House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is calling on Adam Schiff to step down from his post as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
Schiff spent a good portion of the time, while special counsel Robert Mueller investigated alleged Russian collusion, espousing conspiracy theories and using his own position as one of authority to promote false accusations against the President.
McCarthy believes the California Democrat needs to explain his actions to the American people, and he should do so while stepping away from his role as chairman.
“He owes the American public an apology,” McCarthy said Monday.
“Schiff has met the standard that he has imposed on other members of Congress of when they should step back from their positions,” he claimed. “He has exceeded that standard, and there is no question he should step down from the Intel chairmanship.”
UPDATE: @GOPLeader calls on Schiff to quit the Intel Committee as Republicans mount a campaign of recriminations against him and Dems who aggressively probed collusion.
Story w/ @sarahnferris @BresPolitico https://t.co/MF0oVwOqXD
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 25, 2019
The likelihood of Schiff admitting to his wrongdoings remains slim, as he pushes forward with further investigations into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia this week.
Schiff Pushed the Hoax For Two Years
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Schiff has been pushing the Russia hoax for quite some time and using his position of power as a means to lend credence to the claims.
“Look, there’s clear evidence of an attempt to collude,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in December of 2017.
In August of 2018, he told CBS This Morning, “I think there’s plenty of evidence of collusion.”
Three months prior, he claimed the Russia collusion case was “of a size and scope probably beyond Watergate.”
Schiff himself concocted his own conspiracy theory, alleging that Donald Trump Jr. had phoned his father about a meeting seeking dirt from the Russians on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign.
“We wanted to get the phone records to determine, was Donald Trump talking to his son about this meeting,” Schiff told CNN during an interview in November.
“It’s an obvious investigative step, but one the Republicans were unwilling to take because they were afraid of where the evidence might lead.”
That evidence eventually proved Trump Jr. had called longtime family friends, not his father, putting Schiff’s conspiracy to rest.
Has anyone heard from Adam Schiff?
I imagine he’s busy leaking other confidential info from the House Intelligence Committee to change the subject?!? #FullOfSchiff https://t.co/7CC6k0CjlJ
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 1, 2019
Schiff Should Be Investigated for Collusion
Perhaps it’s Schiff who should be investigated for trying to collude with a foreign government to affect the outcome of an election.
Recall, if you will, the time Schiff was duped by comedians posing as a Ukrainian member of Parliament promising dirt on President Trump, even going so far as to arrange for staff to collect “classified” material for the FBI.
https://t.co/D6OfPIP6EU CAUGHT! Adam Schiff gets caught in prank call from Russian comedians. He was trying to dig up dirt on Trump in a secret call with Russian agents. He didn’t know he was being pranked. He was promised nude photos of @realDonaldTrump . Must listen
— Stonewall Jackson (@1776Stonewall) February 6, 2018
Schiff, again the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, was led to believe he was taking a call from a foreign country to collect information about an American president.
“Adam Schiff can be heard discussing the committee’s Russia investigation and increasingly bizarre allegations about Trump with a man who claimed to be Andriy Parubiy, the chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament.” Schiff has some explaining to do. https://t.co/74HcIb6cUn pic.twitter.com/WxzJIv9odR
— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) February 6, 2018
“I’ll be in touch with the FBI about this,” Schiff said, thinking he was talking to foreign agents. “And we’ll make arrangements with your staff. I think it probably would be best to provide these materials both to our committee and to the FBI.”
Schiff also appeared on a news station he once described as “the Kremlin’s propaganda outfit” to discuss efforts to make the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court more transparent.
More Calls For Him to Step Down
McCarthy isn’t the only one calling on the tinfoil hat-wearing Democrat to step down.
Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw excoriated Schiff, saying “You. Have. Been. Exposed.”
“You used your unique position on the Intel Cmte to convince the American people that you had access to evidence of collusion,” Crenshaw added. “You lied and misled in order to pursue your political agenda. Move on.”
You. Have. Been. Exposed.
Stop the charade. There was no collusion.
You used your unique position on the Intel Cmte to convince the American people that you had access to evidence of collusion.
You lied and misled in order to pursue your political agenda. Move on. https://t.co/9GRVkBmeVS
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) March 25, 2019
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway wants him to not only step down from the committee but suggests Schiff needs to resign.
“Adam Schiff – talk about an oxymoron – this man heads the Intelligence Committee in the House!” Conway mocked.
“He ought to resign today,” she said, adding that he “has been on every TV show 50 times a day for practically the last two years, promising Americans that this president would be impeached or indicted.”
Kellyanne Conway calls on Adam Schiff to resign pic.twitter.com/6mcwQePZMO
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) March 25, 2019
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said that Schiff, along with Rep. Eric Swalwell, should resign in disgrace.
“We saw strong evidence of collusion … I think that’s clear collusion,” Swalwell asserted during an interview on CNN.
“How can Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff keep their seats in the House of Representatives?” Carlson asked. “They should resign.”
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Handcuff Little Leaker Schiff, tie him to a rail and take him out of office. He is a total POS
This mans eyes look like he is demon possessed…
Little bug-eyed “Pencil Neck” can hang with piano wire…
Adam Schiff is another U.S. Congressperson, who should be voted out of the U.S. House, and be prosecuted for treason. Peter Guild, Dorchester, MA.
Adam Schiff is guilty of treason and sedition…he’s more guilty of being an enemy of this Nation. He has NO intelligence…never has had any. I think he is a Russian spy… :-)
The pencil-necked Adam Schiff is a paid agent of anti-Putin and anti-Trump corrupt Ukranian Government.
Collusion, hell! How ’bout Conspiracy to Commit Treason against our Constitution
He will not step down to spite the Republicans. The a hole keeps saying he has evidence to prove Trump colluded so where is it? He is lying thru his teeth.
Hang him for treason!
Step down Troublemakers! Maybe we should just forget your paycheck. Yours and a few others. Would you work for no pay? I don’t think so. Maybe you would leave! Get them out no matter what it takes. All those obstructing non-cooperating chumps that put their greed and ideology above their service to us….our taxes pay their bills. We should pull a Trump…..”You’re FIRED!!!”
Maybe they ought to start asking some questions about his “collusion ” with the Russians. He has evil eyes.
We the people need to DEMAND that Schiff (whose sister is married to George Soros son mind you) and Stalwell step down for blatantly LYING to the American public for over 2 years KNOWING full well that it was all a LIE. They both need to be charged and go to jail as well. I do like BluePlanet’s idea above, heads on poles.
The whole Democrat party needs to be prosecuted for sedition!!!
Schiff will never shut up: Collusion with be engraved upon his tombstone.
Schiff was hip deep in this treasonous plot to overthrow a sitting President. He is making so much noise because when his collusion with MUeller, Comey, McCabe and Rosenstein, et.al. comes out, he maybe get a 5:00A.M. warrant wake up call like Stone.
IMPEACH SCHIFF!!!
Without intelligence how can you chair “Intel Committee”?? And what’s with these Dems and they’re goofy eyes??? He & AOC both look possessed and I don’t doubt that they are. He’s a total fraud as dumb as a box o’ rocks, no insult to rocks.
Kick Adam Schiff out out the US House.
His sister is married to George Soros son if that tells you anything.
Adam Schiff is BADLY compromised by ties to crooked leaders in Ukraine. In 2016, Ukrainian arms dealer hosted campaign fundraising events for him. How’s that for collusion?? He’s completely unfit to serve as Chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
They are brain dead with a DNR on file…I have offered to pull their plugs :-)
Because they are all crazy. Maybe, he’s one of the more intelligent democrat ones. Lord help them.
The same way Mad Max can be appointed head of the Finance Cmte. It’s a lot like these college profs that get tenure, they can say and do anything they like and still get the cream of the cmte appointments.
How can a man that shows absolutely no intelligence whatsoever end up being the head of the Intelligence Committee? Something is seriously wrong with the Democrats in Congress.
Dishonor and disobey any directive fromAdam Schiff, Swalwell and Nadlar.
AGREE
The Dems forces Nunes to step down because he talked to the President. Schiff has to resign. The Republicans on the committee should not attend any meetings as long as Schiff is in charge.
Schiff is how not to be a Politician
Ain’t it the truth…all Democrats are unhinged!
Demon possession…if I have ever seen it…
Charles Manson had eyes like that when he was younger….it’s like looking into the eyes of stone cold sober schizophrenic!!! One off his meds :-(
Just EXCELLENT – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – And SCARY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Psychotic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bug eyes
Shifty and those Pop-Out Eyes !!!!!!!!!!!!
He reallys IS – Psychotic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Schiff and Swalwell both must go!! They are now proven liars and conspirators!!
Put that rat faced Schiff in prison ’til he rots!
Schiff doesn’t owe America an apology. He owes us his head on a pole.