U.S. Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee criticized U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat representing California’s 28th Congressional District, and his conduct during last week’s impeachment hearings concerning U.S. Republican President Donald Trump.
Blackburn made her remarks on FOX News Saturday, while on Neil Cavuto’s program.
“I’ve got questions for Adam Schiff. If he knows the whistleblower? Who the whistleblower is? How many times did he meet with him?” Blackburn asked.
“How many times did his staff meet with him? Did his staff work on writing that whistleblower report? Why did the CIA change the rules and allow hearsay?”
Blackburn also had some direct words for how Schiff treated Elise Stefanik, a Republican representing New York’s 21st Congressional District, during last week’s proceedings.
“The way he treated Elise Stefanik yesterday was absolutely awful and unacceptable and very arrogant,” Blackburn told Cavuto.
Elsewhere on the program, Blackburn said the Democrats’ narrative on Trump’s alleged wrongdoing is always changing, so much so they have had to “flip the narrative.”
And if the U.S. House of Representatives does indeed impeach Trump then Blackburn told Cavuto she’s ready to handle it as a senator.
“If the (U.S.) Senate takes this up I hope that we do so we can ask some questions. You will see due process there. The president has to be incredibly frustrated by the fact that it has been attack, attack, attack since the day one. It is a reconstruction of a narrative,” Blackburn said.
“The Democrats know they got caught with their hand in the cookie jar. They know they did things wrong. That dossier was wrong. They know this. We are yet to get the IG report. We are yet to get the Durham report. And I think that will temper some of this by the Democrats. They know that in taking it to the Senate they will provide a chance to have probably a more even view of what has transpired. We also know that here today there has not been anything that would be an impeachable offense.”
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Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The Tennessee Star. Follow Chris on Facebook. Email tips to [email protected].
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If “the whistleblower” we’re to testify, then questioning that person may very well lead to Adam Schiff being called as a witness.