Thursday, April 4th, 2019
My Dear America:
I remember watching the HBO Show, Real Time with Bill Maher just a few weeks ago when California Republican Congressman and House Intelligence Committee Chairman, Adam Schiff was Bill's First Guest.
I had seen Adam Schiff on Television many times before and was always impressed with his Brightness, Dignity and Decency as he tried his best to keep the Republican controlled House Intelligence Committee on target in investigating whether President Donald Trump was a Russian Spy.
It was obvious to anyone paying attention to Trump over the more than two years Trump was in the White House that Trump was an obvious Russian Asset, wittingly or unwittingly.
On this particular night a couple of weeks ago on HBO as Adam Schiff and Bill Maher had an intelligent but disturbing conversation about Russian influence on Donald Trump, I thought to myself that this man, Adam Schiff, would make a Great President in 2020, A President we could all be proud of, A President who knows what he is doing and knows that what he is doing is the right thing. In other words A Good and Decent Man. Just the kind of a man who would be the complete opposite of Donald Trump. I even thought that maybe I should E Mail Schiff and tell him that he should run for President.
I didn't E Mail him, however. I kept my thoughts to myself. Besides there were already too many Good and Decent Democrats running for President.
Adam Schiff was the Ranking Member on The House Intelligence Committee for the first two years of the Trump Presidency. During that time he always seemed to be fighting a losing battle with the Republican Committee members. Things seemed to be especially strained between Schiff and the Republican Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, Republican Devin Nunes. Even before Devin Nunes started having surreptitious midnight meetings at the White House, Schiff was making it a practice to keep CNN and MSNBC informed about what Schiff had to put up with in dealing with his Republican Colleagues on the Committee. When it was discovered that Nunes had been secretly meeting with White House Officials and keeping them informed about House Intelligence Committee information while he was supposedly investigating the White House Lets just say that things did not go well.
As a result of last year's elections when Democrats landslide victory regained control of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi wisely appointed Adam Schiff to be the Chairman of The House Intelligence Committee. Just as could be expected the tainted and questionable House Intelligence Committee Investigation whitewash began immediately to take a different turn when Adam Schiff took over the Committee Leadership.
On March 28th the nine Republican members of The House Intelligence Committee led by Devin Nunes and voiced by Republican Michael Conway, following some disturbingly denigrating Tweets by Trump aimed toward Chairman Schiff, presented Committee Chairman Schiff with a letter signed by all nine Republicans on the Committee demanding Schiff's resignation as Intelligence Committee Chairman.
Adam Schiff's verbal response to the desperate and disgusting Republican ploy will probably go down in history as one of the most powerful moments of Congressional responsibility ever recorded on television. Although Schiff's face showed his own personal fire and fury, his words were measured and powerful.
Any Republican sitting in on that Committee hearing probably left the hearing room feeling stung by Adam Schiff's brilliant response to his gutless colleagues, all of whom were obviously in Donald Trump's pocket.
Adam Schiff answered the Republican Intelligence Committee Members by listing almost every outrage committed by Trump over the past years one by one and adding at the end of each description of what Trump and his team have done - "You might think its Okay. But I don't think its Okay."
In my opinion, Adam Schiff's powerful response to the House Intelligence Committee Republicans will probably go down in Congressional Hearing history along with Joseph Welch's comment to Senator Joseph McCarthy. Welch's comment to McCarthy many years ago might also apply to Donald Trump.
"At long last, Have you no decency, Sir," Welch said to McCarthy.
Adam Schiff could very well aim the same comment at Donald Trump and at all nine members of The House Intelligence Committee.
I would suggest that anyone who has not heard Chairman Schiff's comments to the House Committee Republicans check it out on "You Tube."
If You are a Democrat it will make you proud. If you are a Republican still operating under the seemingly magical spell of Donald Trump it might wake you up to smell the Treason.
I no longer wish to see Adam Schiff run for President, at least not until Donald Trump is out of office. We need Adam Schiff to remain as Chairman of The House Intelligence Committee to do what he can to help keep Democracy alive in The United States Of America. Its a hard job but Adam Schiff can do it well.
Sincerely
Jerry Gallagher
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