Adam Schiff to Maher: GOP lining their pockets before Trump's 'wheels come completely off the wagon'

[highplainsdem]

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/adam-schiff-to-maher-gop-lining-their-pockets-before-trumps-wheels-come-completely-off-the-wagon/

Democratic co-chair of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Adam Schiff told Bill Maher in an interview Friday night that Republicans are remaining loyal to President Donald Trump because they want to get key parts of their agenda pushed through “before the wheels come completely off the wagon.”

After a week of stunning revelations, the firing of FBI Director James Comey and then the ever-shifting rationale offered by Trump surrogates, which then got bowled over by Trump himself in an interview with Lester Holt, Maher asked Schiff when the GOP is going to start breaking with the president.

After showing a rowdy town hall in which a constituent shouted at a Republican House member to “decide to be an American and not a politician,” Maher asked Schiff, “How can they govern if that’s what’s brewing out in America? What are the Republicans saying to each other behind closed doors? They must be sh*tting their pants.”

Schiff laughed, but then said, “They all want something from this president before the wheels come completely off the wagon. They want their tax cuts, they want their regulatory repeal of all the mining regulations, etc. And then they’ll find their spine.”

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Video at the link.

[Leith]

1. First They Will Destroy the Country

and then get rid of the one who let them do it. What a bunch of assholes.

[spanone]

2. this makes sense. thank you Congressman Schiff

thanks for the video: great interview

[BeyondGeography]

3. Yup, but the Con is certainly turning their two-year window

into a marathon.

[napi21]

4. They just might find they don''t have time to get all their wishes. If they stick with the Con too

long, they'll not only not get their wishes, but lose their seats at the next election too. In away, I want them to also push for an independent committee but on the other hand I'd like them to hang back just long enough to lose in 2018.

[CousinIT]

5. He should run for President. n/t

[napi21]

7. I've heard several people say that. He's becoming a rising star in the party. My only fear is

when have we elected a member of the house to the Presidency? Maybe, after the Con got elected, maybe that doesn't matter.

[imanamerican63]

6. Never before as we do now!

We need an independent investigation. This is the whole ball of wax of the GOP's way of taking over the government. I would like to see Adam Schiff, CA Congressman our next President. We need more like him to say what facts of the matter is. He has a moral code of fairness and truth. Just my opinion.

[Cha]

8. Yeah, Adam Schiff knows the Dems are NOT

"politicizing it".. they're fighting hard on the front lines for our Democracy.

[dhill926]

9. he was very impressive tonight....