and how many we will send over. Thatâs all Iâm going to say about that now.â
The Speaker then went on to discuss the completion of other tasks on Congressâs agenda, such as passing the Elijah Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act. âLast yearâs campaign we said for the people we would lower the cost of healthcare, starting with lowering the cost of prescription drugs and preserving the preexisting condition benefit.â The Speaker said by passing the bill they âdid just that.â
Not missing a chance to take a swipe at House Republicans, Pelosi added: âRight now as we speak, theyâre debating on the floor the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. I hear my colleagues last night saying, âwell if we werenât doing this we could do Mexico.â Well we are doing Mexico.â
Moving on to the Republicans in the Senate, Pelosi called Majority Leader Mitch McConnell the âgrim reaperâ in reference to a number of bills in that have yet to be passed by the Senate. âHe may think theyâre dead, but theyâre alive and well,â the Speaker said.
Pelosi once again used the American flag to score political points: âI have my Speakerâs pin on today, but many times I have on the flag pin which says: âone country, one destiny.â We have to think in those terms, and we look forward to doing that after the- well, as we go forward.â
The Speaker of the House concluded by emphasizing how diverse she is: âI wish you happy holidays, whatever you are celebrating. In our house we celebrate them all: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Years, whatever else.â