"I have a suspicion, which I hesitate to articulate 'cause it's kind of a vain suspicion, Please. But I'll share it anyway. During the Russian investigation, I'm deposing Jared Kushner. And it is just shortly after Trump has first attacked me on his Twitter account, Sleazy Adam Schiff, corrupt this, blah, blah, blah, spends too much time on TV, pushing the hoax, something like that."
"And I remember at the time being desperate to respond, being attacked by the president. At the time, a few months into Trump won, that was very unusual for a president of the United States to be-- Unpleasant or flattering? Well, my colleagues were all deeply jealous of me, but I was frantic to figure out how I was gonna respond. This was going to tens of millions of people."
"Mike Thompson, my colleague from Northern California, grabs my arm and he says, Adam, you should tweet back, 'Mr. President, when they go low, we go high. Go fuck yourself.' [David laughing] And I so wanted to do it. If I write a book one day of the tweets I wish I'd sent, that'll be on the cover. So like, a week later or two weeks later, I'm deposing Jared Kushner in the Russian investigation."
The President of the United States publicly attacked Adam Schiff on Twitter using insults such as 'Sleazy Adam Schiff' and accusations of pushing a hoax. Schiff felt desperate to respond but recognized that the President's audience would not hear rebuttals. Colleagues suggested biting replies, including a suggested tweet telling the President to 'go fuck yourself.' During a deposition of Jared Kushner in the Russian investigation, Kushner suggested the President picks enemies based on who is most effective on television. The presidential attacks became routine and reached tens of millions of people.
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