Rep. Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDems split in response to ‘impeach the motherf—er’ comment Trump’s idea to declare national emergency raises legality questions Schiff: Trump cannot criticize language after turning my name into a profanity MORE (D-Calif.) said Sunday that President TrumpDonald John TrumpConway’s husband rips Trump for saying Tlaib ‘dishonored’ herself with profane call for impeachment Trump says he’s pushing for steel barrier instead of concrete wall amid standoff with Dems Trump supporter eyes moving factory to Mexico over tariffs MORE “is not in a position to talk about language” because “no one has done more to debase the political sphere than Donald Trump.”
“I’m in a unique position to say this,” Schiff noted, “considering the president turned my name into a profanity.”
Trump in a November tweet labeled Schiff as “little Adam Schitt.”
Trump last week criticized Rep. Rashida TlaibRashida Harbi TlaibConway’s husband rips Trump for saying Tlaib ‘dishonored’ herself with profane call for impeachment Dems split in response to ‘impeach the motherf—er’ comment Freshman House members: Calls for impeachment ‘premature’ MORE (D-Mich.), who just took office, after she said the new Democratic majority would “go in and impeach the motherf—er.”
“I thought her comments were disgraceful,” Trump said Friday.
Several Democrats have distanced themselves from Tlaib’s remark, including Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.), who earlier in the CNN program said his constituents would never speak that way about the president.
“Even the most progressive of the constituents I have,” he said. “They know better than to use that kind of language about the president of the United States, regardless of the coarse language that the president uses in public.”
Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy Patricia D’Alesandro PelosiPelosi: ‘We have a problem’ if Trump is against governance Dems split in response to ‘impeach the motherf—er’ comment Schiff: Trump cannot criticize language after turning my name into a profanity MORE (D-Calif.) previously said of Tlaib’s remark that “I wouldn’t use that language,” but added that she is “not in the censorship business.”
Trump’s acting chief of staff Mick MulvaneyJohn (Mick) Michael MulvaneySchiff: Trump cannot criticize language after turning my name into a profanity Mulvaney: No one blames Trump for ‘coarsening’ public discourse Mulvaney: ‘No idea’ which presidents told Trump they wish they’d built border wall MORE, also on CNN’s Sunday show, defended Trump’s use of “coarse” language, saying it did not mean he is “coarsening” public discourse overall.
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