Speier Gets A Round Of Applause After Zinger During Sondland Testimony

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) questions Ambassador Kurt Volker, former special envoy to Ukraine, and Tim Morrison, a former official at the National Security Council, as they testify b... WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) questions Ambassador Kurt Volker, former special envoy to Ukraine, and Tim Morrison, a former official at the National Security Council, as they testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill November 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony during the third day of open hearings in the impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump, whom House Democrats say held back U.S. military aid for Ukraine while demanding it investigate his political rivals. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin - Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) got a round of applause after delivering a dig against President Trump during the public testimony of EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland Wednesday.

After Rep. Mike Conway (R-TX) brought up a Washington Post article, which mentioned that House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) claim that “the whistleblower has a statutory right to anonymity received three Pinocchios,” Speier said that “the President of the United States has five Pinocchios on a daily basis — so let’s not go there.”

Speier’s remark prompted laughs and applause.

Watch Speier’s comment below:

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  1. Nice shade, Rep. Speier, nice shade.

  2. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    It’s funny, but it’s also gallows humor. Everyone has accepted that the president of the united states is a pathological liar. That used to be the stuff of bad dystopian novels.

  3. Not sure we should celebrate that response. It boils down to: “The Post says Schiff was lying but Trump tells worse lies,” right? I don’t know the article nor the basis for the three pinocchios, which can be judged on narrow criteria, or even if the three-pinocchio claim is correct, but on its face I don’t like the retort.

  4. I wish they would also make a point of pointedly referring to Trump as the current President, and Rudy as Mr. Giuliani.

  5. Does the GOP have no one in the hearings? They are not getting laughs or being applauded!

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