California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff had a career-defining moment when he was called by Republican candidate Steve Garvey during Monday's Senate debate.
Mr. Garvey may have retired from professional baseball, but he still threw a serious slugger into the center of Mr. Schiff's political career on Monday when he faced off against the late Dianne Feinstein for the vacant seat. I didn't stop. In his rebuttal, share “I think I've been accused of lying,” Garvey told Schiff on Twitter.
There was silence for only a moment, but it gave a sense of the times. “I was criticized for standing up to a corrupt president,” Schiff said, gasping for air as Garvey spoke for Schiff. Mr. Garvey was given room to continue, accusing Mr. Schiff and his colleagues of not listening to the American people even as they seek to divide them along arbitrary demographic lines. .
Then, in what may have been a split second, Schiff decided to get back to the plate.
Adam Schiff is criticized by Republican Steve Garvey for lying about Russian collusion during California Senate debate.
Garvey: “I think I was accused of lying.”
Schiff: 'I was criticized for standing up to a corrupt president'
Garvey: “Sir, you lied to 300 million people… pic.twitter.com/tqv4YD2kZZ
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“I was just called a liar by Mr. Garvey,” Schiff said, repeating the popular belief that he was criticized for standing up to former President Donald Trump. “And you know something, I'd do it all over again!” Mr. Garvey appeared to be trying not to laugh as Mr. Schiff launched into a downright steamy and fiery attack on the Republican Party. I waited patiently. (Related article: Gavin Newsom can't stop watching Fox News even though he thinks it's 'literally bullshit')
“Sir, you lied to 300 million people, and you can't undo that,” Garvey casually replied, giving Schiff a label that he might carry for the rest of his life. Mr. Schiff will always be known as the man who “lied to 300 million people” and was criticized in 2023 for his actions surrounding Mr. Trump's alleged collusion with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign. This line from Garvey sums up the situation perfectly and is jaw-dropping.
