Scorned former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff is classifying President Donald Trump's constitutionally bound replacement of retiring and deceased Supreme Court Justices as "stacking" the bench and is vowing to expand the Supreme Court to favor Democrats.
"We have two justices who don't belong on the Court...McConnell and Trump have stacked the Court. It ought to be unstacked and that's not going to happen in the next half century if we don't expand the Court," Schiff said during a recent podcast interview. "
Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump stacked the Supreme Court. We must unstack it.
— Adam Schiff (@AdamSchiff) February 14, 2023
That means:
— Expanding the number of Justices
— Imposing reasonable term limits
— Instituting a code of ethicspic.twitter.com/Slr9nZ0J7Q
The comments come just weeks after Schiff announced a run for U.S. Senate against Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein. Feinstein officially announced her retirement on Tuesday, but Schiff launched his challenge for her seat well before then.
As the longest-serving woman senator, Senator Feinstein is a trailblazer, & her accomplishments are immense.
— Adam Schiff (@AdamSchiff) February 14, 2023
Looking forward to our continued work on combatting wildfires, preserving open space & fighting gun violence.
We're all indebted to Dianne for her distinguished service. https://t.co/giPq5qLDzf
Our democracy is at great risk. Because GOP leaders care more about power than anything else.
— Adam Schiff (@AdamSchiff) January 26, 2023
And because our economy isn’t working for millions of hard working Americans.
We’re in the fight of our lives—a fight I’m ready to lead as California’s next U.S. Senator. pic.twitter.com/H0Pa0EhhMu
Meanwhile back in Washington D.C., House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is standing by his decision to remove Congressman Schiff from the Intelligence Committee.
Speaker McCarthy goes OFF on Adam Schiff in front of reporters:
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 25, 2023
“No! He does NOT have a right to sit on that [Intelligence Committee]!”
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