The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, a key lawmaker in Democrats’ congressional investigations into former President Donald Trump during his presidency.
The resolution passed on a party-line vote, 213-209, which Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said was needed to fight back against Schiff’s “lies” about Trump.
“As chair of the House Intelligence committee, Adam Schiff launched an all-out political campaign built on baseless distortions against a sitting U.S. president, at the expense of every single citizen in this country and the honor of the House of Representatives,” Rep. Anna PaulinaLuna said before the vote. “With access to sensitive information unavailable to most members of Congress and certainly not accessible to the American people, Schiff abused his privileges, claiming to know the truth while leaving Americans in the dark about his web of lies… lies so severe that they altered the course of the country forever.”
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Schiff stood in the well of the House floor while House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tried to read a brief rule about censure, but was interrupted by cheers from Democrats.
“I have all night, ” McCarthy said.
Schiff spoke in his own defense on the House floor and thanked Republicans for bringing the resolution forward again.
“To my Republican colleagues who introduced this resolution, I thank you. You honor me with your enmity you, you flatter me with this falsehood,” Schiff said.
“You, who are the authors of a big lie about the last election, must condemn the truth tellers,” he said. “And I stand proudly before you. Your words tell me that I have been effective in the defense of our democracy, and I am grateful.”
Rep. Nancy Pelosi fired back at Republicans, “The other side has turned this chamber where slavery was abolished, where Medicare and Social Security and everything were instituted, they’ve turned it into a puppet show,” Pelosi said. “And you know what? The puppeteer, Donald Trump, is shining a light on the strings. You look miserable. You look miserable… you’re wasting time.”
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