Republican Tom Reed Won’t Join The 125 Who Signed Andy Bigg’s Adam Schiff Censure

As of today, there are 125 Republican members of the House of Representatives who have cosigned onto Freedom Caucus Chairman U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs’ (R) House resolution to condemn and censure House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D) for the parody he read in his opening statement in the hearing on September 26, 2019, of the phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky. Mike Emanuel from Fox News tweeted the latest:

#FoxNews -125 House Members are now Co-Sponsoring Congressman Andy Biggs’ Motion to Condemn and Censure Chairman Adam Schiff.

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#FoxNews -125 House Members are now Co-Sponsoring Congressman Andy Biggs’ Motion to Condemn and Censure Chairman Adam Schiff pic.twitter.com/Ucl72BFKIE

— Mike Emanuel ?? (@MikeEmanuelFox) October 15, 2019

However, one Republican member of the House, U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R)  is declining to sign on to the motion. In a statement he issued to PBS station WSKG, he stated that censure is a serious act and shouldn’t be done to score political points. He called some of Schiff’s overall rhetoric “dangerous” and “divisive”. He is a Trump supporter and opposes the impeachment inquiry nevertheless. It’s hard to say what more would be needed for him to sign on as Schiff’s indiscretions are being scorned upon by a larger and larger group of congressmen.

With 125 members of the house signing the motion, it is still getting traction and we will see who else signs on as this all moves forward.

See Below for a Full list of those who have signed on in support:

1. Kevin McCarthy
2. Steve Scalise
3. Liz Cheney
4. Tom Emmer
5. Mark Meadows
6. Jim Jordan
7. Matt Gaetz
8. Mark Walker
9. Elise Stefanik
10. Doug Collins
11. Mike Rogers
12. Steve Womack
13. Jim Sensenbrenner
14. Mike Johnson
15. Gary Palmer
16. Mark Green
17. Jeff Duncan
18. Mo Brooks
19. Scott Perry
20. Greg Steube
21. Guy Reschenthaler
22. Rick Crawford
23. Michael Burgess, M.D.
24. Paul Gosar
25. Bill Posey
26. Warren Davidson
27. Bob Gibbs
28. Jody Hice
29. Ralph Norman
30. Ron Wright
31. Louie Gohmert
32. Lance Gooden
33. Ralph Abraham
34. Jim Banks
35. Daniel Meuser
36. Bill Flores
37. Randy Weber
38. Tim Burchett
39. Dan Bishop
40. Daniel Webster
41. Michael Cloud
42. Doug Lamborn
43. Fred Keller
44. Brian Babin
45. Bradley Byrne
46. Bill Johnson
47. Larry Bucshon
48. Ted Budd
49. Steve King
50. Buddy Carter
51. Debbie Lesko
52. Scott DesJarlais
53. Chuck Fleischmann
54. Roger Marshall, M.D.
55. Drew Ferguson
56. Steven Palazzo
57. Bruce Westerman
58. Troy Balderson
59. Steve Watkins
60. Chris Stewart
61. Greg Murphy
62. Greg Gianforte
63. Ben Cline
64. Denver Riggleman
65. Mike Kelly
66. William Timmons
67. Don Bacon
68. Lee Zeldin
69. James Comer
70. Rick Allen
71. Roger Williams
72. John Joyce
73. Steve Stivers
74. Duncan Hunter
75. Kevin Hern
76. Jason Smith
77. Russ Fulcher
78. Paul Mitchell
79. John Rose
80. Ross Spano
81. John Rutherford
82. David McKinley
83. Kelly Armstrong
84. Brian Mast
85. Billy Long
86. David Schweikert
87. Jodey Arrington
88. Alex Mooney
89. David Rouzer
90. Ron Estes
91. Austin Scott
92. Richard Hudson
93. Barry Loudermilk
94. Chip Roy
95. Michael Waltz
96. Blaine Luetkemeyer
97. Vicky Hartzler
98. Jim Hagedorn
99. Scott Tipton
100. Lloyd Smucker
101. Pete Olson
102. Brad Wenstrup
103. Andy Harris
104. Adrian Smith
105. Anthony Gonzalez
106. Jack Bergman
107. John Carter
108. Darin LaHood
109.  Mike Bost
110.  Patrick McHenry
111.  Tim Walberg
112. Clay Higgins
113. Kevin Brady
114. Neal Dunn
115. Sam Graves
116. Glenn Thompson
117. Ted Yoho
118. Dan Newhouse
119. Amata Radewagen
120. Gus Bilirakis
121. Rob Bishop
122. David Kustoff
123. Dan Crenshaw
124. Markwayne Mullin
125. Doug LaMalfa

Two other Representatives from Reed’s state are indeed on the list though, including Lee Zeldin and Elise Stefanik. Zeldin recently reacted to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) being ejected from a closed-door House Intelligence Committee impeachment hearing for not being part of the committee. Zeldin also called Schiff “a liar and a leaker” according to Fox News. Wskg.org reported on the Tom Reed dissent more here. They said in part:

Schiff spoke about the censure activity during a recent visit to Cornell University.

Rep. Adam Schiff (left) and former Rep. Steve Israel (right) at Cornell University, October 10, 2019. (Photo: Celia Clarke/WSKG Public Radio)

“You know, the attacks will come with my position,” the California Democrat said. “But, none of it is a substitute for the hard questions the Republicans are going to have to ask which is, are they going to continue to defend this president no matter how dangerous and unethical his conduct may be.”

Not supporting the censure is the Southern Tier’s Tom Reed.

In a statement to WSKG, the Republican said that censure is a serious act and shouldn’t be done to score political points. He called some of Schiff’s overall rhetoric “dangerous” and “divisive”.

Reed has long been a Trump supporter and opposes the impeachment inquiry. He says he hasn’t seen anything so far to justify it.

The list is likely to grow and it remains to be seen if Reed will face any backlash from his former Republicans. It could be that Reed is trying not to disrupt his rapport with some of his more moderate constituents as is often the case when party lines are bucked like this.