Adam Schiff’s sorry attempt to dismiss criticism

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There is a strong case to be made that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff seriously mismanaged the House’s impeachment proceedings into President Trump. But Schiff has one word for his critics: whatever.

The Senate’s impeachment trial is still in its early stages, but, as one of the House’s appointed trial managers, Schiff took to the Senate floor on Tuesday and dismissed Republican concerns as nothing more than a “distraction.” Schiff basically argued that the next time Republicans complain about the impeachment managers, himself included, voters should ask themselves: What are they trying to distract me from?

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