She told this to The Washington Post Magazine when asked about impeaching Donald Trump:
I’m not for impeachment. This is news. I’m going to give you some news right now because I haven’t said this to any press person before. But since you asked, and I’ve been thinking about this: Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path, because it divides the country. And he’s just not worth it.
Would I like to see Trump impeached? YES! But Speaker Pelosi is right. It is not yet time to try and impeach Trump.
Right now, the effort would likely be doomed to failure. The Senate Republicans would back Trump and refuse to throw him out of office. And currently, not enough of the voting public supports impeachment.
The Mueller investigation has not been finished -- and we don't know what that investigation will have uncovered. In addition, the House committees have just started their investigations -- and those investigations will be even more far reaching than Mueller's. It only makes sense to see what all of these investigations uncover before trying to impeach Trump.
If these investigations turn up proof of enough corruption, there's a good chance that public opinion will change -- making impeachment the desire of a significant majority, and putting enormous pressure on Senate Republicans to vote their conscience instead of their party (as happened with Nixon).
I think also that Speaker Pelosi would prefer that the public took Trump out in the 2020 election. That would embarrass him more, and he wouldn't be able to whine "witch hunt". I agree. I would like to see Trump tossed out any way possible, but the best would be for the voters to toss him out. That would crush his narcissistic ego.
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