My theory is they had that spiel put together weeks ago, on the assumption that Trump would deny any impropriety but would NOT release the transcript (Presidents never do), and then Schiff would recite his little lie as a paraphrase of the “whistleblower’s” report - which Trump would deny to no avail.
When Trump crossed them up by releasing the text of the call, Schiff and his minions were so proud of their little narrative that they couldn’t resist reciting it in public, figuring maybe no one would call them out on it (which almost happened), and also figuring if anyone actually did, they could blow it off as just a little joke. But they had their little story put together, and they thought they were oh so clever in doing so they couldn’t just discard it for a minor reason like it didn’t agree with the reality of the actual conversation.
They are truly slime of the lowest order.
Yep...That’s a definite possibility, he’s a dim bulb.