In a recent debate, Republican senatorial candidate Steve Garvey slammed Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), alleging that he had lied to the American people. The discussion featured four California senatorial candidates, including Garvey and Rep. Schiff, along with Reps. Katie Porter and Barbra Lee. All but Harvey are Democrats.
Garvey called out Schiff, stating, “I think you’ve been censured for lying.” Schiff responded to Garvey’s claim alleging that he was only censured for contesting a “corrupt” president, referring to Donald Trump. Backing his claim, Schiff cited the former president’s various legal battles ahead of the 2024 election. However, many Republicans do not view these indictments as legitimate, instead seeing them as a weaponization of the federal government.
“I was just called a liar by Mr. Garvey. Mr. Garvey, I was censured for standing up to a corrupt president. And you know something? I would do it all over again. Because that corrupt president, that president has been indicted with 91 felony counts, that president that you won’t refuse to support. Yeah, he’s a danger, and I will stand up to him and (former House Speaker) Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan and any of those MAGA enablers of his in the Congress. The reason why our democracy is in trouble is because folks don’t have the courage to stand up when they need to,” the Democratic representative said.
“Sir, you lied to 300 million people and you can’t take that back,” Garvey hit back at Schiff. According to the resolution that was passed in June 2023 to censure Schiff, “Whereas the allegation that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to interfere in the 2016 Presidential election has been revealed as false by numerous in-depth investigations, including the recent report by Special Counsel John Durham, which documents how the conspiracy theory was invented, funded, and spread by President’s Trump’s political rivals.”
The Resolution further explained Schiff’s improper conduct as an elected official, asserting that he “abused his trust” for allegedly lying about purported evidence against Donald Trump that was supposedly nonexistent.
“Whereas for years, Representative Schiff abused this trust by alleging he had evidence of collusion that, as is clear from reports by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, and Special Counsel Durham, never existed,” the resolution continued.
“Whereas for years, Representative Schiff has spread false accusations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia,” the resolution stated. “Whereas on March 20, 2017, Representative Schiff perpetuated false allegations from the Steele Dossier accusing numerous Trump associates of colluding with Russia into the Congressional Record.”
The report continued, claiming that Schiff even interfered with the Intelligence Community’s ability to act in the interest of American national security while deceiving the American public and harming the reputation of a respected government institution.
“Whereas Representative Schiff hindered the ability of the Intelligence Committee to fulfill its oversight responsibilities over the Intelligence Community, an indispensable pillar of our national security; and Whereas these actions of Representative Schiff misled the American people and brought disrepute upon the House of Representatives: Now, therefore, be it,” the resolution read. Watch footage from the California senatorial debate below.
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