Posted on 06/22/2023 3:13:10 AM PDT by RandFan
House Republicans on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a rare reprimand of a sitting lawmaker that the GOP conference delivered as a rebuke for his efforts against former President Trump.
The vote — 213-209-6 — is the culmination of a week-long push led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), which was stymied last week when a band of Republicans joined Democrats in blocking a censure resolution from coming to the floor for a vote. It advanced on Wednesday after Luna made changes to the measure.
It also marked the apex of Republicans’ years-long campaign against Schiff, who emerged as a bogeyman on the right for his unrelenting criticism of Trump’s alleged ties with Russia, and was cemented as a chief GOP adversary on Capitol Hill when he led the first impeachment inquiry targeting Trump.
A stunning scene took place after the vote, as Democrats in the chamber surrounded Schiff on the House floor, chanting “Adam, Adam.” They interrupted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who had taken the gavel for the vote, repeatedly as he tried to deliver the results of the vote.
Schiff — who is currently entrenched in a competitive Senate primary against two House colleagues — embraced the extraordinary punishment, declaring on the floor in an impassioned speech that he would repeat his past actions of holding “a dangerous and out of control president accountable” if called upon to do so in the future.
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The punk deserves every bit of disdain coming to him.
Bless the shiff’s Little Heart
Not enough punishment for treason. Needs to pay back the millions he wasted, then 20 years in prison.
I didn’t see in the article what 6 Republicans tried to block this.
Would be nice to know who those were.
Dems tend to be far more united while the “reach across the aisle, compassionate, moderate” Reps tend to go along with the Dems far to often.
This guy is slimy.
“Schiff, who emerged as a bogeyman on the right for his unrelenting criticism of Trump’s alleged ties with Russia,”
Say what?
Riiiiiight. Because it was “criticism” they censured him for. LOL! Could the Hill lie any more? It was the constantly leaking. It was his lies to the media claiming he had actual evidence which he never had. It was him reading a transcript into the record HE KNEW to be false when he did so.
It was his constant dishonesty and lack of integrity that earned him a censure - not his “criticism”.
This was a toothless censure.
Trump’s boy, McCarthy, couldn’t muster the strength to actually punish Schiff for his blatant lies and waste of millions of taxpayer dollars investigating Trump without any evidence.
This weak censure just helps Schiff become California’s next Senator.
Trump helping the left again.
Psycho that he is, he carried on as normal (for him) throughout the Durham report hearings yesterday as though being in a room filled with the light of day could not be his “kryptonite”.
You’re too kind but that’s a good start.
Petulant children.
Oh my…. Not….. CENSURED!?!?!
No 4am raiding of his home?
No arrest?
They just by-pass those and go straight for … CENSURE?!?!
Oh, the horror!
The only historical part is only three house members in history have been censured. That’s amazing.
In the world of Washington politics this censure is another feather in Schiff’s cap.
It also just may provide the boost needed to propel him right into the Senate.
Have you ever seen two sleazier looking characters than Adam Schiff and Chuck Schumer?
Schiff is laughing at the GOP. If this is all they can do, they deserve to be laughed at.
Ut him in hos star chamber and nail the door shit from the outside.
“It also marked the apex of Republicans’ years-long campaign against Schiff, who emerged as a bogeyman on the right for his unrelenting criticism of Trump’s alleged ties with Russia, and was cemented as a chief GOP adversary on Capitol Hill when he led the first impeachment inquiry targeting Trump.”
Alleged? Schiff went after Trump for “alleged?” Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee went after a sitting President for “alleged?”
Censorship is a gift. Schiff should be arrested and tried for insurrection against a sitting President, jailed and allowed to rot for the rest of his miserable life.
Nah, the little Turd needs to face a Firing Squad.
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