Rep. Adam Schiff’s statements so far at the House Intelligence Committee’s first open impeachment inquiry hearing have predictably reeked of BS. After Schiff’s opening statement, ranking Republican Rep. Devin Nunes took apart the entire Democrat impeachment circus:

Rep. Devin Nunes delivers his opening remarks for the public impeachment hearings https://t.co/O6ybmtq2Rq pic.twitter.com/FhvkeA70Ft — CBS News (@CBSNews) November 13, 2019

Nunes must have hit the mark a little too close, because CNN’s media correspondent Brian Stelter immediately ran interference for Schiff (and of course couldn’t help mentioning Fox News in the process):

Difference between Schiff and Nunes opening statements: Schiff is trying to speak to the entire country. Nunes is only speaking to the Trump base and the Fox audience. — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 13, 2019

Who wants to tell him?

Setting aside the ridiculous spin here, tell me: who was Chairman Schiff speaking to when he spread Russian collusion conspiracy theories for 2 years? https://t.co/ARDeiUuTo0 — Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) November 13, 2019

Who was Schiff speaking to all those times he appeared on CNN to spread fake conspiracy theories over the past couple years? https://t.co/rNhRLRAh8x — Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) November 13, 2019

Self-awareness is hard for “correspondents” with DNCNN.

The Trump base IS the entire country Thinking it wasn't is why Journos and coastal elites were so shocked he won https://t.co/qjcDOtj8x0 — Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) November 13, 2019

This guy, literally, could not get his head any farther up the left’s ass…. https://t.co/18c60iXYvl — Smokes, let’s go (@wealthinprocess) November 13, 2019

Right?

Why don’t you just call them “basket of deplorable’s.” https://t.co/UuEwnQQavv — Intrepid (@intrepid_17) November 13, 2019

This is probably the funniest tweet I’ll see all day ???. CNN’s top “journalist” at its finest. https://t.co/bCTj6L2Wrm — Matt Greg (@MattGregory_) November 13, 2019

Big round of applause to another one of America’s “media firefighters,” ladies and gentlemen!