Even though they’re the majority in the chamber, House Republicans have failed to pass a proposed resolution sponsored by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) that would’ve censured Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). (Censure is a formal rebuke.)
The resolution that was under consideration would have also directed the formulation of an investigation into Schiff by the House Ethics Committee, which can recommend consequences for individual Congresspeople like expulsion, which the entire chamber would need to consider before the move was implemented.
On Wednesday, leading Democrat Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.) moved to table — essentially meaning set aside — the proposed resolution that targeted Schiff, and most in the chamber agreed. The final vote saw 225 members of the House in favor of tabling and 196 against. No Democrats voted against tabling, and a full 20 Republicans broke with the bulk of their party and voted with Democrats. Unsurprisingly, those sticking with the GOP and voting against the attempt to set the resolution aside included Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), and Lauren Boebert (Colo.), among many other names with both high and low profiles.
Schiff celebrated the resolution failing in a statement posted online. “Today’s partisan and failed attempt to censure me is a badge of honor that I will wear proudly,” he said on Twitter. “MAGA Republicans are going after me because I dared to hold Donald Trump accountable. These efforts to intimidate me will not succeed. I will always defend our democracy.”
It’s ridiculous that this sort of thing is evidently a main area of interest for many Republicans in elected office while many Americans grapple with real-world problems. Do you think Americans struggling to — as the saying goes — make ends meet care one bit about your pathetic, sham hearings on the so-called weaponization of the federal government, Jim Jordan? Dems are focusing on initiatives like new support for families and expanded benefit opportunities for those having difficulties, like homeless people. In Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, and Washington, besides other states, Dem officials have made substantial progress on gun policy in recent months, either banning assault rifles or implementing red flag laws that can block potentially dangerous people from accessing guns. And Republicans are… apparently just moping?
Today’s partisan and failed attempt to censure me is a badge of honor that I will wear proudly.
MAGA Republicans are going after me because I dared to hold Donald Trump accountable.
These efforts to intimidate me will not succeed. I will always defend our democracy.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) June 14, 2023
