Overview
- Pelosi said impeachment should not be Democrats' agenda for the next two years unless there is specific cause, calling it a serious constitutional step.
- She criticized the current administration as "corrupt, incoherent, chaotic [and] cruel" but insisted any move to impeach must be grounded in wrongdoing.
- Pelosi noted she presided over two House impeachments in Trump’s first term tied to the Ukraine pressure campaign and the Jan. 6 attack.
- She faulted the Senate for failing to convict in those cases, saying Republicans lacked the courage to remove the president.
- Her stance follows Rep. Al Green's resolution that the House voted to table 237–140, with 47 Democrats voting present, as party leaders emphasized the need for rigorous investigation before any impeachment effort.