I’ve been called “shifty Schiff,” “pencil neck,” a “scum socialist,” and a whole lot worse, John.

And on Monday night, in the U.S. Senate debate, Republican Steve Garvey called me a liar for investigating the connections between Trump’s presidential campaign and the Russian government. And now Garvey is appearing on Fox, echoing the same smears.

I need your help to make sure we set the record straight, stand up to Steve Garvey’s false smears, and reach undecided voters in California before they head to the polls. Please chip in $10 or any amount you can spare today.

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Steve Garvey voted for Donald Trump twice. He even called him the best person for the job. And he is blowing a whole bunch of dog whistles for the MAGA crowd, even as he pretends to be a moderate.

No wonder he’s squawking MAGA talking points, calling me a liar, and supporting the hyper-partisan censure vote against me last year.

When I was Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, our investigation and Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s revealed that Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was giving internal campaign polling data to Russian intelligence while Russian intelligence was helping their campaign, including in key states.

We found that the Russians offered “dirt” on Hillary Clinton — in writing — as part of what the Russians described as their government’s effort to help the Trump campaign, and that the Trump campaign said they would love the help, even arranging a secret meeting with the Russians in Trump Tower. Not long after, the Russians started dumping stolen emails to hurt the Clinton campaign.

To anyone other than Donald Trump — and apparently Steve Garvey — that is the very definition of collusion. But to them, I guess, they would just call it good old-fashioned cheating with the enemy.

Given that I am on the same ballot as Donald Trump on March 5, and Republicans will be turning out in droves to support him and Republican Steve Garvey, I need to make sure we’re reaching the undecided voters of California.

Please pitch in $10 to help us respond to Garvey’s attacks on my record. With two more Senate debates next month, who knows what other attacks he’ll throw my way.