Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y, has been killing it since the impeachment hearing began. Stefanik really let Adam Schiff have it during the hearings on Friday.
Schiff had been constantly interrupting and even shut down Stefanik for trying to question former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch.
“This is the fifth time you have interrupted a duly-elected member of Congress,” Stefanik told Schiff, who repeatedly told her she was “not recognized” to speak.
Dear Adam Schiff,
This is disgraceful. People know that this is unfair. You’re not fooling anyone.
Sincerely,
– America. pic.twitter.com/oiG2eGOEgz
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 15, 2019
The exchange got so heated between the two that Rep. Devin Nunes had to step in. Nunes then allowed Stefanik to use the rest of his allotted time to question Yovanovich. Then Stefanik turned her attention back to Schiff. He slammed his gavel and said, “The gentlewoman will suspend.”
Stefanik decided it was time to hold Adam Schiff responsible for his words. She called him out on twitter posts about having the whistleblower testify. This was before it came out that his office communicated with the Whistleblower. He is now saying the whistleblower will not testify because it’s “redundant” and “unnecessary.”
“The chairman refused to allow us to put these into the record with unanimous consent,” Stefanik, R-N.Y., said. “As we know, it is important to protect whistleblowers from retaliation and firing…but in this case, the fact that we are getting criticized for statements he, himself, made earlier in the process shows the duplicity and abuse of power we see.”
Stefanik reads page after page of Adam Schiff’s own words saying again and again about how the whistleblower will testify. Every quote is another powerful blow from Stefanik and by the end, Schiff is left stunned and speechless by his own words. I’d say it was a total K.O.
?HOLY WOW?
Watch @EliseStefanik call out Schiff for claiming the Whistleblower would Testify.
This was before it came out that his office communicated with the Whistleblower.
Now he claims he doesn’t know who the Whistleblower is.
What is he hiding? pic.twitter.com/sH7SbrlxYL
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 15, 2019
