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Fox News reported on statements made by Republican Representative Doug Collins in an interview where he suggested that Adam Schiff’s Intelligence Committee was slow to react to the pandemic and failed to recognize China’s role in the outbreak because they were too focused on President Trump’s 2020 campaign.
Rep. Collins acknowledged that there would be a review steps taken along the way and withdraw lessons that can improve the government’s response to a pandemic once the crisis was over.
He added that Rep. Schiff may not be pleased with the information that is discovered because his tunnel-vision left the country vulnerable may be one of the problems an independent review could uncover.
This is the announcement Rep. Schiff made on Twitter.
After Pearl Harbor and 9/11, we looked at what went wrong to learn from our mistakes.
Once we've recovered, we need a nonpartisan commission to review our response and how we can better prepare for the next pandemic.
I’m working on a bill to do that.https://t.co/uqO3BwVldN
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) April 1, 2020
Fox News reported more on Rep. Collins’ appearance on “Fox & Friends”.
“But also, I think there’s going to actually be a look back here that I’m not sure Adam Schiff wants to talk about, and that is China’s role in this and the fact that, as Intelligence Committee chairman, he was so wrapped up in impeachment during when all this hit that I’m not sure there was a slow response on both sides because no one was looking at this,” Collins stated.
“Because he was so focused on the president and what he was trying to do in the election that we were missing, basically, China’s role and others.”
“I’m not sure he would like the outcome of this report any more than he did any of the other reports that he had this past year,” he remarked…
…Collins said Schiff just couldn’t help himself because he is obsessed with tearing down President Trump.
“Even in isolation, it sounds like all he wants to do is focus on the president,” Collins told Kilmeade. “The president has done a good job as he is focused on this. We have all learned from this crisis as it goes on, and the president has been listening to the advisors and moving forward.”
“But, there can be no mistake that in the [months] of January and December when Adam Schiff was leading this country down a sham impeachment that there was [a] distraction on Capitol Hill,” he noted.
Collins closed by saying that it was “sad for the American people” to see Rep. Schiff reaching to regain the spotlight that was lost after President Trump withstood their attempt to impeach.
