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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 03:38 AM Jan 2018

Adam Schiff Shreds #GOP For Not Reading The Documents Used To Create Phony Memo

I barely get angry anymore--it is all so sickening.


Michael 7546? @mog7546

Adam Schiff Shreds #GOP For Not Reading The Documents Used To Create Phony Memo

"The point was they didn't care what was in the underlying documents.

They wanted to make a political statement and FEED THE BEAST on #FoxNews."






Adam Schiff Shreds GOP For Not Reading The Documents Used To Create Phony Memo

By Sean Colarossi on Wed, Jan 24th, 2018 at 9:17 pm


Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff slammed GOP committee chairman Devin Nunes on Wednesday not only because he is pushing a phony memo meant to trash the FBI, but also because Nunes and his GOP colleagues didn’t even read the documents used to create said memo.

“The point was they didn’t care what was in the underlying documents,” Schiff told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. “They wanted to make a political statement and feed the beast on Fox News.”

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When a baffled Chris Hayes asked Schiff why Nunes and Republicans voted against allowing its party members to read the source documents, Schiff explained:


The point was they didn’t care what was in the underlying documents. They wanted to make a political statement and feed the beast on Fox News. They wanted to do what they could to derail the Mueller investigation. At the end of the day, it was more important to them to circle the wagons around the president than it was to support the men and women of the FBI, support an objective pursuit of the truth in the investigation by Mueller and by our committee. It was unfortunately a continuation of much of what we’re seeing since the beginning. That is a priority on attacking the investigation rather than determining what Russia did and what help they may have had from the Trump campaign.


As Schiff said, Republicans – with the help of an always-willing-to-help Fox News – have repeatedly ginned up phony scandals in order to distract from potential crimes committed by the president and also to derail the Mueller probe...............................
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Adam Schiff Shreds #GOP For Not Reading The Documents Used To Create Phony Memo (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2018 OP
Just one more reason Adam Schiff should become our next POTUS! democratisphere Jan 2018 #1
Wonder if he has the Cha Jan 2018 #2
I believe Adam Schiff meets ALL of your credentials and much more Cha! democratisphere Jan 2018 #5
He seems very much like he's Cha Jan 2018 #6
Mahalo, rivers! Cha Jan 2018 #3
I think he would make a stellar VP running mate ALBliberal Jan 2018 #4
I think you have named a perfect ticket. Biden, one term, Adam Schiff takes the second. n/t monmouth4 Jan 2018 #8
I agree. And thanks. ALBliberal Jan 2018 #9
Adam Schiff has every qualification I want to see in a President..n/t monmouth4 Jan 2018 #7

Cha

(297,297 posts)
2. Wonder if he has the
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 04:51 AM
Jan 2018

Fire in his belly to be Real POTUS?

I certainly would like someone who's intelligent and passionate with very fresh blood!

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
5. I believe Adam Schiff meets ALL of your credentials and much more Cha!
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 05:49 AM
Jan 2018

Adam Schiff is 57 years old combining wisdom and experience with young enough blood! Sign up for for his news letter and check him out.

http://schiff.house.gov/contact/newsletter/signup

https://schiff.house.gov/

Mahalo Cha!

Cha

(297,297 posts)
6. He seems very much like he's
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 06:03 AM
Jan 2018

quite capable.. I wasn't paying close attention like most of you.. Just now getting back into the fray.

So I found this..

10 Things You Didn't Know About Adam Schiff

snip//

6. He has completed several triathlons, and in 2014, rode his bicycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles, an activity he says "helps me maintain my sanity."

7. In Congress, Schiff has been praised for representing the diverse interests of his north Los Angeles-area district. Among the issues he has tackled over nine terms are measures to reduce helicopter noise, improve earthquake warning systems, and pushing for international recognition of the 1915 Armenian genocide at the behest of the sizable Armenian-American population in his district.

MOre...
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-04-10/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-adam-schiff

Mahalo to you, democratisphere!

ALBliberal

(2,342 posts)
4. I think he would make a stellar VP running mate
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 05:25 AM
Jan 2018

Obviously intelligent...with deep knowledge of the law and constitution. Great love of country and so diplomatic. He would be a huge asset to the Democratic ticket. As for the top of the ticket...I think someone like Biden....although older... would restore us to a sense of normalcy after this chaos.

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