you might think that what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called the “sad” and “solemn” pre-Christmas impeachment special was a one-off. The Democrats owed it to the country, you see—they had (are you sitting down?) a “duty to the Constitution” to impeach Donald Trump, otherwise (as Representative Al Green of Texas put it) he might well be re-elected. We certainly can't have that! Hence the show of those “sad, very sad” faces Pelosi described and the memo from headquarters with the instructions, “Don't cheer. Keep it solemn.”
The Washington Post didn't get that bulletin right away, so some of their staff posted an image with the words, “Merry Impeachmas from the WaPo team!” amidst smiling faces at an impending feast. Someone must have thought that impugned the paper's sterling reputation for impartiality. The image was deleted, but not before some enterprising souls saved and posted it for posterity.
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