Mark Z. Barabak

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

Ask if impeachment will freeze action, eg working with the president on other issues, Pelosi says, “I certainly hope not.” Cites US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement. “If the president doesn’t want to do it, it’s up to him,” Pelosi says. #TribFest19 — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

RT @RalstonReports: Pelosi is focusing a lot tonight about what she says is Trump’s attempt to “undermine our system of checks and balances… — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if she worries about potential for Democrats losing the House as a result of impeachment inquiry, Pelosi responds, “It doesn’t matter. Our first responsibility is to protect and defend the Constitution.” That said, she expresses confidence Demos will hold on in 2020. — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

As heckler heckles, @evanasmith tries to shush and Pelosi says, no worries, I deal with this all the time. Big cheers drown out heckler. — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

Pelosi declines to be pinned down — days, weeks? — on a timeline for impeachment inquiry. “It will take as long as the intelligence committee follows the facts,” will take as long as they need “to get the information.” #TribFest19 — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

Pelosi makes the we-can-walk-and-chew-gum-at-the-same-time argument, saying Demos in Congress can investigate impeachment while at the same focusing on healthcare, climate change, guns, etc etc etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

RT @RalstonReports: “Let us be prayerful. Let us be solemn.” ——Pelosi You know, like Twitter. #Tribfest19 — PolitiTweet.org

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Moderator @evanhalper turns to baseball metaphor, asks Pelosi id any congressional GOPers “on deck” to come out behind impeachment, make it a bipartisan. “Fidelity to the oath of office”—protect, defend the Constitution—“does not depend on where the Republicans are in Congress.” — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

A sternly serious Pelosi says re impeachment inquiry, “There’s no joy in this. It’s sad.” Calls for somber, prayerful consideration. “Let us try to not make it further divisive.” But says the Constitution has got to be protected. — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

Asked by moderator @evanasmith where’s the quid pro quo (Trump/Ukraine/Biden/Dirt) Pelosi said it was not explicitly stated during phone call in question. Rather in “sequencing”—military held withheld, then days later Trump dialing up and asking for “favor”—aforementioned dirt. — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

Pelosi said she never said impeachment was a no-go. Just that it wouldn’t proceed unless—and until—the facts (in her judgment) warranted. — PolitiTweet.org

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Speaking in Austin at #Tribfest19, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked how she went from being “intractable” vs impeach to instrumental in it going forward. Her succinct response: “The facts.” — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

“Mr President, you have come into my wheelhouse.“ @jenhab on Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump and impeachment. https://t.co/kzzy5QZ8va — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

RT @EliStokols: "I think he's badly wounded right now...I'm suddenly very worried about 2020." New w/ ⁦@ChrisMegerian⁩ + ⁦@Noahbierman⁩ on… — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

RT @Mr_Berman: I learned about sex because of the last impeachment. This time, kids’ll just learn about Ukraine. Sad. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChrisMegerian: Two separate readers have emailed @EliStokols, @Noahbierman and myself to call us the “three stooges” for our White Hous… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidLauter: California -- one the most Democratic states -- could get even bluer: 40% of conservatives have considered moving, largely… — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

So John Dean is joining @ericswalwell (ran for president, remember him?) at a town hall next week in the SF Bay Area. I visited with Dean more than a year ago, and here's what he had to say back then: https://t.co/dV1sbCw73J — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @laura_nelson: Impeach Clinton? Impeach Trump? Eye-opening @latimes piece on what lawmakers said two decades ago, and what they're sayin… — PolitiTweet.org

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Meanwhile, here's a happy story from @Andy_Truc https://t.co/JWTRUaX6SK — PolitiTweet.org

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@alexburnsNYT Through a miracle, they had just enough ballots to make it through eight nights of balloting. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidLauter: For all people making cases about how public opinion shifted on Nixon, here’s the actual data. https://t.co/lEtfkcjaXM — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

A very Harry Potter take on Trump and impeachment ===> — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @hookjan: Impeachment: That was then, this is now. @markzbarabak looks at what members of Congress who were around for Clinton impeachm… — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

As much of California -- and the country -- moves away from punitive measures, Bakersfield is moving the opposite direction in addressing its homeless problem @sherlyholmes https://t.co/9N5ZPCKtb8 — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

RT @jmartNYT: On @MittRomney’s role in this moment - and what may be the final, most pivotal chapter in the Mitt-and-Donald saga Trump’s… — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

To impeach or not to impeach? Democrats and Republicans sound different when they're talking about William J. Clinton vs Donald J Trump https://t.co/MiO3Tj7DPX — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @markzbarabak: In a country already blazing with animosity, the talk of impeachment threw in matches and several buckets of gasoline. ht… — PolitiTweet.org

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Musical interlude: https://t.co/I3ol5v2WjS #DInahWashington — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

RT @sarahdwire: California Rep. Adam Schiff now finds himself as the face of Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. It’s by no means Schiff’s fir… — PolitiTweet.org