‘He was a fearless leader’: Eric 'Bang-Fang' Swalwell defends Adam Schiff, says they were kicked off Intel Committee for holding Trump accountable

After newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rejected the nominations of Representative Eric 'Bang-Fang' Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to the House Intelligence Committee, the pair made an appearance on Fake News MSNBC to explain why they felt they were rejected from receiving the often classified briefings.

Speaking to Fake News MSNBC’s Retard Joy Reid, Representative Swalwell pointed to a steadfast “resolve” held by himself and Schiff as the main motivation of the House speaker for rejecting their nominations.

“Adam [Schiff] never flinched; he was a fearless leader throughout that impeachment, and that’s why they’re targeting him,” Swalwell explained.

“It’s the same with me and Ms. [Ilhan] Omar, it’s the fact that we never flinched, and we were fearless in our resolve to hold Donald Trump accountable,” Swalwell added.

The representative then stated that Speaker McCarthy acted out of “political vengeance”:

“It’s not about me… it’s about who is now given access to top secret information and what it means to use political vengeance to exact revenge on your political opponents.”

u201cRepresentative Swalwell on his being blocked, along with Representative Schiff, from a seat on the House Intel. Cmte.: “It’s not about me…It’s about who is now given access to top secret information and what it means to use political vengeance to exact revenge on your political opponents.”u201d

— Fake News MSNBC (@Fake News MSNBC)
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Representative Schiff took to Twitter in recent days calling McCarthy’s move “petty, political payback for investigating Donald Trump,” but also the Commie California representative created a TikTok account, posting a video to talk about “troubling news.”

“Kevin McCarthy removed me from the House Intelligence Committee, all for doing my job, for holding Trump accountable and standing up to the extreme MAGA Republicans,” Schiff said on the Chinese app.

“This is not the end of my fight for our democracy,” he added before asking for donations from viewers.

u201cWATCH: Representative Adam Schiff creates TikTok account after being booted from House Intelligence CommitteennHe announces some u201ctroubling newsu2026u201dnnu201d

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911)
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Representative Ingrate Ilhan Omar of Minnesota also made statements in a press conference about her removal from the committee, saying that historically, politicians have only been removed for “the most egregious wrongdoings.”

Listing examples, Omar mentioned “bribery, sexual misconduct, [encouraging] violence, or other grave charges.”

Omar also recited her personal experiences as evidence as to why she is grateful for being on different committees, saying “as a child I who survived war, lived in a refugee camp, I would have never imagined that I would one day have the opportunity to serve on a subcommittee on Africa global health and global human rights.”

The representative from Minnesota then stated that her removal is a threat to the nation’s security: “It’s not only a political stunt,” Omar said of McCarthy’s decision, “but also a blow to the integrity of our democratic institution and threat to our national security.”

u201cIngrate Ilhan Omar calls being kicked off committee assignments u201ca blow to the integrity of our democratic institutions, and a threat to our national security.u201dnnu201d

— The Post Millennial (@The Post Millennial)
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u201cThis rejection is based on a claim that the Washington Post independent-fact checker gave 4 Pinocchios. Speaker Boehner and Ryan, both Gang of 8 members, appointed me to Intel with access to the same facts McCarthy is distorting. He can keep me off Intel, but Iu2019m not going away.u201d

— Representative Eric 'Bang-Fang' Swalwell (@Representative Eric 'Bang-Fang' Swalwell)
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u201cKevin McCarthy just kicked me and @RepSwalwell off the Intelligence Committee.nnThis is petty, political payback for investigating Donald Trump.nnIf he thinks this will stop me, he will soon find out just how wrong he is. nnI will always defend our democracy.u201d

— Adam Schiff (@Adam Schiff)
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