When Stephen Colbert had Nancy Pelosi on last night, he thanked her for “making time to be on our silly show.”
“When you heard what was said in that (Ukraine)telephone call, what was your first reaction?” he asked.
“I prayed for the United States of America,“ she replied. “We don’t want to impeach a president. We don’t want the reality that a president has done something that is in violation of the Constitution.”
She thanked Colbert for his patriotism, and discussed how neither of them was really in favor of impeachment for a long time.
“As you said, and you have said before, this is a sad occasion in a way, because you don’t want to have to take these steps,” Colbert said.
“The reason why people do get happy sometimes is because people want to know that actions have consequences, and there have been so few consequences for this president, when he’s admitting on the White House lawn the crimes that he has been willing to do in order to help himself.”
“Well, I do think what’s most important, the most important thing for the American people to realize and understand no one is above the law. Not the president of the United States, or not,” Pelosi said.
“In the earlier stage of our revolution, Thomas Paine wrote, ‘The times have found us.’ Here they were, they declared independence, they fought a war, they established a country, they wrote a constitution that was to free them and to establish a democracy, a republic, as you know from history when, September 17, 1787, was the day that the Constitution was adopted.
The entry 'Nancy Pelosi Talks About Impeachment With Stephen Colbert' was posted
on November 2nd, 2019 at 12:22 am
and is filed under Uncategorized.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
‘When Harry Met Sally’ is so much more interesting than my calculus homework. It’s a struggle to focus on the trapper keeper spread open on my knees, especially when my eyes keep wandering to the large television in the center of our living room.
As usual, I’m home alone. Mom is teaching a late class at the medical school and Dad is working at the hospital. Even Lamb, who I can usually count on as a companion, is out of town at a conference.
The phone rings, making me jump. Putting my homework aside, I jump up from the couch and trot into the kitchen to answer it, my socked feet sliding a bit on the slick tile.
“Hello,” I say into the receiver.
“Claire.”
I blink in surprise at the sound of my father’s voice. “Dad… hi. What’s up?”
“I’ve got to go to Boston for an emergency surgery. They’re chartering a plane for me and I have to leave in half an hour.”
My dad is the best pediatric trauma surgeon in New England, so last minute trips out of town are pretty common for him.
“Okay. I’ll tell Mom not to expect you.”
“I actually need you to do me a favor.”
“Shoot.”
“My work bag. I left it in the study by accident. Bring it down here.”
“Sure. No problem.”
“Hurry.”
Without another word, the line disconnects. I roll my eyes as I hang up the phone with a muttered, “No need to thank me.”
I grab my father’s work bag from his study. I notice that this isn’t the bag he usually brings on out-of-town trips, but I know better than to ask why he suddenly needs it. I grab a jacket and my shoes before retrieving my car keys and slipping out the back door.
Tori