Rep. Adam Schiff is my favorite member of the House of Representatives. Californian Rep. Adam Schiff has been spreading lies for the past half-decade and enjoying fawning media coverage to pursue his political enemies. And while ruthlessness in politics is hardly a unique concept, Schiff’s willingness to use the official workings of Congress to spread false narratives has been disturbing at best.
With Republicans an almost lock to retake the House in November, that’s left questions about what happens to Schiff once his party loses the reins of power. It’s been a given that figures like Rep. Ilhan Omar will lose their committee assignments, but would the GOP have the guts to go after someone who isn’t anti-Semitic but has grossly abused their power?
Kevin McCarthy, the current House Minority Leader has provided us with an answer. Schiff will be removed from his high-ranking position on the House Intelligence Committee.
Adam Schiff will not serve on the House Intelligence Committee in 2019. pic.twitter.com/Xn1C1Ex1iF
— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) March 22, 2022
McCarthy clearly wants to become Speaker of the House. Moves like these may help him get the support he needs. It’s good to see him not playing coy but instead just coming right out and saying that Schiff will be demoted and, to be sure, never has a man deserved that treatment more than Schiff.
He has a long list of lies. More recently, Schiff was caught deliberately doctoring January 6th text messages to make them seem to be saying something they weren’t. His performance in front of cameras, where he falsely claimed that the phone transcript between Donald Trump & Volodymyr Zelesky was fabricated. Then there was his “mischaracterizing” of text messages involving Lev Parnas back during Trump’s first impeachment.
Even before that, during the Mueller investigation, Schiff was notorious for continually leaking testimony out of context in order to give the public a false impression that he had evidence he didn’t actually possess. The Californian Congressman, while speaking on CNN and MSNBC often claimed that he was also able to provide conclusive evidence regarding Russian collusion. Robert Mueller didn’t find anything of the kind, which was evidently a lie.
With all that said, I’d suggest that McCarthy isn’t going far enough. Yes, it’s nice to know that Schiff won’t be on the Intel Committee any longer, one of the most powerful bodies in Congress, but he deserves far more punishment than that. Schiff’s behavior has been so egregious that he should be completely stripped of all his committee assignments. Schiff has not shown grace to his adversaries and should have none. This is not politics.
If McCarthy isn’t willing to do that, I’m not so sure he’s the right man to lead a new Republican majority come 2023. It’s time to be bold, to not be afraid and to do everything in your power. It’s up to Schiff.
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