“Sequels are rarely better than the original. If we have learned anything over the last six days, as the feeding frenzy over the whistleblower has overtaken official Washington, it is this: Democrats want to impeach President Trump and they do not care if the facts support their cause.
“After more than two years of Democrats’ hyperventilating, Mr. Trump was cleared of collusion and conspiracy. Democrats and their media allies overhyped their claims and won Pulitzer Prizes along the way. But they failed in their objective, and soon we will learn more about the origins of the Russia collusion hoax and FISA warrant abuses.
“Instead of overhyping this story, Democrats should have been more careful and measured. But they could not help themselves.”
So wrote Matt Mackowiak for The Washington Times. The fact that Democrats have absolutely beclowned themselves with the Ukraine hoax at a speed rarely seen in Washington politics cannot be denied. But, the sequel may indeed be better due to the absolutely bizarre performance of House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff on Thursday.
Schiff’s credibility was completely destroyed due to his never-ending statements during the Russia hoax. Schiff claimed that he had access to classified information that proved PDJT and his campaign had colluded with Russia. Schiff is so deranged that he apparently thinks that Americans are so stupid and so dense that they do not remember this.
On Thursday Schiff had acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire in for a grilling over the alleged whistleblower complaint. In his opening statement, Schiff characterized “the essence” of Trump’s message to the Ukrainian president as:
“We’ve been very good to your country. Very good. No other country has done as much as we have. But you know what, I don’t see much reciprocity here.
“I hear what you want. I have a favor I want from you, though and I’m gonna say this only seven times, so you better listen good. I want you to make up dirt on my political opponent, understand? Lots of it … on this and on that.
“I’m going to put you in touch with people, and not just any people. I’m going to put you in touch with the attorney general of the United States – my attorney general, Bill Barr – he’s got the whole weight of American law enforcement behind him. And I’m going to put you in touch with Rudy, you’re going to love him. Trust me. You know what I’m asking so I’m only going to say this a few more times, in a few more ways. And don’t call me again. I’ll call you when you’ve done what I asked.”
According to Twitchy News Aggregator,
During his opening statement at a House Intelligence Committee hearing featuring testimony from acting DNI Joseph Maguire, Rep. Adam Schiff clearly wanted those watching (and the media subsequently reporting what he said) to believe he was reading directly from the call transcript.
When he was finished reading from his fictional story, Schiff went on to say, “This is in sum and character of what the president was trying to communicate.”
No, it wasn’t. Apparently Schiff is so deranged that the fact that a transcript of the call had been released did not affect his decision to engage in outright lying to the American people again.
Schiff got blasted on Twitter.
Adam Schiff is now doing a fictional retelling of the transcript. This is bizarre.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 26, 2019
In opening statement, Rep. Schiff makes up dialogue to represent what Trump said to Zelensky. A rough transcript of the president's words exists, and is available, but Schiff's version is more dramatic. pic.twitter.com/f7gS4KIPge
— Byron York (@ByronYork) September 26, 2019
https://twitter.com/diana_west_/status/1177229043420291073
Schiff knows the media won’t bother to “fact check” what a Democrat says. However, nearly a half hour after his fictional story telling, the backlash on Twitter was so severe that Schiff felt compelled to say that his initial statement was “in part, parody.” Twitter wasn’t buying in.
I can't believe what I'm watching right now!
When confronted about making up a transcript, Adam Schiff countered "it was meant to be parody."
This is a hearing before the UNITED STATES CONGRESS, and Schiff uses parody as a mechanism to completely misconstrue @realDonaldTrump?!
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) September 26, 2019
Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff (CA) admits that his blatant fabrication of quotes from Trump's Ukraine call was "wrong" after he got called out
Schiff claims it was a "parody"
Impeachment is a politically polarizing event and Schiff thinks it's just a big joke
Absolutely unreal pic.twitter.com/YqcQscCKYt
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) September 26, 2019
Adam Schiff is an absolute joke of a congressman. And he heads up the House INTELLIGENCE committee. This is as bad as Maxine Waters heading up the House Finance Committee. And Nancy Pelosi leads this corrupt gang of congresspersons.
This is the modern Democratic Party.