# Is Pelosi withholding Impeachment articles to derail Senators?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 14, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pelosi-withholding-impeachment-articles-to-derail-senators/846407 "2020-01-14T15:26:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jim\_Peebles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pelosi-withholding-impeachment-articles-to-derail-senators/846407/33 "2020-01-14T21:51:45Z")

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> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> I remind you that McConnell had every intention of holding an immediate vote to dismiss. By waiting, Pelosi’s strategy paid off. The fact that we are where we are with respect to the upcoming trial in the Senate serves to undermine your speculation to the contrary.

Where did McConnell and the Republican Senators supposed to have decided to vote differently on dismissal talk about their change of mind?

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