After laying low for a few days at Mar-a-Lago to enjoy the holidays, President Trump came out swinging this morning.
Trump hit Pelosi hard for holding the articles of impeachment on Twitter as well as sending her over another message.
Getting Leverage
Most believe that Pelosi is holding the articles of impeachment to try to gain some type of leverage over the Republican-run Senate.
To this point, Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) has not hinted that he is willing to bend on anything right now.
However, Trump may be the one that loses patience.
Trump clearly wants his day in court and the only way he can do that is if they hold a full trial in the Senate.
Some pundits believe that if Pelosi holds out long enough, it will be Donald Trump himself that causes McConnell to cave and give in to the demands of Democrats.
Based on Trump’s tweets, they might be right…
The Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats said they wanted to RUSH everything through to the Senate because “President Trump is a threat to National Security” (they are vicious, will say anything!), but now they don’t want to go fast anymore, they want to go very slowly. Liars!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 26, 2019
“Nancy Pelosi has no leverage over the Senate. Mitch McConnell did not nose his way into the impeachment process in the House, and she has no standing in the Senate.” Brad Blakeman. Crazy Nancy should clean up her filthy dirty District & help the homeless there. A primary for N?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 26, 2019
Challenging Pelosi
Trump has never been a very patient man, but if he wants to win this battle, he is going to need to cool his heels and allow this to play out.
What was good to see in these tweets, however, is the highlighting of the problems in Nancy Pelosi’s district as well as inviting someone to challenge her.
Pelosi has been a fixture in her district for more than three decades, so perhaps the people are ready for some change.
At the very least, getting a primary challenger in there would begin to bring to the national spotlight some of the problems Pelosi has in her district.
It would also eat up some of that war chest, giving her less to spend during the general election when, hopefully, a Trump supporter puts her popularity to a test.