His FACE! LOL! Bill Maher Sets Adam Schiff Up to Completely Own HIMSELF With Obama Quote (Watch)
Schiff calls a statement about presidential military authority vague before Maher identifies it as a quote from Obama about Libya.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYTwitchy is a partisan blog, and this piece is openly polemical rather than a conventionally sourced report. The byline is identified, but the article relies mainly on a video exchange and embedded social-media reactions.
- Source type — A partisan blog with opinion-forward framing.
- Editorial standards — The article uses insults and categorical judgments rather than a restrained reporting style.
- Author attribution — A named author is identified.
- Source diversity — The exchange and social-media posts are shown, but independent reporting and corroboration are limited.
The article supplies the quoted exchange and acknowledges a point in Schiff’s favor, but offers little context about the exchange or the underlying use-of-force question. Much of its argument rests on partisan commentary and social-media reactions.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The piece is largely critical of Schiff and Democrats, relying on supportive social-media reactions, though it briefly concedes that Schiff made a good response and a point about Syria.
- Loaded language — Repeated insults and accusations strongly favor the article’s critical framing.
- Source diversity — The article presents several critical social-media reactions but little substantive opposing context.
- Counterarguments presented — The author briefly acknowledges Schiff made a good point about Syria.
- Opinion vs reporting — Commentary and verdicts are prominent throughout the story.
The article uses strongly derisive language about Schiff and Democrats and frames the exchange as evidence of their hypocrisy, while its limited concession to Schiff does not change the overall slant.
- Language tone — Uses insults and emphatic language, including calling Schiff a liar and a stooge.
- Framing — Frames the exchange as Democrats being exposed for inconsistency in opposing Trump.
- Source selection — Includes multiple critical social-media reactions and little independent context.
Twitchy presents a Bill Maher exchange in which Adam Schiff calls a statement about presidential authority to use military force “totally vague,” before Maher identifies it as a quote from Barack Obama about Libya. The article criticizes Schiff as hypocritical but also says he made a good point about Syria.
Twitchy argues that Democrats’ opposition to President Trump leaves them open to accusations of inconsistency. It highlights an exchange in which Maher reads Schiff a statement asserting that a president could direct military force when reasonably determining it was in the national interest; Schiff calls the statement “totally vague,” and Maher says it came from Obama about Libya. The article also includes social-media reactions comparing the Libya episode with Syria and other conflicts.
The author calls Schiff a liar and a “stooge,” while acknowledging that he made a good response and a good point about Syria.
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SWIPE →Senator whose exchange with Bill Maher is the subject of the article
President discussed as the target of Democrats’ opposition
Part of a bigger story
9 OUTLETSBill Maher presented Adam Schiff with a statement about presidential military authority. Schiff called it vague before Maher identified it as coming from the Obama administration. Center outlets focus on Schiff’s stumble and embarrassment, a theme also present in right-leaning outlets. Right-leaning outlets more explicitly cast the exchange as exposing inconsistency in his criticism of Trump’s Iran strikes; some also report his argument for congressional authority.
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