Democrats rally behind Schiff amid withering GOP assault

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Democrats raced to defend House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Monday amid a withering Republican assault on his credibility following special counsel Robert Mueller’s finding that there was no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives.

Schiff, who basked in the applause of colleagues during a closed-door meeting of senior Democratic lawmakers earlier in the day, told reporters he stood behind previous statements that he’d seen “more than circumstantial evidence” of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

“There’s both circumstantial and direct evidence,” he said, describing the offer of help from the Russian government steered to Donald Trump Jr. that led to the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a lawyer connected to the Russian government.

Schiff dismissed calls from top Republican lawmakers and the White House for his resignation. “I’ve been attacked by the president and his allies ever since he took office,” he said. “Nothing new.”

The California Democrat’s comments came as Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats rushed to defend him from an onslaught of Republican venom following the release of Attorney General William Barr’s summary of Mueller’s findings on Sunday.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/25/kellyanne-conway-adam-schiff-resign-1234370

[Gothmog]

1. Who cares about what House GOP thugs think?

[Cha]

3. Exactly. Ravaging Hyenas.

Link to tweet

Apologies to hyenas.

[Drunken Irishman]

5. THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS NEVER BEEN A FRIEND OF THE LEFT...

CASE IN POINT:

[Cha]

6. Exactly, DI! They helped give

us bush, war on Iraq, and trump.

Assholes have Blood on their hands.

[Cha]

2. A tale of two headlines..

Link to tweet

[SunSeeker]

7. Stunning, really. NYTImes should be ashamed of itself. nt

[Cha]

8. Yes, they're not accurate

reporters in too many cases.

They should have lost their Reputation by now for those who are interested in reality news.

Hoa Aloha, SunSeeker.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. That's very cool!!!

[coti]

9. He really ought to wear it like a badge of honor. These are bad, bad people who don't like him. nt

[mr_lebowski]

10. Getting sick of the media getting shit wrong ... Politico I expect it from though, granted ...

"special counsel Robert Mueller’s finding that there was no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives"

Basically, bullshit.

Here's accuracy: "BARR SAYS ... that OSC didn't 'establish' that there was a conspiracy between the campaign and the Russian GOVERNMENT"

What does 'establish' mean? Does it mean 'no evidence'? Or does it mean 'not enough evidence to bring legal suit, and likely win'? Because there's a BIG difference.

Yet Politico frames it as 'no conspiracy', definitively. And Mueller didn't say 'operatives'. He said the Government, specifically. Again, big difference.