# Trump's GOP lackeys attack Adam Schiff in committee, he responds brilliantly. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 28, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665 "2019-03-28T15:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665/21 "2019-03-28T22:13:27Z")
I’m not much of a political junkie, but that was the least painful political speech I’ve heard since Obama’s presidential addresses. Is there a reason Schiff isn’t running for the 2020 Democratic nomination? ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665/22 "2019-03-28T23:42:22Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > The bolded sentences are stupid. The first has absolutely no evidence to back it up and the second is demonstrably untrue. > > The conclusion, that Democrats should capitulate to the GOP, deserves no consideration, only scorn, IMO. Right–if you “win by being dead-straight trustworthy and respectable” then how do you explain Trump’s presidency? Most Americans are ignorant, and nearly as many are stupid and gullible. Trump has been exploiting this again and again. The Republicans and their media cronies are exploiting it right now, by using the technicality of Mueller’s report–one small, potential issue with Trump–to cover up a whole array of other larger issues of corruption, incompetence, deception, and general bullshit. It’s all a public relations show–political theater, and nothing more–aimed at a population that’s too lazy to actually learn and understand how their own government works, and who would rather sit on the asses watching bullshit reality TV shows instead. Do you think the stupid and ignorant Americans are going to give a rat’s ass even if Schiff did allow some information to get out, when they continue to completely ignore all of Trump’s obvious bullshit? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665/23 "2019-03-29T01:42:14Z")
Tell y’all what: I’ll support Mr. Schiff stepping down if Mr. Trump, who has unquestionably committed a far greater number of, and more egregious, ethical lapses, does the same. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665/24 "2019-03-29T03:56:33Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I have no strong proof. Manafort’s notes from the Veselnitskaya meeting seem like the most likely to have come from Schiff - except that according to the report, it was said that they were talking about “GOP and Contributions”. In the actual notes, it’s clear that they’re talking about Bill Browder and how he’s an active sponsor of the RNC. Manafort’s notes from the meeting are unlikely to have been available to anyone outside of the Gang of Eight. > > And whereas there were a large number of leaks about Russia, the Trump Tower Meeting, etc. regularly for a year or so, once the House Intelligence Committee shut down that all stopped and all we could do was wait for Mueller indictments. Previous to that, there were weekly revelations of nefarious behavior. And while that may have been entertaining and all, it probably did hamper Mueller’s case. > > Gang of Eight + House Intelligence Committee + Wants to spur his committee to dig into the Russia matter further through public pressure = Schiff The Democrats should capitulate to bad faith GOP rat-fuckery because it feels like it might be true? Are you fucking serious? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665/25 "2019-03-29T04:59:27Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > …Most Americans are ignorant, and nearly as many are stupid and gullible. Trump has been exploiting this again and again. Exactly, and you can see them on display in the comments section of the linked video in the OP. I guess I’ve gotten spoiled reading comments in the _New York Times_ and _Washington Post_. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665/26 "2019-03-29T07:22:46Z")
Rep. Conaway either has no teeth or a bad microphone. Anyway, “Shrump” sounds like something that might catch on. So far there’s only a few photoshops of Disney’s _Shrek_ on the net. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665/27 "2019-03-29T08:31:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s not that. I just hate watching videos. ^ This. I prefer to read a transcript. For one thing, it will take less time than watching the video will. For another, I’m not always cruising the internet on a device that can handle video. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665/28 "2019-03-29T09:28:16Z")
> [@ticker](#): > > Having read a selection of them I think I can spot your mistake, there… ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665/29 "2019-03-29T11:40:26Z")
When the Republicans had control of the House, some of their Chairmen were quite despicable. How often did the Ds move that one of these R’s step down? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665/30 "2019-03-29T13:53:42Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Exactly, and you can see them on display in the comments section of the linked video in the OP. I guess I’ve gotten spoiled reading comments in the _New York Times_ and _Washington Post_. :rolleyes: If I actually knew any Latin, on reading that litany of breathtakingly idiotic comments, I might be thinking, “Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur”. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665/31 "2019-03-29T18:57:43Z")
Calling the Republican Party rank and file stupid is politically incorrect. (in the original sense of the words, meaning unlikely to achieve the changes you wish with politics) It is also incorrect. Their intelligence is statistically similar to that of Democrats. It also cuts them way too much slack! President Donald Trump, and Candidate Donald Trump has not changed. His publicly expressed values represent a very close approximate to the values of the party membership. They did not vote for him in spite of his stances on Mexican criminals, Neo Nazis, and his fervent belief that any disagreement with him is treason. They voted for him, and continue to support him because of those ethics. Tris * * * That government of the wealthy, by the wealthy, and for the wealthy shall not perish from the earth. ---
**Author:** ![AlienVessels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@AlienVessels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlienVessels)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665/32 "2019-03-30T02:57:21Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > Calling the Republican Party rank and file stupid is politically incorrect. (in the original sense of the words, meaning unlikely to achieve the changes you wish with politics) It is also incorrect. Their intelligence is statistically similar to that of Democrats. . They can also be stupid because they choose poor premises, have antisocial POVs, and choose authoritarian rather than authoritative information sources. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665/33 "2019-03-30T04:12:38Z")
Schiff’s cold outrage was powerful and palpable. Glad he said it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-gop-lackeys-attack-adam-schiff-in-committee-he-responds-brilliantly/831665.md?page=1)