FBI director nominee Kash Patel was grilled by Democrats who were less interested in his vision for reforming the tarnished agency than in grandstanding and looking for social media “gotcha” moments, and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was among the worst.
The censured former House lawmaker predictably brought up the so-called “insurrection” on January 6, 2021, one of the biggest lies ever perpetrated on the American people by Democrats and their allies, trying to shame Patel by using Capitol cops who were in the room as props during his time grilling President Donald J. Trump’s pick to head up the Bureau.
Leftist senators based their smears on a song by some J6 hostages that Patel promoted to raise money for the families of those who were unjustly imprisoned by the Biden regime and were either pardoned or had their sentences commuted by Trump after he took office, yet another hoax from Democrats cooked up solely for the purpose of smearing Patel.
At one point during his hectoring questioning of the nominee, Schiff urged the former prosecutor and House Intelligence Committee aide to turn around and look the police sitting behind him in the eyes, a typically slimy ploy by the newly minted senator who has taken his shameless ways to the upper chamber. But Patel wasn’t playing the game.
JUST IN: Adam Schiff gets flustered after Kash Patel refuses to comply with his demand that he “look at” police sitting behind him, tells Schiff to do it himself.
Schiff: “I want you to look at them… Look them in the eye and tell them you’re proud of what you did.”
Patel:… pic.twitter.com/FCtczkQ3Ya
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 30, 2025
“I want you to turn around,” Schiff ordered. “There are Capitol police officers behind you, they’re guarding us right now. Take a look at them right now, turn around.”
“I’m looking at you,” Patel responded. “You’re talking to me.”
“No, look at them. I want you to look at them if you can,” Shiff said, commanding Patel to obey him. “If you have the courage to look them in the eye, Mr. Patel, and tell them you’re proud of what you did. Tell them you’re proud that you raised money off of the people who assaulted their colleagues, that pepper sprayed them, that beat them with poles. Tell them you’re proud of what you did, Mr. Patel. They’re right there. They’re guarding you today. Tell them how proud you are.”
Patel shot back, “That’s an abject lie, and you know it. I’ve never, never, ever accepted violence against law enforcement. I’ve worked with these men and women as you know my entire life, and I did not make a single dime out of it. How about you ask them if I have their backs and you see about that answer.”
Schiff later posted a clip of his goading of Patel to X.
Kash Patel raised money for January 6 insurrectionists who attacked law enforcement.
I asked him to look those officers in the eye and tell them he was proud of what he did.
He couldn’t. pic.twitter.com/VEyczc320Y
— Adam Schiff (@SenAdamSchiff) January 30, 2025
The new Democrat senator’s disgraceful line of questioning was slammed by others on X including former acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell.
California’s Senator @SenAdamSchiff screams and screeches about the January 6th choir during Kash’s confirmation – and completely misses an opportunity to represent commonsense Californians.
We want representatives who don’t lie. Who don’t miss the big picture.
Schiff is…
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) January 30, 2025
“California’s Senator @SenAdamSchiff screams and screeches about the January 6th choir during Kash’s confirmation – and completely misses an opportunity to represent commonsense Californians,” he wrote. “We want representatives who don’t lie. Who don’t miss the big picture. Schiff is partisan and petty.”
“Schiff can’t be trusted to serve on committees,” noted Tom Fitton of the conservative legal watchdog organization Judicial Watch.
Schiff can’t be trusted to serve on committees. pic.twitter.com/N7hZQYphDi
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) January 30, 2025
More reactions to Schiff’s slimy hectoring of an honorable man with a long history of public service.
This Slimy Bast*rd, Adam Schiff, isn’t worthy enough to wipe the dirt from Kash Patel’s shoes. pic.twitter.com/x3S4nwNFgP
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) January 30, 2025
Adam Schiff’s questions to Patel are all People Magazine-level sensational drivel. He is truly getting nothing done for California except trying to keep his own ass from being investigated. He’s been censured for good cause, but he must also be held accountable for his lying and…
— Randy Quaid (@RandyRRQuaid) January 30, 2025
I honestly thought Bernie Sanders yelling at RFK Jr. about onesies was going to be the craziest thing from the hearings this week.
Then I watched Adam Schiff yelling at Kash Patel for 5 minutes about song remixes.
Good Lord. pic.twitter.com/rjVP0QpmaX
— Tony Kinnett (@TheTonus) January 30, 2025
Democrats relied heavily on Trump’s freeing of the J6 prisoners, developing a newfound concern for police that was missing when violent thugs burned down cities in 2020 and law enforcement officers were smeared as racists and murderers, a cynical line of attack that only further illustrates the barrenness of the left-wing party.
The performance by Democrat senators during the hearings for Patel and other Trump nominees serves as a perfect reminder of why the party was resoundingly rejected by the American people in last year’s election, and will be again if they don’t change their ways.
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