Some among the Democratic base appear frustrated with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi who has not been supportive of the majority of House Democrats who want to impeach President Donald Trump. Friday afternoon the Speaker quietly issued a lengthy statement responding to the bombshell news that a whistleblower has filed a "credible" and "urgent" complaint with the intelligence community.
Pelosi's statement, which was not posted to her social media accounts as of this writing, made its way through Twitter via a handful of reporters.
“If the President has done what has been alleged, then he is stepping into a dangerous minefield with serious repercussions for his Administration and our democracy,” Pelosi said, as a Politico congressional reporter pointed out:
Nearly two-thirds of House Democrats support impeaching Trump, or beginning a formal impeachment inquiry at the very least, according to Politico. But the majority of the nation does not, nor do a majority of Democratic voters, according to recent polls.
"Only 37 percent support beginning impeachment proceedings, while half oppose it," Politco reports, citing its own polls.
Speaker Pelosi's statement concludes with this:
"We will continue to follow the facts and explore every possible option to ensure the American people get the truth. We would hope that Republicans would join us in supporting the Constitution."
Some online are calling her statement "weak," while others are disappointed with the lack of specific threats of action, and others are expressing exasperation with the Speaker not supporting impeachment: