A little tidbit that got missed by cable news this week was buried in a New York Times article, detailing the fact that she actually spoke to the DoD about how THEY might intervene in preventing Trump’s access to nuclear codes or even remove him from office.
There are words for when one part of government attempts to remove another part through military force.
Here’s the relevant portion of the NYT article, via Instapundit.
In a letter to House Democrats on Friday, Ms. Pelosi invoked the resignation of Richard M. Nixon amid the Watergate scandal, when Republicans prevailed upon the president to resign and avoid the ignominy of an impeachment, calling Mr. Trump’s actions a “horrific assault on our democracy.”
Ms. Pelosi also said she had spoken with Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about “preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes.”
A spokesman for General Milley, Col. Dave Butler, confirmed that the two had spoken and said the general had “answered her questions regarding the process of nuclear command authority.”
But some Defense Department officials have privately expressed anger that political leaders seemed to be trying to get the Pentagon to do the work of Congress and Cabinet secretaries, who have legal options to remove a president.
Mr. Trump, they noted, is still the commander in chief, and unless he is removed, the military is bound to follow his lawful orders. While military officials can refuse to carry out orders they view as illegal, they cannot proactively remove the president from the chain of command. That would be a military coup, these officials said.
So why are they not arresting Pelosi for trying to overthrow the President. That old wench has skated by for too long. She breaks the law and no one does anything!
Speaker Pelosi’s actions border on if not are SEDITION. Sadly, the socialist controlled House will not invoke Article 1, Section 5 of the Constitution.
Now she’s calling for impeachment. My question is, will she come to her podium in the House and say in order to see what’s in the Articles of Impeachment the House will have to vote in support first? Or will she introduce it as deemed passed?
Just deep is Pelosi’s hatred of Trump? How far is she willing to go to further a coup d’etat?
Using exaggerated Hyperbolic possibilities of “calamity” is similar to yelling fire in a crowded theatre. But, of course when we are so egotistically seeking to salve an imaginary ailment that is self-inflicted, all bets are off. When people in a position of power are suspected of being “unstable”, those who are publicly declaring a “distant” possibility to incite an uprising is ridiculous. Of course, if one desired to secretly suggest overthrowing their own government simply because of BRUISED ego, having lost to the individual who is your current leader of government you so despise, is suppose to be considered lawful. Isn’t there a measure to be taken when a group of people are actively seeking a leader of the highest order? Actually there are two measures to be considered. The individual who publicly states their desire to lead at such a high level, should be the target of a meticulous criminal investigation AND a “fit for duty” assessment of their moral turpitude and psychological health. I think it is known as a pre-requisite to even allow one to seek such a lofty position without a “background investigation”. But then, asking the same investigative office to research the background of an individual they already secretly plot to overthrow would be extraneous cost to “unseat” a president. This the precise situation that spawns the self serving comment, “Nothing to see here folks, move along now”