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Saw this conversation… not sure if it was a friendly one

Schiff: To my Republican colleagues who introduced this resolution, I thank you. You flatter me with this falsehood. You who are the authors of the big lie about the last election must condemn the truth tellers and I stand proudly before you.

Kendra wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 2:55 pm https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1671586531725778973

Schiff: To my Republican colleagues who introduced this resolution, I thank you. You flatter me with this falsehood. You who are the authors of the big lie about the last election must condemn the truth tellers and I stand proudly before you.

So cower at the man I've become
When I sing from the top of my lungs
That I won't retire I'll stand in your fire
Inspire the weak to be strong

Greene: He did this to perpetuate the fake narrative that January 6th was an insurrection and it was not… If California decides to send Adam Schiff to the Senate, they will be sending a proven liar

Boebert: If Adam Schiff has a shred of human decency left he would resign from congress in disgrace.

Goldman: One of my Republican colleagues says “we will hold members accountable.”

You are the party of George Santos! Who are you holding accountable?!? Don’t lecture us with your projection.. It’s pathetic

Pelosi: They’ve turned it into a puppet show and the puppeteer is shining a light on the strings. You look miserable. You look miserable.

The House voted Wednesday to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff for comments he made several years ago about investigations into Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, rebuking the Democrat and frequent critic of the former president along party lines.

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More than 20 Republicans voted with Democrats last week to block the censure resolution, but they changed their votes this week after the measure’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, removed a provision that could have fined Schiff $16 million if the House Ethics Committee determined he lied. Several of the Republicans who opposed the resolution last week said they opposed fining a member of Congress in that manner.

The final vote was 213-209 [along party lines] . . . .

The House has only censured two other lawmakers in the last 20 years. Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona was censured in 2021 for tweeting an animated video that depicted him striking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., with a sword. Former Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York was censured in 2010 for serious financial and campaign misconduct.

The censure itself carries no practical effect, except to provide a historic footnote that marks a lawmaker’s career. But the GOP resolution would also launch an ethics investigation into Schiff’s conduct.

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While Schiff did not initiate the 2017 congressional investigation into Trump’s Russia ties — then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, a Republican who later became one of Trump’s most ardent defenders, started it — Republicans arguing in favor of his censure Wednesday blamed him for what they said was the fallout of that probe, and of the separate investigation started that same year by Trump’s own Justice Department.

Kendra wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 2:55 pm

Schiff: To my Republican colleagues who introduced this resolution, I thank you. You flatter me with this falsehood. You who are the authors of the big lie about the last election must condemn the truth tellers and I stand proudly before you.

DrIrvingFinegarten wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:41 pmThey can’t censure him.

bob wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:52 pm

DrIrvingFinegarten wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:41 pmThey can’t censure him.

Can and did.

DrIrvingFinegarten wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:32 pm For what?

The revised resolution says Schiff held positions of power during Trump’s presidency and “abused this trust by saying there was evidence of collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russia.”

DrIrvingFinegarten wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:32 pm

bob wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:52 pm

DrIrvingFinegarten wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:41 pmThey can’t censure him.

Can and did.

For what?

W. Kevin Vicklund wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:42 pm

DrIrvingFinegarten wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:32 pm

bob wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:52 pm
Can and did.

For what?

The Russia probe

DrIrvingFinegarten wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:44 pm Which was a totally legitimate probe.

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:54 pm As Roosevelt said, "I welcome their hatred." (Paraphrasing, probably.)

"They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred."

raison de arizona

So cower at the man I've become
When I sing from the top of my lungs
That I won't retire I'll stand in your fire
Inspire the weak to be strong

CSPAN @cspan wrote: U.S. House votes to send Articles of Impeachment against President Biden to the Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees, 219-208.