LOS ANGELES — Adam Schiff, who rose to prominence because the Democrats’ main anti-Trump voice within the Home, simply clinched a promotion to the Senate on Tuesday.
However his victory speech in downtown Los Angeles was extra somber than exultant as he turned to the nationwide political dynamic, with Republicans poised to take management of the Senate and Donald Trump projected to win key battleground states of Georgia and North Carolina.
“Tonight goes to be a tough, lengthy night time. We cannot know the results of each race. We’ll must be affected person,” he mentioned. “And no matter the results of the presidential race, we all know there can be critical challenges dealing with the state of California and the nation, whatever the consequence, whatever the manner folks might have voted.”
Schiff simply defeated his Republican opponent, former baseball star Steve Garvey — a victory that was so anticipated that the Burbank Democrat spent a lot of the final election campaigning and elevating cash for out-of-state Senate Democrats in an effort to cozy as much as his future colleagues.
In his speech, Schiff acknowledged Garvey, his opponent, and mentioned that he joined the baseball icon in celebrating the Dodgers’ World Sequence victory.
He didn’t point out Trump, his bitter adversary, by title, however he implicitly invoked the Republican presidential candidate by vowing to protect the nation’s democratic establishments.
Schiff mentioned that, as senator, he’s “dedicated to taking over the massive fights to guard our freedoms and shield our democracy.”
“California will proceed to be on the forefront of progress, the fulcrum of democracy, the champion of innovation and the protector of our rights and freedoms,” he mentioned.
He additionally echoed different California Democrats, together with Vice President Kamala Harris, who’ve acknowledged the state’s housing affordability disaster. “We’re going to construct extra inexpensive housing so that you just aren’t compelled to decide on between your hire and placing meals on the desk,” he mentioned. “We’re going to make sure that our fellow neighbors should not have to sleep on the road.”
Blake Jones contributed to this story.
