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Devil's advocate here: "do we have guarantee that the $16 million fine would survive a constitutional challenge on 8th Amendment grounds (prohibits cruel and unusual punishments and prohibits excessive fines)?
Massie brings up a good point that we do not really have a solid case where the appropriate punishment against Schiff is a $16 million fine. While we masterbate to the thought of watermelon head getting exploded like this, we risk looking stupid if the fine gets challenged and thrown out, along with the censure if the fine is attached to the censure.
If the censure is presented by itself, then I bet many of the 20 "treasonous RINOs" will vote the right way. The fine complicates things needlessly.
And I blame DC Draino and other influencers for omitting that part in their social media posts.
That is a good question in regards to the fine. But I would have voted to expel Adam Schiff. A censure and a fine is just a slap on the wrist given that all assholes in congress make millions through deals and insider trading.