217 according to Ali Velshi on MSNBC...nt

[Wounded Bear]

[bearsfootball516]

1. Sooooo close!!

[Wounded Bear]

3. Still in the "supporting investigations" mode yet...

but getting there.

[Johnny2X2X]

6. Meaningless then

There already is an investigation that is a formal impeachment inquiry, you don't need 218 votes for an investigation. I don't understand all this counting, what's the point of it?

[Pacifist Patriot]

13. Morale, scare tactic, and optics

If the support is there up front, it's more likely there will be a successful impeachment vote down the line when the Articles of Impeachment are drafted and formalized, if and when they are put before the entire House for a vote.

ETA: It's a strength in numbers thing and could help move the needle on public support for impeachment. "Well goodness, if that many reps see this behavior as potentially impeachable, maybe there is something there!" Could also apply similar pressure to moderate Republican reps. Only time will tell.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. How are they for impeachment when evidence hasn't been presented?

I mean, I know Trump has done 100s of things impeachment worthy, but shouldn't House members wait to see evidence before they are for impeachment?

[Wounded Bear]

4. See my reply 3 above...nt

[tavalon]

8. Ummm

Trump handed them all the evidence they need by dropping that transcript in their laps.

So any unnamed Blue Dogs are stuck, now. No more studies to decide about impeachment investigations.

Game on.

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. It's being on board for the impeachment process, not declaring a yes vote on specific articles...

of impeachment. Basically, they are saying they are now comfortable with the House going down this road. A road that begins with official inquiries into suspected impeachable offenses to know what the Articles of Impeachment would ultimately contain. We're at the beginning of the end. Not near the end.

[jcgoldie]

5. Nancy has installed confetti in the ceiling of the House Chamber

To fall when they hit 218.

[MontanaMama]

7. Bwaaahaaaaa!

[dewsgirl]

11. 😆 LOL

[tavalon]

12. I dunno about that

That presser had Pelosi looking the way I look on my way to the dentist. Why she looked so very unhappy is not for me to say (any theories I have, I will post with William Rivers Pitt on FB. In other words: not here).

[Wounded Bear]

15. She's a Patriot, and is truly afraid of the results on the nation as a whole...

not just on Dems future election prospects.

What you see on Madame Speaker is the look you see on vets faces when they go back into combat for the second or third time.

She knows that it won't be fun, but it needs to be done.

[peggysue2]

16. x 1000

[tavalon]

17. Sure

That could well be what it is.

Democracy is hard.

[Wounded Bear]

18. "Democracy is hard"

That's why authoritarians hate it. It's why Dubya once said his job would be a lot easier if he were a king.

[tavalon]

19. I remember

He probably said ,"heh heh", after it.

That was me, dancing around a subject I am not allowed to speak to.

Your spin about Pelosi's demeanor could well be right. My unspoken one could also be right. It could be a third one, as well.

I think we can agree that she looked pained, whatever the reason.

[eleny]

10. k&r

[Flaleftist]

20. Who are the holdouts? Does someone have a link?

[Claritie Pixie]

21. One of them is Tulsi Gabbard.

Go figure. Another huge red flag with her.