WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sat alone in the eighth row of seats on the House floor late Wednesday morning, flipping through notes as she prepared to open debate on whether to impeach a president for the third time in American history.
It was a moment of calm in a Washington maelstrom. Pelosi seemed almost unaware of Republican Representative Debbie Lesko of Arizona castigating Democrats for “tearing this country apart” on the other side of the chamber.
Pelosi herself used to warn that impeachment was too divisive to be worth it. Now, she was leading the pursuit, flexing her tactical muscles to shepherd fellow Democrats through the perilous political territory that will forge her own legacy.
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