Adam Schiff Won’t Let Trump’s Revenge Threats ‘Intimidate’ Him | EUROtoday

Sen.-elect Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) isn’t going to let President-elect Donald Trump discourage him from doing his job in Congress.

During a Sunday look on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Schiff appeared unwavering when requested if he was anxious about being focused by Trump and his vows to retaliate towards his political opponents.

After host Kristen Welker shared a clip of Trump evaluating Schiff and different Democrats to “the enemy from within,” the newly elected senator dismissed Trump’s “dictator talk” whereas warning Americans of the hazards of getting an aspiring strongman in workplace.

“Well, that’s dictator talk. That’s how autocrats talk,” Schiff mentioned. “They want to make their political opposition an enemy, describe them in those terms. But look, I’m not concerned about myself. I’m going to do my job. I’m not going to have his threats intimidate me from doing so.”

However, the California congressman mentioned the Republican’s rhetoric ought to be trigger for concern.

“Anytime you have someone that — particularly someone who’s going to become president of the United States — fawning over dictators, emulating their language, attacking the press, undermining our institutions — yeah, we should be concerned about it,” Schiff mentioned. “Because at the end of the day, it means that the American people will suffer.”

He went on to inform Welker that he believes American voters aren’t trying to see an autocrat within the Oval Office, regardless of Trump’s unbridled requires retribution towards his enemies.

“The American people, I think, voted on the basis of the economy,” he mentioned. “They wanted change to the economy. They weren’t voting for dictatorship. So, I think he is going to misread his mandate if that’s what he thinks voters chose him for.”

Elsewhere within the interview, Schiff tried to deal with Democrats’ defeat on Election Day.

Pointing to a world pattern of incumbents dropping floor in current elections, he mentioned, “Ultimately, what we saw both in this country and around the world was a very strong anti-incumbent wave that took out both progressives and conservatives.”

“And our party became associated with the status quo, and that was too much to overcome,” he added.