DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi argued Thursday [5-23-19] the ‘White House is just crying out for impeachment’ but that Democrats will continue to hold back on opening an impeachment inquiry until it’s ‘unavoidable’…Pelosi has previously argued that President Donald Trump is goading Democrats into impeaching him because he thinks it will fire up his base ahead of the 2020 election. Despite a more fervent push from members in her caucus this week to open an impeachment inquiry, Pelosi continues to argue to Democrats that impeachment is ‘divisive’ and the House is already on a steady course with their investigations…Her comments come a day after Trump abruptly left a White House meeting with Pelosi and other Democratic leaders over infrastructure, blasting her for using the word ‘cover-up’ to describe the White House’s lack of cooperation with House investigations. Pelosi on Thursday described the encounter as a ‘temper tantrum’ from Trump.”
–Ashley Killough, Clare Foran and Naome Seifu, “Pelosi says White House is ‘crying out for impeachment’,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 23, 2019 11:52 pm