California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff is already trying to use the wildfires in his state to levy attacks on President-Elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
During an interview on ABC News, Schiff spoke with host Jon Karl about the latest details on the efforts to fight the Los Angeles wildfires, their response from the Biden White House, and his supposed concern about Trump not providing aid to California when he takes office in a week.<\/p>\n
Karl asked Schiff: \u201cWe\u2019re running out of time and I have to let you go, but very quickly, how important is it for incoming president Donald Trump and governor Gavin Newsom to be able to work on this? There\u2019s been a lot of really heated rhetoric between those two. Of course, especially coming from President-Elect Trump. How important is it for them to work together on this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be really important for the incoming president to work with all of us in California to make sure that we get the resources we need to put out these flames. If there are any still burning when he takes office, to get the relief to get back on our feet, and I\u2019ll tell you this, Jonathan, I have been in Congress a long time approving aid after disasters. I never once even considered, is this hurricane hitting a red state or a blue state? What about this flood? What about this fire? It has never mattered to me,\u201d Schiff responded.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re all in this together. This is the United States of America. We need the incoming president to view it that way. We\u2019re ready to work with the president to make sure that we have no \u2014 no gap, no air between us when it comes to making sure that we help victims get back on their feet,\u201d Schiff added.<\/p>\n
One week ago, Schiff was signing a different tune.<\/p>\n
Speaking with NBC San Diego, Schiff said it was time to \u201creach across the aisle\u201d and work with Republicans as Trump is headed back to the White House.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are times I\u2019m going to have to stand up to the president and push back,\u201d Schiff said. \u201cCalifornians are going to expect that of me. I\u2019m going to have to try to do both at the same time. I\u2019m sure that will prove to be challenging,\u201d Schiff said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause housing is more and more scarce, and we have a population that\u2019s growing, people are left homeless, or people can\u2019t afford to buy a home, or people can\u2019t afford their rent anymore. And there are things that we can do about this, and a lot of them are bipartisan,\u201d Schiff said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn healthcare, on the economy, on bringing prices down, there\u2019s ample room to get these things done if we\u2019re looking for solutions rather than just fighting each other,\u201d Schiff added.<\/p>\n
Schiff\u2019s newfound motivation to reach across the aisle comes after he lashed out at Trump after he won November\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n
In an appearance on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union,\u201d host Jake Tapper questioned Schiff regarding Trump\u2019s recent cabinet picks.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou were censured in the House last year for, in their view, holding positions of power during the Trump presidency as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and, according to them, \u2018abusing this trust by saying there was evidence of collusion between Trump\u2019s campaign and Russia,\u2019\u201d Tapper said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I wonder if you are feeling at all, introspective at all, about that was, according to the Mueller report and according to your Republican colleagues, an overstatement? And I wonder if you think, in any way, you helped set the table for these disruptors?\u201d Tapper asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all, it wasn\u2019t an overstatement,\u201d Schiff answered. \u201cThere is evidence of collusion. The Trump campaign manager was meeting with Russian intelligence and giving them internal polling data, just to give you one example. And the Mueller report sets all this out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt does say, \u2018The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities,\u2019 which doesn\u2019t mean that he didn\u2019t, that there weren\u2019t meetings, but they didn\u2019t find evidence of it,\u201d Tapper followed up.<\/p>\n
Schiff said, \u201cMueller says that, too. He says, \u2018The fact that we didn\u2019t find proof beyond a reasonable doubt doesn\u2019t mean there wasn\u2019t evidence of conspiracy or coordination.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The House of Representatives censured Schiff in 2023 in a party-line vote for his repeated allegations that Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign conspired with Russia to gain the presidency.<\/p>\n
Earlier that year, he was also dismissed from the House Intelligence Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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