A Republican lawmaker is redoubling her efforts to remove Rep. Adam Schiff (D-California) from office.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) introduced House Resolution 437 on Thursday, which called for censure of Schiff and a $16 million fine, which the New York Post estimated to be roughly half the cost of special counsel Robert Mueller’s nearly two-year investigation into allegations of “collusion” between then-President Donald Trump and Russia.
It said Schiff “abused this trust by citing evidence of collusion that — as is clear from reports by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, and Special Counsel Durham — does not exist.”
“It is the obligation of House leadership to back up this motion for the American people and hold this feckless man accountable,” Luna said.
After 20 Republicans joined all Democrats in opposing the measure, it was defeated by a vote of 225 to 196-7. However, Luna appears unwilling to abandon the matter.
According to The Western Journal, online personality Rogan O’Handley — better known on Twitter as “DC Draino” — who is a friend of the congresswoman, stated on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast that she accosted Schiff after the vote.
“She said she went up to Adam Schiff after the failed vote and said, ‘Don’t worry, I’m still going to be censuring you next week,’” O’Handley claimed.
“So she’s going to potentially drop the fine, file a new bill with the censure — and she told him right to his face. He didn’t say anything. He just walked away like a coward,” O’Handley noted further.
“@RepLuna went up to Schiff after the failed vote and said, don’t worry, I’m still going to be censuring you next week.”🔥 –@dc_draino https://t.co/iOb4wL8W1O pic.twitter.com/sqh69VdH6U
— Grace Chong 🇺🇸 (@gc22gc) June 14, 2023
She herself made a comparable tweet after the vote was unsuccessful.
“20 Republicans voted w/ Dems to stop the ethics investigation, censure, & fine of Adam Schiff. So there is no confusion (as some did not accurately read the bill) I will be filing a privileged motion to censure & send Schiff to ethics for investigation. See you next week Adam,” she tweeted.
Republicans who opposed the measure argued that the sanction violates the Constitution. Later, however, O’Handley published a section of the Constitution that appears to grant Congress such authority.
He penned:
RINO Cowards: “Fining Adam Schiff is unconstitutional”
More on this story via Conservative Brief:
I hate how these RINOs lie to your faces about the constitutionality simply b/c they’re too afraid to battle the Marxists and Deep State This is why we call them the Coward 20. CONTINUE READING…
