Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) received the endorsement last week of Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA), and has now received the backing of more than half of California’s Democratic congressional delegation in his run for U.S. Senate.
Schiff, who led the first impeachment effort against President Donald Trump, is running to replace retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). His main opponent is far-left Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), who is black and female.
Bera joins Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, and more than half the California Democratic congressional delegation (including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) in backing Schiff’s bid to replace retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
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Schiff agreed with Bera that whoever replaces Feinstein needs to be well-versed in intelligence issues, including an understanding of science and technology.
Like Feinstein, who served on the Senate Intelligence Committee for many years, Schiff claims a national security background. But he was kicked off the House Intelligence Committee this year by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), after Schiff was accused of having lied to the American people about evidence implicating President Donald Trump in colluding with Russia.
No such evidence existed, and the recent report of Special Counsel John H. Durham made clear that the entire conspiracy theory was concocted by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign before begin taken up, improperly, by the Department of Justice and the FBI.
Bizarrely, Schiff’s first public action after being booted from the committee was to launch a TikTok account. The viral social media platform, owned by a Chinese company, is widely considered a security and intelligence risk.
The California primary has been moved up to March. The top two candidates proceed to the general election. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) could also appoint Schiff to Feinstein’s seat if she leaves before her term expires.
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