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Here’s a linked video of Schiff making the collusion claim from the Committee dais. Interestingly, though cable news has been showing clips of Schiff’s pressers with Himes over the past week, they are suddenly “video unavailable” when I tried to access those specific videos for this article.
There are videos available of Himes insinuating Russian collusion, charging Russia with election meddling, referencing the classified leaks, and labeling the fraudulent Steele dossier a mere ‘distraction’ in his following linked media appearances: NBC - C-SPAN - MSNBC.
Each interview wreaks with insincerity, putting on display his patented word-smithing, verbal jujitsu, and straight-up gaslighting – all with the intent of misleading his constituents and the general public. Himes was too clever to visibly enmesh himself in Schiff’s web of seditious lies about what the classified intel showed. But being joined at the hip with Schiff on the Intel Committee during all the critical years, until Himes himself became Ranking Member in ’23, Himes had first-hand knowledge of all aspects of Schiff’s extensive operation - and it’s documented in this recently declassified 302- Dec 5, 2017. On page 11, while Schiff is briefing the Committee Democrats on his scheme, Himes asks Schiff, “what is your strategy, why are you going after Trump?” See 302 notes Page 11. Before that meeting was over, Schiff acknowledged to the Democrats there was nothing in hand that would warrant impeachment.
Himes’ challenging of Schiff indicates he well-knew there was no evidence of collusion, and that Schiff’s public statements, made standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Himes, were lies designed to cripple Trump and his Administration. But Himes made a calculated decision to stand with Schiff for six years, until it all culminated in Schiff’s disgrace, as he was formally Censured by Congress on June 23, 2023 – a very rare congressional chastisement. And just before that Censure, Jim Himes took one more opportunity to bold-face lie to the Congress and the public when he stated to the entire House, “I sat next to Adam Schiff for years. He is a man of integrity and dignity.” For Himes, lying through his teeth is just another day at the office. As I’ve noted in many previous articles, Jim Himes has been lying to his 700,000 constituents consistently for the 16+ years he’s been in office.
And his lies have become increasingly consequential. For years he lied to us about Joe Biden’s mental impairment, then a year ago when Biden’s reelection bid became untenable, he lied claiming it was the first he knew, when he publicly called for Biden to step aside. Now this treacherous episode of vouching for Schiff’s veracity by standing with him as he lied for six years straight.
Mr. Himes has long ago broken the public trust, and has so much for which to answer. But his much-deserved reckoning cannot be brought about from this corner or this publication alone. He is protected by the Fairfield County based, progressive-owned local electronic media and Hearst Connecticut Media Group which owns 13 of the 17 town papers in the Fourth District. These outlets serve as a protective cloak for him, keeping average citizens in the dark, and effectively keeping him in power. Let us hope that this election cycle the Republican party nominates a solid candidate who will not flinch, and will take the fight to Himes, vanquish him from the public stage, and finally provide some desperately-needed representation to the citizens of the Fourth District.
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