Rep. Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffTop Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence Overnight Defense: Top admiral says 'no condition' where US should conduct nuclear test 'at this time' | Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Overnight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies MORE (D-Calif.) expressed disappointment at how few Republicans have been willing to speak out against President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE since he took office.

“I think one of the really sad realizations over the last year is not what kind of a president Donald Trump turns out to be — I think it was all too predictable — but rather, how many members of Congress would be unwilling to stand up to him, and more than that, would be completely willing to carry water for him," Schiff told Politico in an interview published Monday.

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"That is a very sad realization,” the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee added.

Schiff, who has been a frequent and vocal critic of Trump, said he had expected more Republicans to break with Trump. He called Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.) “complicit in all this.”

“I thought there would be more Jeff Flakes, more John McCains, more Bob Corkers — people who would defend our system of checks and balances, would speak out for decency, who would defend the First Amendment," Schiff told Politico.

Schiff has pushed back against the recent claims by Republicans on the House Intel panel that the committee found no evidence of collusion in its investigation into Russian interference.

The congressman, who has earned the nickname "Little Adam Schiff" from the president, has also criticized Trump's frequent claims that the Russia investigation is a “witch hunt.”