Discussion on impeachment of Defense Secretary Hegseth
From Meet the Press
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Transcript
That is also what's raising costs for people. When you look at the bidding that this Congress has been doing, it's not of the American people, but that of their billionaire donors and special interests. And so I do believe that passing things like banning stock trading from members of Congress and the White House and political appointees is an essential part to stopping that. I do believe that oversight and accountability is a foundational responsibility of Congress. And we need to do our job. But that cannot come at the cost or expense of us lowering costs for working families. But I believe we can do both at the same time. Well, you are a Special Ops veteran, and you've said that one of your priorities is also to have Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed from office. You argue because of the damage that he's caused to the military. Is that also a day one priority for you? You want to have him impeached? I do believe that that is a case where every day this individual continues to sit in that seat, American national security has put it further jeopardy. I hope that the Congress does the right thing and gets him out of the Department of Defense, gets him out of this position. But if they do not do their job in this Congress, I am very confident that we will in the next. And this is again, not a partisan thing. You know, folks who brought this motion to the floor in the last Congress, they were Republicans too. This is about doing the right thing for this country. And national security should always come before any partisan politics or any person. But Pete Hag said to shown his only loyalty is to Donald Trump. And our brave men and women in uniform have paid the price. We've watched them force out some of our most talented and gifted military leaders because they remain steadfast in their commitment to this country and refusal to put any party or person before it. And so I will tell you, I believe our brave men and women in uniform deserve support, deserve to be defended. And that's exactly the role that this Congress will play. Do you think that impeachment should extend to President Trump as well? Of course. He's the boss in charge of Pete exit. I don't think we should ever take anything off the table because you never know what's going to happen. But I don't think that should be our day one focus at all. So you don't take impeachment off the table. I mean, you have no idea what else is going to be done. So, look, we've got two more years of Donald Trump sitting in the Oval Office. And so we need to take every day with what happens. But I will tell you a day one priority that we must have is going out there and finding solutions to lower costs for working people all across this country because they are losing faith that America can actually bring back.