Senator Adam Schiff attacked Tulsi Gabbard after she announced her resignation as Director of National Intelligence effective June 30. Schiff said her only positive contribution was her resignation and accused her of politicizing intelligence, dismantling agencies that keep Americans safe, and weaponizing the intelligence community to pursue baseless election fraud claims. He argued her tenure reflected devotion to the president rather than security of the country and should be treated as a terrible exception. Administration officials and conservatives responded with sharp rebuttals, calling Schiff’s comments insensitive and inappropriate given Gabbard’s stated circumstances involving her husband’s bone cancer diagnosis.
"Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) tore into departing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday, ripping her resignation as her only positive contribution to U.S. national security after she announced her plan to step away from public service while her husband battles a bone cancer diagnosis. The senator's blistering statement came just hours after Gabbard announced she was stepping down from her role in President Donald Trump's administration effective June 30 and acknowledged the circumstances around her departure offering prayers before scorching the outgoing DNI's record."
"“She politicized intelligence. She dismantled critical agencies keeping Americans safe. She weaponized the IC to pursue baseless election fraud claims. And more,” Schiff wrote on X. He continued: “We must ensure that her tenure marked by a devotion to the person of the president and not to the security of the country represents a terrible exception at DNI and not the new normal.”"
"The senator's blistering statement came just hours after Gabbard announced she was stepping down from her role in President Donald Trump's administration effective June 30 and acknowledged the circumstances around her departure offering prayers before scorching the outgoing DNI's record. Schiff's remarks were met with furious rebuttal from administration officials and conservatives alike who viewed the takedown as wildly insensitive, given Gabbard's stated reasoning."
"Trump's ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee unloaded on Schiff as a serial liar and condemned the statement: “I've always realized Adam "full of" Schiff had NO class & he proved to be a serial liar who fabricated hateful charges against @realDonaldTrump but his comments about @TulsiGabbard are a new low for someone I didn't think could sink any lower. He just did.” White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson called the post ghoul behavior: “Absolute ghoul behavior. Disgusting.”"
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