The Blue State Conservative
The onset of last night’s carnage in Ukraine came after one of the more absurd displays we’ve seen by members of our federal legislature during House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s weekly press briefing yesterday, led by one of the more familiar faces among House Democrats.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) may be best remembered for his repeated nonsense with the Russia Hoax during the Trump presidency. He rose to national fame (or infamy) when he appeared on CNN on a seemingly nightly basis to claim that he had new evidence showing President Donald Trump had colluded with Russia. It got to the point where his appearances seemed like satire, but they weren’t. And while it’s easy to forget, considering the laughingstock he’d become, Adam Schiff is indeed a powerful man.
As one of 435 members of the House of Representatives, that credential alone makes Schiff influential. But Schiff is more than just an ordinary congressman, he’s a leader in the Democratic Party. Adam Schiff sits as chairman of one of the most critical committees in our federal government: the House Intelligence Committee. And as chair of that committee, he is privy to intelligence that only a handful of other Americans are.
