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Adam Schiff’s ‘Head On A Pike’ Closing Commentary May Cost Democrats Republican Support

Emily Zanotti
Adam Schiff’s ‘Head On A Pike’ Closing Commentary May Cost Democrats Republican Support
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) may have cost Democrats the support of moderate Republican Senators with his closing arguments, held Friday night, that concluded with a reference to a supposed White House threat against those Senators who refused to back the president.

In the final moments of his presentation, Schiff referred to a CBS News report that said the White House had warned Republicans that “your head will be on a pike” if they went against the White House on either key issues, like witness testimony and additional evidence, or if they voted to remove the president from office.

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