DPCC Co-Chair Lieu: House Democrats are Cleaning Up Corruption In Washington
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Ted Lieu, Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC), appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC to discuss how House Democrats are conducting oversight of the Trump Administration while also fighting For the People to rebuild America, lower prescription drug prices, and clean up corruption. Below are excerpts from the interview. Click here to watch the video
"I'm not sure the President thinks 20 steps ahead. I don't actually think he wants to be impeached and if you look at his various statements, especially on Twitter, it seems like he does not want to be impeached, but with the actions of denying every subpoena request from Congress, that may push us to a place where that is going to be our only option. Right now we held the Attorney General in contempt. That's a tool we have and will start escalating the options we have. At some point when we get no information from the administration, we may have to consider impeachment."
"I don't think Trump wants to be impeached. I think what is happening is Trump is trying to not get impeached which is why he is trying to hide information from the American people. He didn't just stonewall the judiciary, he stonewalled every single committee trying to get information for the American people to conduct oversight. That's because he knows the Mueller report is bad for him. That's why Republicans changed their tune. Republicans voted earlier this year by a vote of 420-0, a bipartisan vote to get the full Mueller report and now they say no, no, no, we don't want it. They read the redacted version and realized how bad it is for the President and enablers."