{"id":1953882,"date":"2023-06-22T07:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T11:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-schiffs-censure-is-the-bare-minimum\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T07:40:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T11:40:10","slug":"adam-schiffs-censure-is-the-bare-minimum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-schiffs-censure-is-the-bare-minimum\/","title":{"rendered":"Schiff&#8217;s censure is the least we can do."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fadam-schiffs-censure-is-the-bare-minimum%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1953882&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"image.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Schiff\"><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>The Endless Hoaxes of Adam Schiff<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has been at the center of every left-wing hoax orchestrated against former President Donald Trump since 2016. From the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/12\/16\/ig-report-proves-adam-schiff-has-been-lying-about-spygate-since-the-beginning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trumped-up<\/a> claims of Russian collusion to a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/02\/05\/impeachment-theater-could-not-have-gone-worse-for-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fabricated scandal<\/a> over military aid in Ukraine to the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/20\/adam-schiff-is-an-emblem-of-institutional-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conspiracies<\/a> surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as a desperate effort to impeach, Schiff has been the primary conductor.<\/p>\n<p>So on Wednesday, hours after John Durham <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/21\/discredited-democrats-attack-durham-to-deflect-from-their-own-tarnished-reputations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">detailed<\/a> the special counsel\u2019s findings in the Russia hoax investigation before the House Judiciary Committee, the lower chamber formally censured Schiff, who is presently seeking a seat in the Senate. The resolution passed 213-209, with all Republicans voting in favor except for six who voted \u201cpresent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats erupted in the well of the House, chanting \u201cshame\u201d and \u201cdisgrace\u201d as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy slammed the gavel upon the vote. The resolution forced Schiff to stand before lawmakers embarrassingly and requires the House Ethics Committee to probe the congressman\u2019s \u201cfalsehoods, misrepresentations, and abuses of sensitive information.\u201d Schiff, however, went on to shamelessly celebrate the resolution on the House floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo my Republican colleagues who introduced this resolution, I thank you,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=--Wns2IcEKY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> ahead of the Wednesday night vote. \u201cYour words tell me that I have been effective in the defense of our democracy, and I am grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrats throw a 5 minute temper tantrum in the well of the House chamber as the vote to censure Adam Schiff passes, yelling &#8220;shame&#8221; at Kevin McCarthy and refusing to allow him to finish reading the resolution. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kqQocSoZPi\">pic.twitter.com\/kqQocSoZPi<\/a><\/p>\n<footer>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1671654475218427904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Schiff is now the <a href=\"https:\/\/history.house.gov\/Institution\/Discipline\/Expulsion-Censure-Reprimand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">25th<\/a> representative in congressional history to be censured by the House.<\/p>\n<p>The formal measure, however, introduced by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is the least Republicans could do. After Schiff polarized the country for years and undermined U.S. relations with a nuclear superpower, lawmakers ought to vote on expulsion. Members on the House Ethics Committee now tasked with investigating Schiff\u2019s tenure should consider such a recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>In January, McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/25\/kevin-mccarthy-restores-integrity-to-house-intel-committee-by-barring-russia-hoaxer-adam-schiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">booted<\/a> Schiff from the Intelligence Committee in one of his first moves presiding over the Capitol chamber.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/21\/the-case-for-booting-adam-schiff-from-the-house-intel-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Case For Booting Adam Schiff From The House Intel Committee<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not Schiff\u2019s lying that earned him a lost committee assignment and a formal censure. If lying warranted expulsion from Congress, we\u2019d have no legislature. It\u2019s that as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee with access to the nation\u2019s top secrets, Schiff abused his leadership perch to orchestrate hoax after hoax against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/niger-heads-to-polls-in-search-of-first-democratic-transition\/\" title=\"Niger heads to polls in search of first democratic transition\">democratically elected president<\/a> for the apparent crime of winning the 2016 election. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-schiffs-censure-is-the-bare-minimum\/\" title=\"Schiff's censure is the least we can do.\">conduct sowed nationwide division<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outrage-over-madison-cawthorn-is-a-distraction-and-republicans-are-taking-the-bait\/\" title=\"Outrage Over Madison Cawthorn Is A Distraction, And Republicans Are Taking The Bait\">jeopardized national security<\/a>, and undercut the legitimacy of the House. Now he expects a promotion from California voters to a seat in the Senate when he doesn\u2019t even deserve an office on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has spearheaded numerous left-wing hoaxes against former President Donald Trump. From false allegations of Russian collusion to a manufactured Ukraine scandal and baseless conspiracies about the Capitol riot, Schiff has consistently been at the forefront of these desperate impeachment attempts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":1953883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1953882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1953882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1953883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1953882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1953882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1953882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}