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Patel Faced Tough Questions From Senators During Confirmation Hearing

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Well, if there’s one thing you can count on in Washington, it’s that Adam Schiff will never miss an opportunity to grandstand, distort reality, and put on a performance that would make a second-rate stage actor blush. His latest spectacle? A desperate, self-righteous attack on Kash Patel during Patel’s confirmation hearing for FBI Director—a hearing that should have been about Patel’s qualifications but instead became yet another opportunity for Schiff to peddle his favorite brand of theatrical outrage.

Schiff, in his usual sanctimonious tone, tried to paint Patel as some kind of extremist sympathizer, all because Patel once supported a song recorded by the “J6 Prison Choir.” Now, let’s be clear: Patel didn’t sing the song, didn’t record the song, and, as he pointed out, had no idea about the personal backgrounds of the individuals involved. What he did do, however, was promote efforts to support the families of those caught in the government’s endless political prosecution of January 6 defendants—many of whom have been locked away for years, often under harsh conditions, for nonviolent offenses. But in Schiff’s world, providing assistance to those families is apparently a greater offense than, say, falsifying evidence to take down a sitting president.

And then came Schiff’s most embarrassing moment of the day—his dramatic call for Patel to “turn around” and look at the Capitol Police officers in the room. With all the gusto of a low-budget courtroom drama, Schiff challenged Patel to “tell them” that he was proud of supporting a song recorded by men who, according to Schiff, “assaulted their colleagues.”

The problem? The entire setup was built on a lie.

Patel didn’t back down. Not for a second. He fired back, making it absolutely clear that he has never condoned violence against law enforcement, that he has worked alongside police his entire career, and that Schiff’s attempt to smear him was “an abject lie.” And here’s the part Schiff really didn’t want to hear—Patel actually asked the officers in the room what they thought of him. Because unlike Schiff, Patel doesn’t just grandstand—he actually stands behind his record.

But Schiff, true to form, wasn’t interested in the truth. He quickly pivoted to another well-worn Democratic talking point: Trump’s supposed mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Schiff pressed Patel on whether he had ever claimed that Trump declassified documents. Patel, in response, stated the obvious—Trump had indeed declassified “a large number” of documents. And guess what? That so-called case against Trump? Completely dismissed in court for violating the U.S. Constitution. Another Schiff narrative bites the dust.

Let’s not forget who Schiff is. This is the same guy who spent years lying to the American public, claiming he had “evidence” that Trump colluded with Russia in 2016. He was censured by Congress for spreading that falsehood. He was kicked off the Intelligence Committee for abusing his position to mislead the public. And yet, here he is, still playing the same game—smearing anyone associated with Trump while pretending to be the moral authority of Washington.

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