Schiff In Gear

U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, who prosecuted Donald Trump in Trump's first impeachment trial in early 2020, is now an announced candidate for the U.S. Senate from his home state in California in 2024.

Having been kicked off the House Intelligence Committee by Speaker McCarthy, he has nothing else to do.

Schiff and fellow California Democrat Eric Swalwell were both expelled from the House Intelligence Committee, Schiff for having "openly lied to the American public" (to quote McCarthy) about proof of Trump's efforts to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden and for lying about not knowing the anonymous individual who made the original allegations (no evidence of that) and Swalwell for being involved with a Chinese national who was most likely a spy (whom Swalwell dissociated himself from the second he was informed about this individual).  Schiff is very popular in California for his crusade against Trump and is a darling of the anti-Trump media for his crusade for preserving the Constitution, so he should be a formidable candidate in the "jungle primary" in June 2024 that will pit all wannabe senators of both parties against each other for the two ballot positions in the general election.

Schiff, however, has two obstacles.  The first is that Katie Porter, an Orange County congresswoman, is also standing for election to the Senate.  The second is that incumbent Senator Dianne Feinstein, despite being 89 year old, has not announced her retirement yet.

My guess i thateht November 2024 election to the Senate from California wil lbe a POrter-Schiff contest, as Feinstein is likely to retire or be retired, and in this scenario, I'd give the edge to Porter because . . . she's a woman.

After all, it is California . . .