Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) on Monday slammed U.S. House Democrats after they blocked consideration of a resolution censuring Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
A motion to table H.Res. 630 passed 218-185 on party lines. The resolution stated that “members of the Intelligence Committee have lost faith in his objectivity and capabilities as Chairman.”
The measure was proposed after Schiff during a committee hearing in recent weeks intentionally gave a false retelling of a conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Schiff has claimed he meant the fabrication as parody.
Brooks voted “no” on the motion to table H.Res. 630, as did all other GOP members of Alabama’s House delegation. H.Res. 630 had 171 Republican cosponsors, including Brooks. Notably, not a single House Democrat voted against tabling the measure.
In a statement, Brooks outlined that this latest high profile incident was not nearly the first time that Schiff has “unabashedly lied to the American people.”
However, he did point to the recent action by Schiff has the final straw.
“Schiff’s actions not only warrant censure, they warrant his immediate removal as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee,” Brooks emphasized. “The Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, a committee that deals almost exclusively with matters of grave importance to national security, must be beyond reproach and absolutely trustworthy. Schiff does not meet that high standard.”
He concluded, “Since November 9, 2016, the day after Donald Trump was elected president with 306 pledged electoral votes, Socialist Democrats have engaged in a highly-orchestrated fraud on America by seeking to remove President Trump and repudiate the 2016 election. I urge the American people to see past the Socialist Democrat fraud.”
Brooks’ full statement as follows:
Adam Schiff has for years unabashedly lied to the American people. In March of 2017, as Intelligence Committee ranking-member, Adam Schiff falsely claimed ‘there is more than circumstantial evidence now’ of Trump campaign collusion with Russia. America has a $30 million Mueller Report proving Schiff’s comments were knowingly false.
On September 26, 2019, while chairing a highly-publicized Intelligence Committee hearing, Schiff fabricated a transcript of President Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president, distorting the call for partisan political purposes. President Trump’s released transcript of the telephone call proved Adam Schiff’s contrived version was a lie.
On September 17, 2019, Adam Schiff went on MSNBC and falsely denied having prior contact with the so-called whistleblower. On October 2, 2019, the New York Times reported that Adam Schiff and Intelligence Committee staff got an early account of the whistleblower complaint. Despite this history of dishonesty, House Democrats persist in keeping Adam Schiff as Intelligence Committee Chairman. Not a single Socialist Democrat voted for honesty.
Adam Schiff’s conduct brings disrepute on the House of Representatives. Rule XXIII(1) of the Code of Official Conduct, states that ‘A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.’ Schiff’s actions not only warrant censure, they warrant his immediate removal as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. The Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, a committee that deals almost exclusively with matters of grave importance to national security, must be beyond reproach and absolutely trustworthy. Schiff does not meet that high standard.
Since November 9, 2016, the day after Donald Trump was elected president with 306 pledged electoral votes, Socialist Democrats have engaged in a highly-orchestrated fraud on America by seeking to remove President Trump and repudiate the 2016 election. I urge the American people to see past the Socialist Democrat fraud.
Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
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