It’s like a long, drawn-out comedy sketch. Or maybe it’s more like a nightmare.
For the past several months, reporters have asked House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to address her Democratic colleagues’ efforts to impeach the president. She has answered the question repeatedly, each time saying some variation of, “I’d prefer to focus on policy, thank you very much.”
Yet, for whatever reason, reporters keep asking her about impeachment. Bear in mind: These questions come as the minority leader tries to keep her party focused on the midterm elections.
Unfortunately, and despite Pelosi’s best efforts to steer the conversation toward policy, (something she’s not having much luck with either) the California congresswoman can’t seem get away from the impeachment question.
In fact, she was asked about it as recently as Thursday, when she agreed to do an interview with SiriusXM’s chief Washington correspondent.
“You’ve talked about the Democratic agenda in fairly full terms, but there’s some talk in Democratic circles — not necessarily elected Democrats — but I’ve heard some comments from people like Tom Steyer who say, basically, the Democrats should promise that if they win the majority in 2018 they should impeach the president,” Olivier Knox said. “What do you make of that argument?”
Pelosi responded basically the same way she did the first half-dozen times she was asked about impeachment.
“I do not believe that impeachment is a great policy agenda,” she responded. “I do think that there is a proper arena for that. You see the Mueller investigation. We’ll see what that produces, and if in fact — we have to say that no one is above the law, if there’s evidence to support a claim that a president should be impeached then it would have to be bipartisan in nature and not something that is viewed as a political promise going into an election.”
Pelosi continued, trying her best to stay focused on policy and a more hopeful message for the midterms.
“Again we had our direction from our founders,” she said. “E Pluribus Unum. From Many, One. They didn’t know how many we would be or how different we would be, but they knew we had to be one. And I think that we have a responsibility to strive for that unity in our country. Recognizing that no one is above the law.”
It’s almost comical at this point. Reporters ask her about impeachment, she answers; lather, rinse, repeat. Like the running gag in a sketch comedy show, it only gets funnier the more they ask her. Remember: She has already answered this question about 100 different ways.
