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Rhiannon12866

(243,076 posts)
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 06:48 PM Tuesday

"You are the biggest fraud to ever sit in the U.S. Senate!" - C-SPAN



Exchange between FBI Director Kash Patel to Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA): "You are the biggest fraud to ever sit in the U.S. Senate. You are a disgrace to this institution and an utter coward...you are a political buffoon at best!" - Aired on 09/16/2025.
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yellow dahlia

(3,062 posts)
1. I watched this in real time.
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 06:57 PM
Tuesday

I couldn't even discern all the insults and accusations that Patel hurled at Schiff.

Patel is a disgrace! He doesn't even understand the nature of the job he supposed to be doing. He lacks any sense of professionalism or respect for the institutions.

Patel was unhinged.

MrWowWow

(1,254 posts)
3. I Find It Amazing How patel Would Not
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 07:04 PM
Tuesday

give simple yes or no answers when requested to do so. That is the obvious "tell" of a liar.

Irish_Dem

(74,927 posts)
16. All paid for by the US taxpayer of course.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 12:02 PM
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He loves Las Vegas.
He is not taking Bible lessons or learning to crochet there.

The Roux Comes First

(1,849 posts)
7. Excuse My Crudity, But More Than a Few Varieties of Fecal Matter Are Less Offensive Than Patel
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 07:22 PM
Tuesday

And in a rotted state, I would never put him in my garden.

msongs

(72,440 posts)
8. schiff can huff and puff all he wants, nothing will change because of this. repubs have sold their souls nt
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 07:24 PM
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Midnight Writer

(24,716 posts)
10. When you ask a question of someone under oath, and they respond with shouting and name-calling,
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 07:28 PM
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then you have hit your target.

Schiff is an experienced and skilled prosecutor. He knows how to trigger lying clowns like Ka$h.

Uncle Joe

(63,173 posts)
14. Patel desperately using emotional histrionics to try and change the subject.
Tue Sep 16, 2025, 07:58 PM
Tuesday

Who in the administration decided to transfer a convicted sex predator and human trafficker to a minimal security camp not suited for such prisoners?

Patel didn't want answer the question.

Thanks for the thread Rhiannon.

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