Republicans are VERY angry about Schiffs decision to reference that CBS head on a pike report. Murkowski says thats where he lost me.
Barrasso says whatever gains he may have made, he lost all of it plus some tonight.
Thats not true, Susan Collins said several times on the floor, shaking her head when Schiff cited a news report saying WH warned senators that a vote against Trump means your head will be on a pike. Risch also said aloud: Thats not true. Cotton laughed when Schiff said it Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 25, 2020
GOP OK Sen Lankford on Schiff's 'head on a pike' comment: I was visibly upset with it. The whole room was visibly upset on our side..that's insulting and demeaning to everyone to say that we somehow live in fear and that the President has threatened all of us Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 25, 2020
From @jameslankford Senator from Oklahoma: During the impeachment trial, Adam Schiff told the congregation that President Trump said hed put Republicans heads on pikes if they didnt support him. The room erupted because we all knew that it was not true it was a lie!
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In opening statements, House managers examined the debunked conspiracy theories invoked by Pres. Trump. A @POTUS confidant tells CBS News that GOP senators were warned: vote against the president & your head will be on a pike. Here's @nancycordes https://t.co/LV1Y6QveIh pic.twitter.com/tLB9EpoWr8 CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) January 23, 2020
DEMOCRATS are VILE AND EVIL LIARS.
Will the feckless Republicans now get the gonads to finally do something to Schiff? He is mentally unstable needs to be impeached.
Maybe Schiff mis-spoke.
Perhaps his true meaning was, “vote against Impeachment of Trump and we’ll make sure “your head will be on a pike.””
I suspect this is their intent, but they realize that would direct animosity back towards the Democrats, so they practice the Pivot, and accuse Trump of their vile thinking.
That Schiff referenced it IMO all but proves the quote is a Dem-supplied fabrication - as I suspected.