Adam Schiff: GOP Is Now the ‘Cult’ of Trump
'It is no longer wedded to even the idea of democracy'
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Representative Adam Schiff has claimed the Republican Party has now "turned into an autocratic cult” of President Donald Trump.
During an interview on MSNBC’s “All In," Anchor Chris Hayes said:
“I don’t know if you got a chance to see the opening monologue tonight as you were getting wired up there, but we played some sound of a pledge of allegiance at that rally for the Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin, in which the flag was brought out and noted that this was the flag present on January 6 at the, quote, ‘peaceful rally.’"
"I just wonder what goes through your mind?
"What’s your reaction to seeing that brought out as a sort of object of reverence in a Republican rally that the president calls into for a current Republican candidate?"
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Schiff responded:
“Well, shock on the one hand but on the other hand, it’s just as you say, the Republican Party has turned into an autocratic cult of the former president."
"It is no longer wedded to even the idea of democracy."
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"This is something that I write about in the book when I describe insurrectionists wearing suits and ties.
"Those people at that rally wearing suits and ties are trying to achieve the overturning of an election and the people’s will by other means.”
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Earlier this week, Schiff warned that Trump associates failing to cooperate with the committee examining the January 6 riot would face prosecution.
Schiff said the committee "has engaged lawyers" to secure the testimony of the four Trump associates following subpoenas.
Schiff: Trump Allies Who Fail to Cooperate with Jan. 6 Committee Will Be Prosecuted
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Schiff also said Republican lawmakers claiming Trump won the 2020 presidential election are “insurrectionists in suits and ties.”
"Frankly, in the days, after when the trauma for a lot of us became even greater, I was most angry with these insurrectionists in suits and ties."
