Rep. Adam Schiff Responds To Being Censured By House Republicans | The View

. >> Whoopi: SHAME. SHAME, SHAME ON YOU. LISTEN. THIS IS CRAZY, BUT LAST NIGHT CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF WAS CENSURED BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS FOR HIS ROLE IN YOU-KNOW-WHOSE RUSSIA PROBE AND FIRST IMPEACHMENT. JOINING US NOW FROM D.C. IS REPRESENTATIVE ADAM SCHIFF. [ APPLAUSE ] SO FIRST REPUBLICANS KICKED YOU OFF YOUR COMMITTEE FOR INVESTIGATING YOU-KNOW-WHO. NOW FOR ONLY THE THIRD TIME THIS CENTURY, THEY'RE CENSURING YOU. WHY ARE

THEY SO FOCUSED ON YOU? WHAT'S GOING ON? BECAUSE NOW IT SEEMS THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS Y'ALL COULD BE DOING. IS THIS THE END OF THIS STUFF OR IS THERE MORE TO COME? >> YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, WHY ARE THEY CENSURING ME AND GOING AFTER ME ON THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE IS, YOU KNOW, THEY GO AFTER PEOPLE THEY THINK ARE

DIRECTION. THE DANGER IS THAT IT WILL INTIMIDATE OTHERS INTO STANDING UP, DEFENDING OUR CONSTITUTION. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT AFFECT ON ME, BUT I THINK THEY HOPE THAT THEY CAN SILENCE OTHERS, AND THAT'S WHERE THE DANGER IN THIS KIND OF DEVICE LIES. ROOSEVELT SAID, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE YOU CAN JUDGE A PERSON BY THE ENEMIES THEY MAKE, AND SADLY I THINK WE'RE IN THAT KIND

OF A TIME, AND BY THAT STANDARD, I'M DOING PRETTY DAMN WELL. >> Whoopi: JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THE GUY WHO THREATENED -- THEY SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THE GUY WHO THREATENED EVERYBODY LOST THE LAST SEVERAL ELECTIONS. >> Joy: YEAH. >> Sunny: YEAH. >> Whoopi: I'M JUST SAYING. HE MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST PERSON TO BE LISTENING TO, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW? JOY, IT'S

YOU. >> Joy: YES. ALSO SAID, I WELCOME THE HATE. THAT'S A GOOD ONE TO REMEMBER TOO. LET THEM BE HATEFUL IF THEY WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WRONG, AND, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT CENSURES ARE USUALLY EXTREMELY RARE AS WHOOPI SAID AND RESERVED FOR SERIOUS OFFENSES LIKE LET'S SAY A CONGRESSMAN WHO LIES ABOUT HIS ENTIRE RESUME AND IS AN ALLEGED FINANCIAL

FRAUDSTER. SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FACT THAT YOU'RE BEING CENSURED AND GEORGE SANTOS IS NOT? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE CRAZIES ARE RUNNING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOW. KEVIN McCARTHY HAS NO CONTROL -- NO CONTROL OVER HIS MEMBERS, AND SO THE SPEAKERS YESTERDAY -- FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE VERY FEW OF THEM ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, BUT THE ONES THAT WERE THERE WERE THE

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENS AND THE LAUREN BOEBERTS AND THE LUNAS. > >> Joy: GOOD THING. LUNA. >> THIS IS DOMINATING THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S TRAGIC. IT REALLY TEARS DOWN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM WHAT IT ONCE WAS. AS SPEAKER PELOSI SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE ESTABLISH SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. WE'VE DONE GREAT THINGS, AND HERE YOU'RE ACTING LIKE PUPPETS OF

DONALD TRUMP, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE HOUSE HAS DEGENERATED INTO, BUT LOOK. WE'LL GET PAST THIS. I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THIS TOO SHALL PASS. I THINK THAT IF WE BEAT THEM NEXT YEAR AND GOD HELP US IF WE DON'T, THEY MAY JUST DECIDE TO ABANDON TRUMP NOT BECAUSE HE'S A LIAR, AND THEY'RE FINE WITH THAT. NOT BECAUSE HE'S IMMORAL. THEY CAN LIVE WITH THAT TOO. NOT

EVEN BECAUSE HE'S A DANGER TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, BUT THEY JUST MIGHT DECIDE TO ABANDON HIM FOR THE REASON YOU MENTIONED, WHICH IS HE'S A LOSER. >> Joy: LOSER. LOSER. >> AS LONG AS THEY ATTACH THEIR WAGON TO HIS, THEY'LL LOSE TOO. >> Alyssa: CONGRESSMAN, I TALKED TO A NUMBER OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS YESTERDAY WHO WERE PRIVATELY SAYING TO ME, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON SERIOUS ISSUES AND

ALSO, THIS IS AN UNKIND CONTRIBUTION TO ADAM SCHIFF'S SENATE RE-ELECTION. NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS. HUNTER BIDEN REACHED A PLEA DEAL TO AVOID DOING TIME. CRIMES ASIDE, PEOPLE SAY THIS POINTS TO A BIGGER ETHICS ISSUE OVER POLITICAL FAMILY MEMBERS CASHING IN ON THEIR NAMES WHETHER IT'S HUNTER'S BUSINESS DEALINGS IN UKRAINE AND CHINA OR JARED KUSHNER'S PROFITS IN SAUDI ARABIA.

DO YOU THINK AN ETHICAL LINE WAS CROSSED HERE? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT WHAT THE REPUBLICANS DID TO ATTACK ME. ONLY I THINK IT STRENGTHENS ME BACK HOME IN CALIFORNIA. >> Joy: RIGHT. >> I THINK PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED AND LOT HAVE GONE TO ADAMSCHIFF.COM AND HELPED MY CAMPAIGN AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THEM. FOR HUNTER BIDEN, WHAT'S IMPORTANT, THE CONDUCT WAS HUNTER

BIDEN'S CONDUCT, NOT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S CONDUCT, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT HE'S TAKING RESPONSIBILITY, AND I THINK THE PLEA AGREEMENT THAT WAS REACHED BY JUSTICE BY ASU ATTORNEY APPOINTMEED BY DONALD TRUMP IS A FAIR AGREEMENT. I THINK KIDS SHOULD DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM THEIR ELECTED PRESIDENTIAL PARENTS AND NOT USE THAT RELATIONSHIP FOR FINANCIAL BENEFIT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OR THE REPUBLICAN SIDE,

BUT HERE TO GO AFTER THE PRESIDENT FOR CONDUCT OF HIS SON WHO IS HONESTLY GRAPPLING WITH ISSUES OF ADDICTION I THINK SAYS A LOT MORE ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAN IT DOES ABOUT JOE BIDEN. [ APPLAUSE ] >> Sunny: CONGRESSMAN, SPEAKING OF LEGAL MATTERS, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS RECENTLY INDICTED FOR THE SECOND TIME FOR AMONG OTHER THINGS, STEALING NUCLEAR SECRETS, STASHING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN HIS BATHROOM AND

PERHAPS HIS BALLROOM AS WELL, AND OBSTRUCTING THE FBI'S INVESTIGATION. THIS MATTER WOULD HAVE GONE AWAY, RIGHT, IF HE HAD JUST GIVEN THE DOCUMENTS BACK. SO WHY DO YOU THINK HE KEPT THEM? >> YOU KNOW, IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. I ASSUMED THAT HE KEPT THEM BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THEY HAD VALUE TO HIM. THE QUESTION WAS, HOW WAS HE GOING TO MONETIZE THIS? WE JUST DON'T KNOW

THE ANSWER, BUT HE TOOK THEM FOR A REASON. IT WASN'T JUST HAPPENSTANCE. IT CERTAINLY WASN'T AN ACCIDENT, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THIS IS A PROBLEM OF DONALD TRUMP'S -- ENTIRELY OF HIS OWN MAKING, AND THE MOST SERIOUS PART OF IT IS THE DANGER TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF HIS OBSTRUCTION OF THE INVESTIGATION IS DELIBERATELY MISLEADING INVESTIGATORS, WHICH ONLY OF COURSE, ADDS TO

THE QUESTION, WHY? WHAT WAS THIS ALL FOR? BUT I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN YOU READ THAT INDICTMENT AND YOU SEE HOW DELIBERATE HIS CONDUCT WAS, THIS WAS NOT A DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. HAD THEY MADE ANY OTHER DECISION, THHAD THEY LOOKED THE OTHER WAY OR SAID THEY WOULD GIVE HIM DIFFERENT TREATMENT BECAUSE HE WAS A FORMER PRESIDENT, IT WOULD

EVISCERATE THE IDEA THAT THE RULE OF LAW SHOULD APPLY TO EVERYONE. >> Whoopi: SO REPRESENTATIVE SCHIFF, WE'RE GOING TO GO AND COME RIGHT BACK. AND YOU'LL STILL BE HERE WITH US, RIGHT? YOU'