Schiff vs. Trump: The real head-to-head battle defining California's U.S. Senate race

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Schiff said he hopes and expects that Vice President Kamala Harris will be the country's next president, but that if both he and Trump are elected, he "will do whatever is necessary to protect our democracies, to protect California and our rights and our freedoms at home and around the country and around the world.
42% : Trump also suggested Zelensky should be in touch with Trump's personal attorney, former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who also was encouraging Ukrainian investigations into Biden.
42% : But that ruling, Schiff said, makes congressional oversight of the White House more important than ever.
39% : On the call, Trump told Zelensky that the U.S. does a lot for Ukraine, then urged Zelensky to initiate investigations tied to Biden and his son.
34% : He also denied sending Giuliani to Ukraine to push for the Biden probe -- until the Senate acquitted him, at which point he admitted to doing so.Schiff, by then chair of the House Intelligence Committee, was front and center throughout the impeachment process -- and became a prime target of Trump and his defenders.
33% : Schiff had prefaced his remarks by saying they represented "in not so many words" the "essence of" what Trump had said.
32% : He also was holding firm in a head-to-head fight with Trump that has come to define his bid for the U.S. Senate against his Republican opponent, former All-Star Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey.
31% : "Years after most of the events in question, Schiff was redrawing one of the most significant battle lines in modern American politics -- between those who believe Trump is unfit for office and those who want him back in the White House.
31% : Trump, during a recent stop in the state, called Schiff "one of the sleaziest politicians in history.
28% : "He said he expects doing so will "elevate the personal risk" for him, especially because Trump would be "more threatening than ever of his political enemies" given a recent Supreme Court decision that found for the first time that presidents enjoy sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution for "official acts" while in office.
27% : "I've heard the transcript of the call with Zelensky and Trump," Luna said, "and according to what I read and saw, I did not see anything that would be cause for concern.
26% : "Schiff responded with the same prosecutorial righteousness he'd employed for years in congressional hearings and cable news shows, where he'd investigated and publicly shamed Trump for his campaign ties to Russia, his solicitation of political favors from Ukraine and his fomenting of the Jan. 6 insurrection and the election denial that underpinned it.
25% : Trump denied any "quid pro quo" linking a Biden investigation with the military aid.
20% : After the report was released, Schiff slammed Barr for deceiving the nation to protect Trump.
19% : Schiff would ultimately lead a successful House impeachment of Trump for improperly pressuring Ukraine's leaders to investigate his political rival, before the Senate acquitted him.
16% : The claims enraged Trump and Republicans, who accused Schiff of lying.
15% : While Trump insisted it was a "perfect call," Schiff and other Democrats called it an egregious abuse of power and immediately launched an investigation.
10% : In a recent interview with The Times, Schiff said his multiple investigations of Trump "uncovered abuse of office and abuse of power unlike anything we've seen outside Watergate," and he wouldn't do a thing differently today.
10% : "Trump tweeted that Schiff had "spent two years knowingly and unlawfully lying and leaking" and "should be forced to resign from Congress!
8% : Republicans called his remarks a gross misrepresentation designed to mislead the public, and Trump suggested Schiff should be arrested for "treason."
6% : Among other things, Schiff was denounced by Trump and Republicans for dramatizing Trump and Zelensky's call during a House hearing.
5% : Mueller's investigation concluded the Russians had conducted a sophisticated social media campaign favoring Trump and disparaging his opponent Hillary Clinton, and hacked and released Democratic Party and Clinton campaign emails.
4% : Rep. Anna Paulina Luna accused Schiff of using his former leadership role on the House Intelligence Committee to wage an "all-out political campaign" against Trump.
3% : Luna's censure resolution against Schiff asserted the claim Trump colluded with Russia was proved false and "invented, funded, and spread by President Trump's political rivals."

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