JimBowie1958
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So when the Senate trial starts, it could last 6 to 8 weeks with new witnesses from both sides. Clintons went 6 weeks. This occupies Sanders till mid March, not able to campaign.
McCarthy: Pelosi may have held impeachment articles to hurt Sanders' election chances
McCarthy: Pelosi may have held impeachment articles to hurt Sanders' election chances
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., may have withheld the articles of impeachment to hurt Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and other 2020 White House hopefuls who serve in the Senate.
McCarthy was speaking at a Capitol Hill press conference when he suggested Pelosi was playing politics with impeachment to affect the results of the Democratic primary.
"Within her own leadership, there were questions about why she held [the articles]," he said. "But if there's anyone who gained from this, it'd be anybody who's running for president that's not in the U.S. Senate. With Iowa quickly upon us in early February, those four senators who are running for president will now no longer have a voice."
McCarthy also cited Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign and the controversy surrounding the delegate process at the time.
"I know what happened four years ago. Something no one thought would," he said. "That the head of a complete party of the Democrat National Committee resigning the day before, actually the night before, the nominating convention. Why? Because emails came out to show that one of the main campaigners, Sen. Bernie Sanders, was cheated."
McCarthy was speaking at a Capitol Hill press conference when he suggested Pelosi was playing politics with impeachment to affect the results of the Democratic primary.
"Within her own leadership, there were questions about why she held [the articles]," he said. "But if there's anyone who gained from this, it'd be anybody who's running for president that's not in the U.S. Senate. With Iowa quickly upon us in early February, those four senators who are running for president will now no longer have a voice."
McCarthy also cited Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign and the controversy surrounding the delegate process at the time.
"I know what happened four years ago. Something no one thought would," he said. "That the head of a complete party of the Democrat National Committee resigning the day before, actually the night before, the nominating convention. Why? Because emails came out to show that one of the main campaigners, Sen. Bernie Sanders, was cheated."
