New White House statement threatens Rep. Schiff: 'Will there be no retribution?'

by Hunter

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Wednesday, Feb. 05, 2020 Wednesday, Feb. 05, 2020 at 2:54:54pm PST

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 08: White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham (L) listens to U.S. President Donald Trump talk to reporters before he boards Marine One and departing the White House November 08, 2019 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Atlanta, Georgia, where he plans to kick off his Black Voices for Trump Coalition, an effort to attract more African-American voters. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — Grisham didn't write this one. Trump did.

The Trump White House is out with a first official response to the Senate’s refusal to remove Donald Trump from office. It is mostly the usual claims of "witch hunt" and "full validation" and "exoneration" and a burping out of Trump's supposed "victories" and accomplishments. It refers to Sen. Mitt Romney only as "one failed Republican presidential candidate."

But this section is the most noteworthy:

Rep. Adam Schiff lied to Congress and the American people with a totally made up statement about the president's phone call. Will there be no retribution?

Is that a threat? How could it not be considered one?

While attributed to the still-possibly fictional "press secretary" Stephanie Grisham, these are clearly Trump's own words. He wrote this. And it does not appear (Susan Collins' imagination notwithstanding) that this White House has taken anything from the exposure of Trump's extortion, other than a new zealousness for "retribution" against Dear Leader's critics.

White House @PressSec Stephanie Grisham says of Rep. Adam Schiff after Trump's acquittal: "Will there be no retribution?" pic.twitter.com/ewW50O7EYn
— kadhim (Ã¯Â¼Â¾Ã¯Â½Â°^)Ã£ÂÂ (@kadhim) February 5, 2020

Meanwhile:

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 5, 2020