Rep. Nancy Pelosi (R-CA) scoffed at the idea that she set an impeachment precedent.
Back in 2019, while acting as Speaker of the House, Pelosi announced then-President Donald Trump‘s first impeachment inquiry before calling for a vote. On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) followed suit and announced an inquiry against President Joe Biden before a vote. At the time, McCarthy cited what he called Pelosi’s “precedent” as the reason he did so.
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“I say that that’s hogwash. I mean, it’s ridiculous. And I don’t know why the press keeps repeating it,” Pelosi said during a televised interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “The fact is, we said we were going to — I assigned my committee chairs, six of them, to develop the facts, because you have to act upon the facts. That’s a strange thing to say…
