Impeachment vote: Pelosi tells Democrats to stay ‘solemn’ during proceedings
Nancy Pelosi’s Democratic caucus has been champing at the bit to throw President Trump out of office, but the House speaker on Wednesday ordered her colleagues not to gloat — and wore a black dress to what she repeatedly called the “solemn” impeachment proceedings.
Pelosi and other Democratic leaders told their members not to cheer or applaud when the impeachment vote totals are announced, Axios reported, and many members described the day as sad and solemn.
“Don’t cheer, keep it solemn,” a Democratic member from a district that Trump won said was the message the leadership delivered.
House Democrats even prayed together before the proceedings, and Pelosi during her opening statement said: “Very sadly now, our Founders’ vision of a republic is under threat from actions from the White House.”
Asked how she felt earlier in the day, Pelosi said: “Sad. Very sad.”
The California Democrat hopes the public sees Democrats taking the moment seriously and not cheering Trump’s impeachment, and repeatedly used the words “sad” and “solemn” in her remarks.
Trump supporters took to Twitter to question and mock Pelosi’s claims of sincerity.
“@SpeakerPelosi feels the ‘sads.’ Perhaps because she secretly knows her black dress fits today’s true occasion…the political wake of the Washington Establishment? Worry not, patriots & deplorables — it’s Morning in America,” tweeted Steve Cortes, a member of Trump’s Hispanic Advisory Council.
“Nancy Pelosi wore a black dress to her own funeral, funny thing is ….she doesn’t realize it,” cracked Mark McEwan, a celebrity chef and author.
“Wait until the party tonight, we’ll see how truly somber and sad they are,” added Renee, a self-described “right winger.”
Pelosi has also repeatedly said she regularly prays for the president — remarks he castigated in a six-page anti-impeachment letter he sent her the day before.
“Even worse than offending the Founding Fathers, you are offending Americans of faith by continually saying ‘I pray for the President,’ when you know this statement is not true, unless it is meant in a negative sense,” Trump wrote.
Pelosi called Trump’s remarks “sick” and said she didn’t read the angry missive.