Yikes…
California Congressman Adam Schiff (D) was reportedly a victim of a theft just hours before a swanky campaign dinner on Thursday.
According to The San Francisco Chronicle, thieves broke into his car that was parked in a downtown parking garage and stole his bags. Without business clothes to wear, Schiff still proceeded to the event in shirt sleeves and a hiking vest, according to the Chronicle, with others dressed in suits.
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BREAKING.🚨
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“I guess it's 'Welcome to San Francisco'."
Adam Schiff is ROBBED in San Francisco causing him to show up at a meeting with no suit.
The San Francisco Chronicle tried (and failed) to make light of the thievery.
"Hello to the city, goodbye to your luggage. That was… pic.twitter.com/GSMFUTxJx6
At the dinner, Schiff thanked attorney Joe Cotchett for supporting Schiff's bid to replace the late Dianne Feinstein and represent California in the U.S. Senate.
“I guess it's ‘Welcome to San Francisco,'” joked Cotchett's press agent Lee Houskeeper, who was at the dinner.
Schiff was not in the vehicle when it happened.
“Yes, they took my bags,” the California representative said, per the Chronicle. “But I'm here to thank Joe.”
The apparent theft came just days after the San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan's security guard was assaulted in downtown San Jose Tuesday, according to KRON4, a local Bay Area news outlet.
“While interviewing Mayor Matt Mahan in downtown San Jose, a man was shouting at us and fought Mayor Mahan's security guard,”KRON4 reporter Jack Molmud wrote in a post along with a video of the incident. “The fight lasted a couple minutes and the man was arrested by SJPD. Police said they were compiling evidence and sending it to the DA's office.”
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