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Home Front: Politix
‘He Lost Me': Schiff Angers and Annoys GOP Senators with Closing Clunker
2020-01-26
[AmGreatness] "Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) closing arguments ended on a sour note Friday night when he repeated an ugly rumor, prompting several moderate (and considered persuadable) Republican senators to admonish him while he was still speaking.

The Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee reportedly made the senators "visibly angry" when he chose to share a very sketchy CBS News report that broke earlier on Friday.

"CBS News reported last night that a Trump confidante said that GOP Senators were warned, ’Vote against the president and your head will be on a pike!’" said Schiff, reading from the report dramatically. "Now, I don’t know if that’s true," he added. "Vote against the president and your head will be on a pike!"


Although his remarks seemed to have provoked a reaction of dismay in the chamber, Schiff plowed on, saying that he was "struck by the irony" of it, but he was apparently interrupted by the senators.

'I hope it’s not true,' he said to someone off camera. 'I hope it’s not true.' He continued on to make a rather incoherent point. 'I’m struck by the irony of the idea that a president who would make himself a monarch‐that whoever that was would use the terminology of a penalty that was imposed by a monarch.'

According to multiple reporters in the chamber, Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and James Risch (R-ID) called Schiff out on the lie as he was still speaking.

'That’s not true!' they reportedly said.

Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) reportedly burst out laughing and pulled out his "fidget spinner." And Sen. Lisa Murkouski (R-AK) told reporters that Schiff " lost me" with the "head on a pike" fable."
When you've lost both Murkowski and Collins...
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#20   lost opportunity cost.

While sitting all day, every day, the Senate cannot approve President Trump’s proposed judges and staffers. This hampers his ability to revamp the judiciary as well as hire and reward the people he needs to run the executive branch.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-01-26 15:41  

#19  Schifferbrains makes Senator Joe McCarthy look like a paragon of wisdom and civic virtue.

His SS act could have been taken from an early Woody Allen comedy, like the trial scene in Bananas or the interview with the parents in Take the Money and Run.

Remember, this is the joker who wants to be a Hollywood screeenwriter, the one who simply made shit up and then got it entered into the Congressional Record... and later called it a "parody."

God save us from such insufferable assholes
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-26 15:36  

#18  ^ does anyone give a f--- what Delecto thinks or wishes?
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-26 15:23  

#17  Mittens to the rescue. Says he wants witnesses.

Check cleared.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-01-26 14:20  

#16  Mittens to the rescue. Says he wants witnesses.

Thanks, Mormons!

Hope the identity politics is working out as planned!

Who will you be gracing us with next -- Egg McMuffin?
Posted by: charger   2020-01-26 13:42  

#15  Mittens to the rescue. Says he wants witnesses.
Posted by: Iblis   2020-01-26 11:23  

#14  One aspect of the "Shitshow" is lost opportunity cost. Now, that calculation may be a bit different for this House, since I'd rather have Schiff/AOC/Nadler impaling themslves on the spike of impeachment than actually trying to pass legislation. But just in terms of the many millions that have been spent on lawyers, consultants, focus groups, makeup, facelifts, signing pens, etc.-- couldn't that money have been better spent "for the children"? Or -- and I know this is crazy talk-- paying down our virtually infinite national debt? Or maybe virology research?
Posted by: Matt   2020-01-26 11:15  

#13  I love how this Mad Hatter, Nadler-Dormouse and their various comrades blathered on for THREE DAYS-- and then were neatly eviscerated by Cipollone et al in less than two hours.

SS Clowns.
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-26 10:43  

#12  "The evidence accusations, lies, and innuendo are...overwhelming!"
Posted by: Frank G   2020-01-26 10:43  

#11  Lex, don't you know that the Dem motto is

"Evidence? We don't need no stinkin' evidence."
Posted by: AlanC   2020-01-26 10:40  

#10  Adam Schiff AKA "Adam Shit" in high school.
Posted by: crazyhorse   2020-01-26 10:20  

#9  Making up shit.

Repeating allegations without a shred of evidence.

Pounding yet again his ridiculous Wusskies!!! conspiracy theory that was blown up MONTHS ago--by HIS OWN SIDE'S partisan, two-year $35 million investigation including 500 f---ing depositions and thousands of witnesses and wall-to-wall coverage. That resulting in the conclusion that there was zip, zilch, ZERO evidence of collusion or conspiracy with Russians.

This man is a national disgrace. He has covered himself in shit.
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-26 09:41  

#8  ^ Snark o' the Day!
Milton Bradley - heh! Or maybe WankParker Brothers
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-26 09:34  

#7  I am glad she finally came around; but seriously, what took so long.

It's a sick game these people seem to love playing. 'Look - I'm a pragmatic moderate!'

Lex would call it - ShitShow - The Game, by Milton Bradley. 2 million Federal employee player limit.
Posted by: Raj   2020-01-26 07:28  

#6  I am glad she finally came around; but seriously, what took so long.
Posted by: Airandee   2020-01-26 06:57  

#5  Proverbs 13:3 *correction*
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454   2020-01-26 05:04  

#4  McConnel allowed the Dims 3 full days, 24 hours to blabber. I think that was a brilliant move:

Psalm 13:3
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454   2020-01-26 04:56  

#3  I loved the part with the spinner and Rand Paul's paper airplane. Serves the Dems right.
Posted by: Dron66046   2020-01-26 04:00  

#2  Pop quiz: What's the difference between 'Pencil neck' and 'Head on a pike'? He may be speaking from personal experience.
Posted by: Beau   2020-01-26 03:51  

#1  Buffoon. What a disgrace.

Complete, utter, total Shitshow.
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-26 01:56  

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