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:
- Kevin McCarthy
- Steve Scalise
- Liz Cheney
- Tom Emmer
- Mark Meadows
- Jim Jordan
- Matt Gaetz
- Mark Walker
- Elise Stefanik
- Doug Collins
- Mike Rogers
- Steve Womack
- Jim Sensenbrenner
- Mike Johnson
- Gary Palmer
- Mark Green
- Jeff Duncan
- Mo Brooks
- Scott Perry
- Greg Steube
- Guy Reschenthaler
- Rick Crawford
- Michael Burgess, M.D.
- Paul Gosar
- Bill Posey
- Warren Davidson
- Bob Gibbs
- Jody Hice
- Ralph Norman
- Ron Wright
- Louie Gohmert
- Lance Gooden
- Ralph Abraham
- Jim Banks
- Daniel Meuser
- Bill Flores
- Randy Weber
- Tim Burchett
- Dan Bishop
- Daniel Webster
- Michael Cloud
- Doug Lamborn
- Fred Keller
- Brian Babin
- Bradley Byrne
- Bill Johnson
- Larry Bucshon
- Ted Budd
- Steve King
- Buddy Carter
- Debbie Lesko
- Scott DesJarlais
- Chuck Fleischmann
- Roger Marshall, M.D.
- Drew Ferguson
- Steven Palazzo
- Bruce Westerman
- Troy Balderson
- Steve Watkins
- Chris Stewart
- Greg Murphy
- Greg Gianforte
- Ben Cline
- Denver Riggleman
- Mike Kelly
- William Timmons
- Don Bacon
- Lee Zeldin
- James Comer
- Rick Allen
- Roger Williams
- John Joyce
- Steve Stivers
- Duncan Hunter
- Kevin Hern
- Jason Smith
- Russ Fulcher
- Paul Mitchell
- John Rose
- Ross Spano
- John Rutherford
- David McKinley
- Kelly Armstrong
- Brian Mast
- Billy Long
- David Schweikert
- Jodey Arrington
- Alex Mooney
- David Rouzer
- Ron Estes
- Austin Scott
- Richard Hudson
- Barry Loudermilk
- Chip Roy
- Michael Waltz
- Blaine Luetkemeyer
- Vicky Hartzler
- Jim Hagedorn
- Scott Tipton
- Lloyd Smucker
- Pete Olson
- Brad Wenstrup
- Andy Harris
- Adrian Smith
- Anthony Gonzalez
- Jack Bergman
- John Carter
- Darin LaHood
- Mike Bost
- Patrick McHenry
- Tim Walberg
- Clay Higgins
- Kevin Brady
- Neal Dunn
- Sam Graves
- Glenn Thompson
- Ted Yoho
- Dan Newhouse
- Amata Radewagen
- Gus Bilirakis
- Rob Bishop
- David Kustoff
- Dan Crenshaw
- Markwayne Mullin
- 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.
