{"id":2046415,"date":"2023-09-27T13:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-becomes-one-of-latest-dems-to-turn-on-menendez-so-party-can-stay-focused-on-smearing-gop\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T13:10:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:10:20","slug":"pelosi-becomes-one-of-latest-dems-to-turn-on-menendez-so-party-can-stay-focused-on-smearing-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-becomes-one-of-latest-dems-to-turn-on-menendez-so-party-can-stay-focused-on-smearing-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi joins Dems in criticizing Menendez to prioritize GOP scrutiny."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpelosi-becomes-one-of-latest-dems-to-turn-on-menendez-so-party-can-stay-focused-on-smearing-gop%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2046415&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Why Democrats\u200d are Turning Against Menendez: Pelosi&#8217;s Motives Revealed<\/h2>\n<p>There is no shortage of Democrats lining up to \u200csay that New Jersey Sen. Robert\u2063 Menendez should resign after his\u2063 second \u200bbribery indictment in under a decade. However, to really stare into the true motives of <em>why<\/em> the Democrats are\u200d lining up against\u2062 the Garden \u200bState Democrat, one need only look at the motives of former House \u2062speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s\u200d not that Menendez reportedly \u2064had hundreds \u200dof thousands of dollars in his \u2062home when \u2063authorities searched it, or that those looking to exert influence over him gave \u200dhim cars\u200d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-bad-news-democrat-senator-menendez-might-lose-job-even-beats-corruption-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bars of gold<\/a>. I mean, that does look <em>kinda<\/em> bad, right?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/typical-dem-senator-menendez-plays-latino-race-card-response-resignation-calls-bribery-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It looks worse<\/a> when\u2062 he says\u200b that investigators and the \u200dpublic have simply \u201cmisrepresented the normal\u200c work of \u200ba congressional\u200d office.\u201d And \u200bit looks positively cataclysmic when \u200che played the race card,\u2063 saying\u200c he was staying in his seat and those requesting he resign were \u201crushing to \u200djudge a Latino and push him out of his seat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/menendez-bribery-new-jersey-senator-booker-resignation-9d17cbf4520627be01d4969f05cce3a3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>, as\u2062 of\u200b late Tuesday, roughly half of Senate Democrats had called\u200c on him to resign.\u2064 On Monday, Pelosi \u200bhad, too. Not because things look especially bad, though: Her \u200breasoning was that \u2063the party\u2062 needs to get on with the important work of smearing Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect their \u2063position \u2062that they are taking and\u200c the charges are formidable, \u2063and\u200d if, in fact, \u2063we\u2019re\u2064 going to \u200csay that \u2064if\u200c you\u2019re indicted, you should resign,\u201d Pelosi said during\u200d an \u200cappearance on former White House\u2062 press secretary Jen Psaki\u2019s\u2064 MSNBC show Monday, comparing Menendez\u2019s case to that of GOP Rep. George Santos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut \u2063right now, sadly, because of the challenges \u2064that we face, because\u200d the skepticism that exists in \u2064our country, about governance about \u2062this Republican Party that doesn\u2019t believe\u2064 in\u2064 governance, doesn\u2019t believe in science \u2064\u2026 wants to take down everything in order to give tax \u2063breaks to the wealthiest,\u201d\u2062 Pelosi continued, \u201cwe\u2019ve got to stay focused on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd \u2064for that \u2062reason, it probably would be a \u2063good idea if he did resign.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PELOSI ON SEN. MENENDEZ: \u201cIt would probably be a good idea if \u200che did resign\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Ya9ZqBt2N\">pic.twitter.com\/9Ya9ZqBt2N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ALX  (@alx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alx\/status\/1706526413891760545?\">September 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Now, for one\u2063 thing, \u2064let\u2019s note several differences here between \u2062Menendez and Santos.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should Sen. Bob Menendez resign?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this \u2062poll entitles you\u2062 to The Western Journal news updates free of charge.\u200d You\u2062 may opt out at anytime. You\u200c also agree \u2064to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy \u200cPolicy<\/a> and \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of\u200d Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (1 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: \u20640% (0\u200d Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name=cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar\u2063 ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var\u200d i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3481764\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>For instance, Santos has\u200d essentially been put into \u200dquarantine by his Republican compatriots in the House of\u2064 Representatives after it turned\u200b out almost every major item \u200con\u200b his resum\u00e9 \u2064and in his backstory that was verifiable not only couldn\u2019t be verified,\u2063 but turned out to be considerably different than what he was claiming. (Remember how he \u2062insisted he only \u2064claimed he was \u201cJew-ish,\u201d not Jewish?)<\/p>\n<p>Menendez, meanwhile, was the chair of the Senate\u200c Foreign Affairs Committee,\u2062 despite a previous hung jury in a \u2064corruption case in \u200b2017;\u2062 the \u2063Department of \u200cJustice \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doj-will-not-pursue-menendez-seeks-dismissal-indictment-corruption-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chose not\u200b to retry him<\/a>. He was \u2064re-elected in 2018 \u200bbecause virtually anyone\u2062 with \u200ca D after their name who runs for Senate in the state\u200d of New Jersey, up to\u200c and including Joey Buttafuoco, will win.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Santos\u2019 case was an accumulation\u200c of \u200blittle \u200blies here and there meant to win\u2063 an election.\u200c Menenedez had\u200c $480,000 cash in his \u2062home (not an errant \u200dzero there), plus other assets he\u200d was\u2062 reportedly\u200d bribed with by U.S.-based businessmen and\u2064 Egyptian\u2064 nationals.<\/p>\n<p>His response to this was that, because of his family\u2019s experience in Cuba and the Castro regime\u2019s confiscation of personal\u200b wealth, this is where he stored some\u200c of\u200b the money <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-democratic-sen-menendez-says-cash-found-home-personal-savings-not-bribe-proceeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from his savings account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That \u200cmakes \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-tulsi-gabbard-torches-rep-elect-lied-resume-live-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jew-ish<\/a>\u201d look a bit tiny in\u200c retrospect, no?<\/p>\n<p>But \u200dhere\u2019s \u200dthe most important part: \u200cThe Democrats don\u2019t really give a pile of horse fertilizer how bad this looks for Menendez as\u2062 a politician \u200cin one of the most \u2064important legislative bodies on\u200c planet Earth. What they care about is\u2064 that l\u2019affaire Menendez is\u2062 robbing them\u2063 of important opportunities \u2064to slag Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t believe me, though. Believe Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t care that Bob Menendez is corrupt. In \u2063fact, the stench of \u2064corruption has hung about\u200c him ever since the jury split\u2064 on his first\u200d case back in 2017. He\u2019s been a member in good standing of the Democratic Party \u2062since then. No George Santos treatment for him.<\/p>\n<p>However, as\u200d this indictment\u200c comes while the Democrats are trying to wrestle as much money as they can from Republicans and engaging \u200din a game\u2063 of chicken over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cant-make-pentagon-exempts-ukraine-operations-potential-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">government shutdown<\/a>, this doesn\u2019t look so hot, does\u2064 it?<\/p>\n<p>So, it doesn\u2019t really matter \u200bwhether he\u2019s guilty or innocent. That\u2019s for the \u200cjustice system, of\u200b course. Politicians have \u2014 \u200dand <em>should<\/em> have \u2014 stepped \u2064down \u2064for less, but that\u2019s not really \u2064the issue\u200b here.<\/p>\n<p>The issue here is that Menendez\u2019s alleged graft is \u200bgetting in the way \u2063of their GOP smears. If that \u200ddoesn\u2019t say it all about the\u2063 modern Democratic Party\u2062 and what its \u200cpriorities are, nothing\u2064 will.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pelosi-becomes-one-latest-dems-turn-menendez-party-can-stay-focused-smearing-gop\/\">Pelosi Becomes One of Latest Dems to Turn \u2062on \u200dMenendez So Party Can\u200c &#8216;Stay Focused&#8217; on Smearing GOP<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/ca.length><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s support for staying silent\u200c on Menendez&#8217;s alleged corruption undermine the integrity of \u2064the\u200d American justice system?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  F=&#8221;https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/privacy-policy\/&#8221; \u200ctarget=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;nofollow\u2063 noopener&#8221;>Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/terms-of-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"fmLoading\" style=\"display: none\" class=\"poll_loading\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you think Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s motives are\u200b political?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox2\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<label>No<\/label><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this \u2062poll entitles you\u2062 to The Western Journal news updates free of charge.\u200d You\u2062 may opt out at anytime. You\u200c also agree \u2064to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/privacy-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/terms-of-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"fmLoading2\" style=\"display: none\" class=\"poll_loading\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>AUTOMATED_SPECIFIC_FEED_URL = 'https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theyre-not-playing-putin-joins-russian-military-leaders-in-military-exercises-with-belarus-leader-including-hypersonic-missiles-icbms-and-nuclear-submarines-video\/\" title=\"They\u2019re Not Playing: Putin Joins Russian Military Leaders in Military Exercises with Belarus Leader Including Hypersonic Missiles, ICBMs and Nuclear Submarines (VIDEO)\">\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts<\/a>?categories=1403';<\/p>\n<p>AUTOMATED_SPECIFIC_NEWEST = false;<\/p>\n<p>AUTOMATED_SPECIFIC_LOCAL_STORAGE_NAME = 'automated-specific-2';<\/p>\n<p>AUTOMATED_SPECIFIC_INJECTION_ELEMENT_ID = 'firefly-poll-container';<\/p>\n<p>AUTOMATED_SPECIFIC_SHOW_COMMENTS = false;<\/script><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/firefly-polling\/js\/automated-polling.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-polls-row-container\" id=\"automatedSpecificContainer\"><\/div>\n<p>First, Santos was \u2063indicted for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-becomes-one-of-latest-dems-to-turn-on-menendez-so-party-can-stay-focused-on-smearing-gop\/\" title=\"Pelosi joins Dems in criticizing Menendez to prioritize GOP scrutiny.\">allegedly submitting fraudulent insurance claims worth 0<\/a>,000. Menendez, on the other hand, \u2062is facing trial on\u2064 charges\u2064 of accepting lavish gifts and \u2062vacations in exchange for political favors. While both charges are serious, it\u2019s clear that the nature of Menendez\u2019s alleged misconduct involves a deeper corruption related to his position as a public servant.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Menendez sits on\u2062 the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-woman-charged-with-murder-after-allegedly-decapitating-father-of-her-children\/\" title=\"Nevada woman accused of decapitating father of her children, faces murder charges.\">raises significant \u200cconcerns<\/a> over potential conflicts of \u2064interest due to his alleged acceptance of gifts from \u200ba wealthy doctor with business dealings in foreign countries.<\/p>\n<p>Second, there is the issue of \u200bPelosi\u2019s reasoning. She claims that the \u200burgency to remove Menendez stems from the need to focus on\u2062 combating the Republican Party\u2019s agenda. However, this argument seems disingenuous at best. If \u2062Pelosi truly \u2064believed in the importance of focusing on important matters, she would\u2063 support the immediate removal of a Senator who is facing serious criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>By dismissing Menendez\u2019s alleged bribery\u2063 and corruption as mere distractions or a\u2064 mere product of his ethnicity, Pelosi is undermining the integrity\u200c of the\u200c American justice system \u200dand sending a dangerous message to the public. If politicians are allowed to hold \u200conto their positions despite credible allegations of corruption, it\u2062 sets a precedent that undermines the core principles of\u2064 democracy and the rule of\u200d law.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, the fact that half of Senate Democrats have called on Menendez to resign speaks volumes. It\u2063 indicates that this is not merely\u200c a partisan issue or an attempt \u200bto smear a fellow Democrat. It\u200d reflects a genuine\u2063 concern among Democrats about the credibility and reputation\u2063 of their party.<\/p>\n<p>As the 2024 elections approach, Democrats \u2064understand the need to distance themselves from any\u200c hint of corruption or ethical misconduct.\u2062 By calling for Menendez\u2019s resignation, Democrats are \u200dtaking a stand\u2062 against the tolerance of corruption within their own ranks and sending a message that they prioritize the integrity\u2064 of their party over their individual<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a flood of Democrats urging New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez to step down following his second bribery indictment in less than ten years. 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