The effort sponsored by Republican House member Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), didn’t get the votes…..
As a matter of fact?
TWENTY Republicans voted WITH Democrats against the effort…..
It wasn’t close @ 225-196-7
Ouch!
Schiff has already been kicked off the House Intelligfence Committeee by Republican House Speaker McCarthy…
The House on Wednesday effectively killed a resolution to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), voting for a Democratic-led motion to table the measure.
The chamber voted 225-196-7 to table the resolution. Twenty Republicans voted with Democrats to table the measure, while seven lawmakers — five Democrats, two Republicans — voted present.
“I think it says that Trump and his MAGA supporters view me as a threat,” Schiff said shortly after the resolution was tabled. “There’s a reason they signaled me out — they think I was effective in holding them accountable. And they won’t stop me.”
“And I think frankly this [is] deeply counterproductive to that goal but that’s their aim, to go after anybody that stands up to them, to try to make an example out of them. But it’s not gonna deter me for a moment,” he added.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) introduced the censure measure in May but brought it to the floor as a privileged resolution on Tuesday, forcing the House to take action on the legislation. Democratic leadership motioned to table the measure, which requires a simple majority vote.
The effort by House Republicans to censure Schiff is the latest iteration of the conference’s longtime crusade against the California Democrat, who became a bogeyman to the right after spearheading efforts against former President Trump while he was in the White House….
image….Fox News
These 20 Republicans voted with Democrats to block the censure of Adam Schiff
Miles J. Herszenhorn (USA Today)
Thu, June 15, 2023 at 9:24 AM EDT·2 min read
WASHINGTON − A Republican effort to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., failed on Wednesday after 20 Republicans broke with their own party to join Democrats in a motion to table the resolution.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., a member of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus, sought to censure Schiff for alleging collusion between Donald Trump and Russia during the 2016 presidential election. But the House voted 225-196 to table the resolution and defeat the effort to censure Schiff.
The failed resolution also intended to fine Schiff $16 million, approximately half the amount it cost the U.S. government for special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump’s alleged ties to Russia.
Schiff wrote in a tweet the “partisan and failed attempt to censure me is a badge of honor that I will wear proudly.”
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) speaks during the Oct. 13, 2022 hearing of the committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol in Washington DC.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) speaks during the Oct. 13, 2022 hearing of the committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol in Washington DC.
“MAGA Republicans are going after me because I dared to hold Donald Trump accountable,” Schiff wrote. “These efforts to intimidate me will not succeed. I will always defend our democracy.”
Here are the 20 Republicans who opposed the effort to censure Schiff:
Representative Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota
Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon
Representative Juan Ciscomani of Arizona
Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma
Representative Warren Davidson of Ohio
Representative Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania
Representative Kay Granger of Texas
Representative Garret Graves of Louisiana
Representative Thomas Kean Jr. of New Jersey
Representative Kevin Kiley of California
Representative Young Kim of California
Representative Mike Lawler of New York
Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky
Representative Tom McClintock of California
Representative Mark Molinaro of New York
Representative Jay Obernolte of California
Representative Mike Simpson of Idaho
Representative Mike Turner of Ohio
Representative David Valadao of California
Representative Steve Womack of Arkansas
And THAT will br the way McCarthy actually gets anything done even though he dropped Schiff from the Itell House Committee
Most of them come from competitive or at least blue trending districts. Davidson from Ohio surprises me, though, as he is the far right successor in John Boehner’s house seat, and the latter seemed to throw shade at him in his book from a year or two ago.
Indeed….