Unsustainable. they think that part of this is going to go through the court system and nadler said that opening an impeachment inquiry strengthens the hand. so the idea that you kind of need to go through the court system first and open an inquiry, it s not valid. it seems like another excuse. the same thing said about putting this off because in six months nobody is going to care, i don t want to second-guess the skill at defending her membership, but if you are going to make people take a hard vote, make them do it now. in six months it probably is true that we moved on to other outrage and people will not vote on the basis of a vote that their congress person took right now. jason? i agree. it doesn t make sense if you say it s not going to matter, what s the problem with doing the vote now. pelosi has a perfect example. you had democrats take a huge
They can t make them walk the plank because it will cost them or diminish the chances and that s the calculation. there is an additional col calculation. he s not going to be removed because of the senate so why make them walk the plank. it s the combination of the two. i was talking to former long time democratic staffer a week or so ago and he made the point that their thinking is, six months from now, the presidential cycle takes over and everything is presidential and kind of like that s coming. we are going to kind of wait and get to that. that s not a great answer. this goes back to it and i think that strategy and political calculation is utterly defensible and naps ks the votes better than i do. what feels disingenuous, it feels like there is a clock running out and it s unclear if that s transparently what s happening. that to me is part of what is unsustainable. they think that part of this is going to go through the court system and nadler said that opening an impeachment inquiry strengthens the hand. so the idea that you kind of need to go through the court system first and open an inquiry, it s not valid. it seems like another excuse. the same thing said about putting this off because in six months nobody is going to care,
Number we have, will be crossing illegally this year. and as it comes to these little boys and girls, congressman, do you think they should be able to stay? you know, i think that we re going to have to address the court system first. this backlog in the courts is not only creating an unjust system with huge backlogs and long waits, but it s also creating this whole other issue with border patrol being able to do their job today. so i think the courts come first, and then we have to assess and deport those to their native countries as we see fit. are there exceptions, though? with those kids? oh, absolutely. we re a great nation. there are always going to be exceptions. but we need to deal with those through the court system. like what? just put you on the spot. like what specifically? well, i mean, certainly this is a humanitarian crisis. we need the president to be actually reaching out to these heads of states to find out exactly what their issues are so we can address them ourselves. you represent you are in this unique position, representing this border district here in california.