A conflict on Thursday between Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Kash Patel, the nominee for FBI director, set social media ablaze when conservatives ripped into the brand new California senator after what they noticed as a win for the Trump nominee.
Schiff, in his line of questioning at Patel’s affirmation listening to, started by asking Patel whether or not he stood by prior testimony that he had nothing to do with the recording of a track concerning the Jan. 6 Capitol riot inmates.
“[That] is attention-grabbing, as a result of this is what you informed Steve Bannon on his podcast: ‘So, what we thought could be cool is that if we captured that audio after which, after all, had the best president, President Donald J. Trump, recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Then we went to a studio and recorded it, mastered it, digitized it, and put it out as a track.'”
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The 2 quibbled over the which means of “we” and whether or not it included Patel.
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s option to be director of the FBI, seems earlier than the Senate Judiciary Committee for his affirmation listening to on the Capitol in Washington Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Picture/J. Scott Applewhite)
“Yeah, and also you’re a part of that ‘we’ — proper — whenever you say ‘we,’ that features you, Mr. Patel,” Schiff stated.
“Not in each occasion.” Patel stated, including he had not personally participated within the recording or mastering of the only.
Schiff responded, “Nicely, that is new. So, whenever you stated ‘we,’ you did not actually imply you. Is that your testimony?”
“Not except you have got a brand new definition for the phrase ‘we,'” Patel stated.
In Thursday’s listening to, nonetheless, Patel stated he was utilizing the phrase “we” appropriately, whereas Schiff stated he had “promoted the hell out of it,” referencing the inmates’ single.
“I do not know what which means, however I promoted the heck out of elevating cash for households in want,” Patel shot again.
In one other change, Schiff requested Patel if an FBI director promoted a track about individuals who sprayed pepper spray within the face of an FBI agent, “would you say they have been match to be director?”
“I’m match to be the director of the FBI,” Patel stated.
Supporters of the Trump administration hammered Schiff and praised Patel over the exchanges.
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a Democratic Senate candidate, speaks throughout a Get Out The Vote meet and greet at IATSE Native 80 March 4, 2024, in Burbank, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Photos)
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“California’s Senator @SenAdamSchiff screams and screeches concerning the January sixth choir throughout Kash’s affirmation – and utterly misses a possibility to symbolize commonsense Californians,” former DNI Director Richard Grenell posted on X. “We would like representatives who don’t lie. Who don’t miss the large image. Schiff is partisan and petty.”
Nationwide Assessment contributor Pradheep Shanker stated “any committee that [Sen. Mazie] Hirono, Schiff or [Sen. Sheldon] Whitehouse is on is one the place Democrats utterly lose all credibility.”
“I truthfully thought Bernie Sanders yelling at RFK Jr. about onesies was going to be the craziest factor from the hearings this week,” Each day Sign columnist Tony Kinnett stated. “Then I watched Adam Schiff yelling at Kash Patel for five minutes about track remixes. Good Lord.”
“Schiff can’t be trusted to serve on committees,” Judicial Watch Chairman Tom Fitton stated.
Schiff argued he had gained the change.
“Kash Patel raised cash for January 6 insurrectionists who attacked regulation enforcement. I requested him to look these officers within the eye and inform them he was pleased with what he did. He could not,” Schiff wrote on X.
It was considered one of quite a few fiery exchanges in the course of the listening to. Democrats quizzed Patel about his file, together with statements he had made in his guide, “Authorities Gangsters.”
Patel slammed what he described as “grotesque” assaults towards him.
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“If one of the best assaults on me are going to be false accusations and grotesque mischaracterizations, the one factor this physique is doing is defeating the credibility of the women and men on the FBI,” he stated.
“I stood with them right here on this nation, in each theater of struggle we have now. I used to be on the bottom in service of this nation. And any accusations leveled towards me that I might one way or the other put political bias earlier than the Structure are grotesquely unfair.”
