Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) tore into first-term Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), a far-right, pro-Trump lawmaker who sponsored the resolution to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) which passed along near party lines and caused chaos on the House floor on Wednesday.
The resolution was nothing unique, Lieu pointed out on MSNBC's "All In" — in fact, explained, she's spent almost her entire time in Congress promoting similar moves.
"Adam Schiff — he was censured along party line votes," said anchor Chris Hayes. "What is your assessment of the full day, starting with ... why they chose to make him the third member censured in this century, in a body that has seen multiple felons, and currently includes George Santos?"
"Again, how does this move the American family forward, how does this grow the economy?" said Lieu. "I know that the author of this resolution, Representative Luna, has introduced a total of six bills in her career. Five of them are about Adam Schiff, and that is rather obsessive. This strange obsession that the Republicans have with doing stupid stuff. None of this is helping to grow our economy, and moving the American family forward."
Republicans have never put forward a completely clear explanation for why they are censuring Schiff, who previously chaired the House Intelligence Committee before Republicans took a narrow House majority and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) stripped him of his membership. Ostensibly, the censure is about Schiff making false claims about the Russia investigation into Trump. McCarthy previously claimed the basis for his initial removal from the Intelligence Committee was that he lied about his knowledge of the whistleblower behind Trump's first impeachment, but Republicans have never actually provided evidence he lied.
Luna has recently come under controversy after a report that her own campaign biography was fudged.
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