GOP Rep. Turner: Schiff ‘Needs to Step Aside’ — ‘His Leadership Is Compromised’

Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) called for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) to “step aside” because “his leadership is compromised.”

Turner cited Schiff’s lying to the American people, attacked Republicans on the committee and turned the committee into a “vendetta” against President Donald Trump as three reasons Schiff needs to be removed from his post.

“I do believe [Schiff] needs to step aside,” Turner told host Alisyn Camerota. “I think that his leadership is compromised and it’s compromised as I was saying, for three reasons. One, he has stood in front of the American people and said things that were not true. Two, he’s attacked his fellow Republicans on the committee and been divisive in saying things about the Republicans on the committee that aren’t true. And the third thing is he’s transformed the committee from its focus, which protecting our national security and the intelligence community to being a vendetta against the Trump family and the Trump campaign.”

Camerota asked who should replace Schiff, to which Turner said is not his decision to make.

“That’s Nancy Pelosi’s decision to make,” he stated. “When she makes that decision, she needs to say what would be best for national security — not what is the best for appearances on CNN.”

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