Adam Schiff And Steve Garvey Clash Over Donald Trump In Latest U.S. Senate Debate; Moderators Seek Specifics On Crime, Housing And The Border

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The four leading candidates for California‘s open U.S. Senate seat met again this evening, this time in a one-hour San Francisco debate that produced fewer clashes than their first gathering last month.

Still, with less than a month before the state’s open primary, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) focused a number of his attacks on Steve Garvey, the sole Republican on the stage, particularly over the “issue” of Donald Trump. “Let me just say this also to Mr.

Garvey: The greatest threat that we have to our democracy is Donald Trump,” Schiff said. Garvey voted for Trump in the last two presidential elections but said that, when it comes to supporting him this year, he “will make that decision when the time comes.” He replied to Schiff by saying that the “gravest threat to democracy is deconstruction of the Constitution.

Packing the court. Doing away with the filibuster. These are things that deconstruct democracy.” The Schiff replied, “Then Donald Trump packed the Supreme Court, which is why millions of Americans lost their right of reproductive freedom, why the Supreme Court is striking down air quality and water quality regulations.” As he started to talk about striking down voting rights, Garvey started to interject. “You are fixated on one person and one person only,” Garvey said.