'This is the essence of what the president communicates,' California Rep. Adam Schiff said before taking artistic license in paraphrasing President Donald Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"I'm gonna put you in touch with people and not just any people. I'm gonna put you in touch with the Attorney General of the United States...Bill Barr. He's got the whole weight of the American law enforcement behind him and I'm gonna put you in touch with Rudy. You're gonna love him, trust me," he said."You know what I'm asking, so I'm only going to say this a few more times in a few more ways.
While some muffled laughter could be heard throughout Schiff's speech, Republicans took to Twitter to condemn the parody. Kayleigh McEnany, national press secretary for Trump's 2020 campaign, hit out at the California representative for having"literally just made up his own transcript."In a separate statement, Republican New York Rep.
The exact comments that Schiff sought to paraphrase were the president's comments asking Zelensky"to do us a favor" and"find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike..."
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