Adam Schiff sworn into the Senate, where he wants to be more than a Trump antagonist

WASHINGTON (KFSN) -- As of Monday night, Adam Schiff has begun his word successful the U.S. Senate. The Democrat took the oath of bureau with Vice President Kamala Harris successful Washington successful the afternoon.

Schiff heads to the Senate aft spending astir 24 years successful the U.S. House, wherever helium represented Southern California.

Blake Zante, Executive Director of the Maddy Institute, a nationalist argumentation deliberation vessel astatine the 4 authorities universities successful Central California, says Schiff present indispensable absorption connected the full state.

"He's consenting to perceive to Valley issues, Zante said. "He whitethorn disagree politically from immoderate of the Valley present locally successful presumption of the electorate and representatives that we've had, but I deliberation he's going to walk rather a spot of time."

Senator Schiff fills the spot near by Dianne Feinstein, who passed distant successful bureau past fall. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Laphonza Butler to the office, but she opted not to tally for a afloat term, clearing the mode for Schiff's campaign.

Schiff bushed Republican challenger and erstwhile Dodger Steve Garvey, focusing connected issues similar healthcare and the situation and telling Action News during an exclusive interrogation successful October helium would stay a cheque connected the White House.

"If it's indispensable to service arsenic a cheque connected a President, whether that 1 oregon immoderate different 1 who is abusing the powers of their bureau oregon trying to teardrop down the guardrails of our democracy, I'm going to basal up to them," helium said.

The recently elected legislator is present gearing up for a word that could bring clashes with the Trump administration.

Schiff led the archetypal impeachment effort against President Trump successful 2020 and sat connected the January 6th Select Committee. President-elect Trump said Friday those committee members "should spell to jail."

A root adjacent to President Biden told ABC News past week the White House is "discussing imaginable preemptive pardons for radical who whitethorn beryllium targeted nether the Trump administration," including Schiff.

"Adam Schiff, erstwhile helium served successful the House, was decidedly precise keen connected going aft past President Trump," Zante said. "I deliberation we're going to proceed that successful his word arsenic U.S. Senator."

Schiff and his chap Democrats person conscionable weeks near with the Senate bulk earlier Republicans volition person power of some chambers of Congress and the White House.

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