Trump Reignites Calls For Schiff’s Resignation Over ‘Parody’ Opening Statement

President Trump is again calling for House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) to resign for, as Trump claims, lying to Congress with his parody opening statement during the hearing with the acting director of national intelligence on Thursday.


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¨Reignites¨?

That implies that there was something there to begin with. In fact, it´s just meaningless, inconsequential Trump spew.

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Tactical misstep on Trump’s part. The time to yell crazy, desperate stuff like that is when the cops are taking you out of the building in cuffs and stuffing you into the squad car.

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Trump tweets are becoming more and more unhinged and less and less effective. Just throwing shit everywhere in an attempt to see what sticks.

News for you Donnie: three years of your ranting has taught us how to read you.

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He’s unfortunately not had enough experience with that phase of law-breaking, but I hope we can make up for lost time.

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Everything about Donnie should be a parody in a sane world. But it is all too real.

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Schiff simply interpreted the words in his own style, as do many fine artists.
Here’s another example.

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:yawning_face: Typical Trump projection. “I’m desperate and I got caught.” He does this stuff all the time.

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Could the article be updated to quote what Schiff said so I don’t have to go get rhe video? (Edited to link author @nicole_lafond and to be more polite, LOL)

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Schiff did not need to embellish, I found that very irritating as well

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In a formal hearing? Definitely an unforced error on his part.

He could have clowned around on TV later.

Did his mistake justify Trump’s response? No, but it did invite it.

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Hmm, so Donnie thinks lying to Congress is a resignation issue? I guess there’s a whole list of current public figures that applies to, depending on whether you use a Republican or dictionary definition of ‘lying’.

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Can anyone say Streisand effect?

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When you’re congenitally stupid, you can’t imagine what it’s like to be clever enough to understand what the congressman was doing.

Or Trump’s just flailing.

Either one.

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Don’t give this bad faith BS any more oxygen. Eyes on the prize, folks.

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"Trump claimed Schiff “lied” to Congress and should “immediately resign” for committing “fraud!”

A double dose and one is a repost.

By Maria GallucciJul 09, 2017

Critics of the U.S. media routinely accuse reporters of being mean to President Donald Trump. But just wait 'til they hear what this top Australian journalist has to say.

Chris Uhlmann, the political editor at the government-backed Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), delivered scathing remarks on Trump’s presidency after the U.S. leader attended his first G20 summit this weekend."

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09/22/2019 01:47 am ET Updated 5 days ago

Foreign Reporter Shocked By Trump’s ‘Alarming Incoherence’ On Border Wall Tour

The Australian journalist wondered if cleaning up Trump’s rambling speech does the public a disservice.

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By Mary Papenfuss

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-foreign-journalist-lenore-taylor-garbled-syntax-vocabulary-press-conference_n_5d86f42de4b0957256b80412

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Trump is desperately trying to throw shade on anyone who moves. Railing against the whistleblower didn’t get him very far, and no lynch mobs have gone after Biden. Schiff is the next natural target and Nancy, who has already been touched lightly, may be on deck. Of course she terrifies him so he may not go after her with all fangs bared at first. He’s starting to really sound desperate. I like it.

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The odds are not in your favor, Donie…

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Was home sick when I first saw this and wondered if my fever had returned. Their interpretation of “Ode to Joy” cheered me up on a day when I needed it.

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I pitty whoever has to scrub the walls at the WH.

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