Posted on 11/15/2024 5:53:14 AM PST by SeekAndFind
With the GOP’s regained Senate majority, the freshly-branded Majority Leader John Thune has a mountain of work ahead of him once he takes the gavel. He must confirm President-elect Trump’s cabinet nominees, pass legislation securing the border, and extend the expiring 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act benefiting more than 80% of individual taxpayers.
But before any legislating can happen, the Senate must choose the membership of its committees. Thune must use his authority as Majority Leader to limit the committee assignments of one newly elected Senator: Democrat Adam Schiff of California.
Schiff must be denied a position on any of the body’s committees centered around national security, intelligence, or foreign affairs, and any subcommittees that intersect with these areas. Schiff’s conduct on such a committee in the House of Representatives disqualifies him from any significant decision- or policy-making roles related to the defense and global standing of the United States.
Schiff knowingly peddled lies accusing Donald Trump’s campaign of colluding with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election, using his position on the House Intelligence Committee and access to classified information to affirm its veracity. This includes his time as its chairman. Schiff claimed “more than circumstantial evidence” of the plot even as the committee interviewed numerous Obama Administration officials who admitted there was no direct evidence of Trump or his staff working with Russians.
Only weeks before the Mueller report concluded Russian collusion was nonexistent, Schiff continued to insist, “You can see evidence in plain sight on the issue of collusion, pretty compelling evidence.” It was obvious then and even more obvious in hindsight that Schiff’s motive was to discredit and weaken President Trump, all at the expense of the United States’ international standing and an already fractured American public following a contentious election.
When Republicans reclaimed control of the House two years ago, they took appropriate action against Schiff. Speaker Kevin McCarthy refused to reinstate Schiff’s membership on the Intelligence Committee, citing his “misuse of [the] panel,” undermining its role in national security and related oversight.
Furthermore, the House censured Schiff for his lies, although he was anything but chastened.Politics doesn’t stop at the water’s edge for Adam Schiff, and the Senate must respond. It is within the Senate’s authority to reject committee memberships—Rule XXIV of the Rules of the Senate allows any Senator to demand a vote on the appointment of committee members. New Senate Majority Leader Thune must make use of this rule to firmly repudiate Schiff to strengthen the security of the United States.
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Not sure about Thune! Time will tell I guess. Another not sure fella is jfk Jr
Not good! Jfk jr is gonna ruin my multimillion dollar idea with all his goody goody “transparancy” ideology-
my idea was a product called “Mystery Water”, which is 40% water, and 60% “other Ingredients” which of course I wouldn’t list, in order to preserve the “Mystery” part of the product. Now that dream is gonna go up in smoke!
thanks alot jfk jr! J/k
Totally agree.
In all the excitement I completely forgot about that little weasel.
I’m sure Thune has him on his radar......throw him in a closet and lock the door.
I contributed to him in order to get Tom Dashle out, I hope he appreciates our help now when it counts.
I had a couple too many “Mystery Waters” last night.
Schiff would benefit from a trip “behind the barn”..
Why would Schiff have any power or authority being he’s a junior senator? Sure he thought he had big britches in the house but he’s a newbie again bottom of the barrel.
If the Gaetz nomination fails just appoint him to Rubio’s senate seat. Let Gaetz slap him around.
Yeah, and there goes my new product: Dehydrated Water.
Thune and Schiff are on the same team. This is bad...
I thought the whole point of RFK odd to expose all the hidden crap in foods and to get rid of chemicals like fluoride in water
IN the barrel is more like it.
I’m not so sure Thune will do anything about Adam S. at all.
Thune is not really our friend, though we can hope he is halfway kept in check at this point—’cause that’s all we’ve got.
Are you going to bottle that water in Flint Michigan? I heard water is cheap there.
I wouldn’t expect too much out of Thune, except problems for Trump.
Why muzzle him? Surprise Jack Smith and tell him he won’t be disbarred if he can get Schiff indicted and convicted of RICO violations for the Trump “impeachments.”
They could make him the Senate’s official stress doll and just squeeze the schiff out of him until his eyes bug out.
Does he have to be seated?
INDICT him for his conspiracy theory & Russian Collusion LIES!!
The main thing is that Trump’s intelligence group MUST exclude Schiff from any and all classified information, since he has violated SCIF protocols and leaked info. Cut him out completely. And if anyone shares with them, bar them too.
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