{"id":5772,"date":"2018-11-18T19:48:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T00:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/susanwright\/?p=5772"},"modified":"2018-11-18T19:48:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T00:48:17","slug":"trump-hits-rep-adam-schiff-with-vulgar-reference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/susanwright\/2018\/11\/trump-hits-rep-adam-schiff-with-vulgar-reference\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Hits Rep. Adam Schiff With Vulgar Reference"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Where were you when it hit you that America elected a Twitter troll to the presidency?<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump\u2019s desperation over losing the House to the Democrats is only beginning to peak, giving the public a good view of his panic.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Representative Adam Schiff (D-N.Y.) is set to take over as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. That being the case, I suspect we\u2019ll see different behavior surrounding the Russia probe than we saw with Representative Devin Nunes, who spent an unusual amount of time attempting to cast doubt on special counsel Robert Mueller and the probe.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a lot of pressure for a man who has seen people from his campaign team dropping like flies, due to what the Russia probe uncovers.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Representative Schiff challenged the appointment of Matthew Whitaker to the position of acting Attorney General.<\/p>\n<p>Other than serving as chief of staff to Jeff Sessions and getting a few television gigs to spout off about how to shut down the Russia probe, Whitaker has no real credentials.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump took to his Twitter wall attack Adam Schiff with one of his <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/417335-trump-labels-schiff-little-adam-schitt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">custom-made nicknames.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSo funny to see little Adam Schitt (D-CA) talking about the fact that Acting Attorney General\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/matthew-whitaker\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Matt Whitaker<\/a>\u00a0was not approved by the Senate, but not mentioning the fact that Bob Mueller (who is highly conflicted) was not approved by the Senate!\u201d Trump wrote in a tweet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes. A sitting U.S. president actually thought it was the height of intelligence and diplomacy to make such a reference about Democrat lawmaker.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So funny to see little Adam Schitt (D-CA) talking about the fact that Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker was not approved by the Senate, but not mentioning the fact that Bob Mueller (who is highly conflicted) was not approved by the Senate!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1064216956679716864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time the president has brought up that Robert Mueller was not confirmed by the Senate, either.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDon\u2019t tell me about Whitaker, because Mueller was not Senate confirmed, and Whitaker was, actually,\u201d the president\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/415892-trump-have-not-spoken-to-whitaker-about-russia-probe\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah. Here\u2019s the thing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The position of attorney general is one that requires Senate confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>The position of special counsel does not.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think there\u2019s anyone in Trump\u2019s current circle that tells him these things?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not that Mueller couldn\u2019t make it through a confirmation process. He did that very thing in 2001 and 2011, when he was unanimously confirmed to be the FBI director, and serving a total of 13 years, under both a Republican and a Democrat presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Whitaker went through the process in 2004, as he assumed the spot of U.S. attorney in Iowa for the subsequent five years.<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t make him right to step in as the new head of the Justice Department, but that didn\u2019t enter into Trump\u2019s equation. He was looking for a political hitman to solve his current \u201cMueller problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rep. Schiff clapped back at Trump with his own tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWow, Mr. President, that\u2019s a good one. Was that like your answers to Mr. Mueller\u2019s questions, or did you write this one yourself?\u201d Schiff wrote, referring to reports that Trump\u2019s lawyers are writing Trump\u2019s answers to written questions from Mueller.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Sweet burn, Mr. Schiff.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t even begin to say how unprofessional and uncouth it is for our president to drag down discourse to this level.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this is where we are, and it will take the people to stop indulging Trump\u2019s bad behavior before we see any changes.<\/p>\n<p>I just don\u2019t see that happening.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where were you when it hit you that America elected a Twitter troll to the presidency? 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