Rebecca Kaplan

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

.@SpeakerPelosi opens her remarks on the House floor by recalling the pledge of allegiance. "Very sadly now our founders' vision of a Republic is under active threat from the White House...if we do not act now we would be derelict in our duty." — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

@SpeakerPelosi "This body still stands by the principles enshrined in the Constitution and defended by generations of Americans," Pelosi says. She is also quoting the late @RepCummings saying that he wanted to be remembered as someone who "stood up to lawlessness and tyranny." — PolitiTweet.org