{"id":579631,"date":"2023-06-22T01:48:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T22:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/house-republicans-vote-to-censure-adam-schiff\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T01:48:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T22:48:05","slug":"house-republicans-vote-to-censure-adam-schiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/house-republicans-vote-to-censure-adam-schiff\/","title":{"rendered":"#House Republicans vote to censure Adam Schiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/schiffadam_062322gn2_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House Republicans on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a rare reprimand of a sitting lawmaker that the GOP conference delivered as a rebuke for his efforts against former President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The vote \u2014\u00a0213-209-6 \u2014 is the culmination of a week-long push led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), which was stymied last week when a band of Republicans joined Democrats in blocking a censure resolution from coming to the floor for a vote. It advanced on Wednesday after Luna made changes to the measure.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>It also marked the apex of Republicans\u2019 years-long campaign against Schiff, who emerged as a bogeyman on the right for his unrelenting criticism of Trump\u2019s alleged ties with Russia, and was cemented as a chief GOP adversary on Capitol Hill when he led the first impeachment inquiry targeting Trump.<\/p>\n<p>A stunning scene took place after the vote, as Democrats in the chamber surrounded Schiff on the House floor, chanting \u201cAdam, Adam.\u201d They interrupted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who had taken the gavel for the vote, repeatedly as he tried to deliver the results of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff \u2014 who is currently entrenched in a competitive Senate primary against two House colleagues \u2014 embraced the extraordinary punishment, declaring on the floor in an impassioned speech that he would repeat his past actions of holding \u201ca dangerous and out of control president accountable\u201d if called upon to do so in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I wear this partisan vote as a badge of honor,\u201d Schiff said Wednesday. \u201cKnowing that I have lived my oath. Knowing that I have done my duty, to hold a dangerous and out of control president accountable. And knowing that I would do so again \u2014 in a heartbeat \u2014 if the circumstances should ever require it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna\u2019s resolution censures Schiff \u201cfor misleading the American public and for conduct unbecoming of an elected Member of the House of Representatives,\u201d and it directs the Ethics Committee to conduct an investigation into the congressman\u2019s \u201cfalsehoods, misrepresentations, and abuses of sensitive information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The four-page measure accuses Schiff of spreading false claims that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, abusing the trust afforded to him as chairman and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee when airing the Trump-Russia allegations, and behaving \u201cdishonestly and dishonorably\u201d when discussing events related to Trump\u2019s first impeachment.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe American people do not trust Congress. The cyclical pattern of lies has worn down the credibility of every institution and every official in the United States government. You see it, I see it,\u201d Luna said on the House floor during debate Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we run away from the opportunity to hold this man accountable there is only one fault, and that is of ourselves,\u201d she continued. \u201cWe will betray the people who trusted us and sent us here to do the right thing, we will be responsible of any shred of justice in this body, and we will reject the duty that we swore an oath to protect upon taking office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna first moved to censure Schiff last week, bringing a censure resolution \u2014 which she introduced last month \u2014 to the floor as a privileged measure, which forced the House to act on it. But 20 Republicans joined Democrats in supporting a motion to table the measure, a move that blocked it from coming to the floor for a vote.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A number of the GOP defectors took issue with a non-binding \u201cwhereas\u201d clause in the measure that said if the Ethics Committee found that Schiff \u201clied, made misrepresentations, and abused sensitive information,\u201d he should be fined $16 million, saying that it was unconstitutional. That dollar figure, the resolution claimed, was half the amount of money that American taxpayers paid to fund the investigation into potential collusion between Trump and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to allay those concerns, Luna introduced a new, revamped resolution at the end of last week that nixed the fine language \u2014\u00a0the chief difference between the two \u2014 and made a handful of other revisions. Additionally, the new resolution just calls for censuring Schiff while the original involved censuring and condemning the congressman.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Republican called the revised resolution to the floor as a privileged measure on Tuesday, restarting the process for the second time in a week and forcing another vote.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The changes were enough to erase the GOP concerns: all Republicans voted against a Democratic-led motion to table the resolution, sending it to the floor for a vote and setting up what would become just the sixth censure of a lawmaker since 1980, and the twenty-fifth in history, according to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/history.house.gov\/Institution\/Discipline\/Expulsion-Censure-Reprimand\/\">House website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The House last censured a lawmaker in November 2021, when Democrats delivered a rebuke to Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) for posting an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anime<\/a> video depicting him violently attacking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and President Biden. Before that, the most recent censures were in December 2010 and July 1983.<\/p>\n<p>It was not, however, the House GOP\u2019s first rebuke of Schiff. Earlier this year, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) blocked him and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from serving on the House Intelligence Committee. Luna has also filed a resolution to expel Schiff, though it has not progressed in the chamber.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Throughout the week-long censure saga, Democrats accused Luna \u2014\u00a0a vocal Trump supporter \u2014\u00a0and Republicans of launching an effort against Schiff as a way to distract from the former president\u2019s legal troubles. Trump was indicted by the Justice Department on 37 counts earlier this month as part of the investigation into his mishandling of classified documents. He pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party of Lincoln and his Lincolnites has become the party of Luna and her Luna followers. Today\u2019s mad-cap antics are an obvious deflection from Trump\u2019s deepening legal troubles,\u201d Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the Oversight Committee, said on the House floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe GOP simply has no ideas for our economy, no ideas for our country and no idea for our people, but is on an embarrassing revenge tour on behalf of Donald Trump, who treats them like a ventriloquist\u2019s dummy,\u201d he later added.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Republicans transformed the House into a \u201cpuppet show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we are on the floor of the House, where the other side has turned this body, this chamber \u2014 where slavery was abolished, where Medicare and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> security and everything were instituted \u2014 they\u2019ve turned it into a puppet show. A puppet show,\u201d she said during debate on the floor Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi, who endorsed Schiff in his Senate race, was seated next to her colleague from California during a portion of Wednesday\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAnd you know what?\u201d Pelosi added, \u201cthe puppeteer, Donald Trump, is shining a light on the strings. You look miserable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna, for her part, disputed the claim that Republicans were bringing the Schiff resolution because of Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we want to talk about these little, fun <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s and comments back and forth, we\u2019re here not about Donald Trump, we\u2019re not here about Jan. 6, we\u2019re here about the former chairman of the Intelligence Committee that used a lie that broke apart this country,\u201d Luna said during debate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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