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BREAKING: Adam Schiff to Run for Popular Democrat Senate Seat

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On Thursday, far-left representative Adam Schiff announced that he would be running for Senate.

The news comes just two days after Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy unleashed on Schiff, banning him from the House Intelligence Committee.

“Our democracy is at great risk. Because GOP leaders care more about power than anything else,” Schiff said in a tweet. “We’re in the fight of our lives—a fight I’m ready to lead as California’s next U.S. Senator.”

Schiff is running for Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein’s seat.

Check out what Fox News reported:

Schiff was re-elected to a seventh term in November, now representing California’s 30th Congressional District. A high-profile lawmaker, he was the chairman of the House Intelligence committee between 2019 and 2022 and a foil for Republicans during the first impeachment investigation against former President Donald Trump.

His campaign announcement video highlights his record going after Trump, whom he refers to as a “dangerous demagogue.” Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed Schiff as a lead impeachment manager for Trump’s impeachment trial in 2020, and he led a team of seven House lawmakers who presented evidence to the Senate arguing in favor of convicting Trump on charges of abusing the power of his office and obstructing Congress and removing him from office.

Republicans heavily criticized Schiff for his actions as the lead investigator in Trump’s impeachment inquiry. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said that Schiff “openly lied to the American people” and abused his authority as chairman of the House Intelligence panel. In September 2019, Schiff infuriated Republicans by grossly exaggerating the contents of a telephone call in which Trump allegedly coerced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his 2020 rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter. He later described his summary of Trump’s phone call as a “parody.”