If you were wondering about the new negotiating posture Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi: Trump Supreme Court pick 'threatens' Affordable Care Act Sunday shows preview: Lawmakers prepare for SCOTUS confirmation hearings before election Will Democrats attempt to pack the Supreme Court again? MORE will have with President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden says voters should choose who nominates Supreme Court justice Trump, Biden will not shake hands at first debate due to COVID-19 Pelosi: Trump Supreme Court pick 'threatens' Affordable Care Act MORE if she winds up becoming Speaker of the House once again, it can be summed up in one word: extortion.

Pelosi gave a disturbing preview of how she would run the show if Democrats win a majority in the midterm elections next week. She and her party have been cynically stoking the passions of the mob because they lack the constitutional power to move their agenda. Now Pelosi is threatening that if voters give Democrats even a taste of that power, they will bring the same absolutist mentality to the halls of Congress.

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“Subpoena power is interesting, to use it or not to use it,” Pelosi mused in public remarks this month about how she would deal with the Trump administration if she were to become Speaker. “It is a great arrow to have in your quiver in terms of negotiating on other subjects.” You read that right. A woman who aspires to one of the most powerful offices in the country is openly admitting that if she gets the chance, she will exploit that constitutional authority by threatening to drag administration officials before Congress unless they go along with her liberal agenda.

The legislative branch subpoena is one of the most powerful tools the American people entrust to Congress. Committee chairs and the majority party leadership have broad powers to call people before them to testify and to request documents under the threat of felony perjury charges. This is supposed to help Congress learn what it needs to pass effective laws and ensure that those laws are being implemented properly.

Pelosi, however, is shamelessly talking about a very different use of the subpoena power. She is talking about the threat of subpoena, and the pain she and her fellow Democrats can inflict on witnesses, as just another bargaining chip to force her opponents to give her what she wants.

The conduct of Democrats ever since Trump was elected offers us a glimpse of the sword that Pelosi wants to hold over White House officials. Even as the minority, the Democrats and their screaming activist allies were able to turn the traditionally solemn Supreme Court confirmation process into an incoherent national embarrassment. This is an ominous indication of how far Democrats might go if they become the majority.

If Democrats win on Election Day next week, Pelosi will have the power to convene kangaroo courts at any time she wants and for any reason she sees fit once she holds the gavel. The federal courts, fearful of infringing on this core constitutional function of another coequal branch of government, are very unlikely to police her subpoena threats.

Taking Pelosi at her word, expect that every attempt to pass significant legislation will be met with threats of dragging Republican officials before House committees so Democratic lawmakers can grill them about the latest Russia conspiracy theories, examine decades old tax returns, or perhaps just make insinuations about their fondness for beer.

The facts will really not matter because breathless liberals in the media can just fill newspaper headlines and primetime cable shows with salacious but unfounded allegations and questions about the ill intent of their opponents. The underlying message will be clear that it can all stop, but only if the Trump administration gives Pelosi what she wants.

Out of power for the past two years, Democrats have adopted the “resistance” mentality wholeheartedly. They have bent every rule of legislative process, sunk to new lows with baseless smears and conspiracy theories, and exploited the fears of their supporters to sow chaos and violence on the streets and in the halls of power. This is all because they still feel that Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonThe Memo: Trump furor stokes fears of unrest Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida Hillicon Valley: Productivity, fatigue, cybersecurity emerge as top concerns amid pandemic | Facebook critics launch alternative oversight board | Google to temporarily bar election ads after polls close MORE was supposed to win the 2016 election.

Her threat to use the subpoena power as a political cudgel proves that Pelosi, like the rest of the Democrats, is only concerned with obstruction and scoring political points to stay in office. Pelosi has given voters a clear preview of her intent, so either do not be surprised if she actually moves forward with it, or do not allow her the chance to do so in the first place.

Madison Gesiotto is an attorney and political commentator who is vice president at X Strategies and serves as an advisory board member of the Donald Trump campaign. She was also an inauguration spokesperson and is a former Miss Ohio. You can follow her on Twitter @MadisonGesiotto.