Joe Morelle, candidate for New York's 25th Congressional District

But here, that's not what Mike Johnson says.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says that if the Democrats win control of the House, they're just gonna spend their time holding impeachment hearings and impeach President Trump a, a, a third time and get bogged down with trying to pursue the Trump family.

You think that's accurate?

No, this is what's gonna happen.

I mean, I, I, I, um, you know, I love history, and one of the regrets that I think the country has historically about ...

Abraham Lincoln was coming through the Civil War, and he had to balance the interests of holding people accountable in the South, uh, particularly leaders of the South, and at the same time, trying to unify people.

I think we will face a similar challenge.

You absolutely have to hold the Trump administration, the Trump family accountable.

You have to hold people like Pete Hegseth accountable.

So we will do that.

There will be a track that does that.

I think probably the Judiciary Committee and the Oversight Committee are gonna s- focus on that.

At the same time, we have to address the needs of the American people.

People are struggling to pay to meet, uh, the, the costs of, of living, uh, whether it's daycare, healthcare, um, the list goes on and on, groceries, gas, et cetera.

So yeah, but I think we can do both things at the same time.

And we not only have to hold the Trump administration accountable for what they did, we also have to send a strong signal that anyone following this president cannot do the kinds of things that this president is engaged in.

But you're speaking in generalities.

What are the things that would be worth hearings?

Oh, I, I think there will be hearings on how the defense secretary has conducted affairs.

Uh, I think there's a real chance Pete Hegseth faces an inquiry.

I think the president could face an inquiry-

For-

... for violations of law.

For doing what?

For, for doing what the president does?

But here, that's not what Mike Johnson says.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says that if the Democrats win control of the House, they're just gonna spend their time holding impeachment hearings and impeach President Trump a, a, a third time and get bogged down with trying to pursue the Trump family.

You think that's accurate?

No, this is what's gonna happen.

I mean, I, I, I, um, you know, I love history, and one of the regrets that I think the country has historically about ...

Abraham Lincoln was coming through the Civil War, and he had to balance the interests of holding people accountable in the South, uh, particularly leaders of the South, and at the same time, trying to unify people.

I think we will face a similar challenge.

You absolutely have to hold the Trump administration, the Trump family accountable.

You have to hold people like Pete Hegseth accountable.

So we will do that.

There will be a track that does that.

I think probably the Judiciary Committee and the Oversight Committee are gonna s- focus on that.

At the same time, we have to address the needs of the American people.

People are struggling to pay to meet, uh, the, the costs of, of living, uh, whether it's daycare, healthcare, um, the list goes on and on, groceries, gas, et cetera.

So yeah, but I think we can do both things at the same time.

And we not only have to hold the Trump administration accountable for what they did, we also have to send a strong signal that anyone following this president cannot do the kinds of things that this president is engaged in.

But you're speaking in generalities.

What are the things that would be worth hearings?

Oh, I, I think there will be hearings on how the defense secretary has conducted affairs.

Uh, I think there's a real chance Pete Hegseth faces an inquiry.

I think the president could face an inquiry-

For-

... for violations of law.

For doing what?

For, for doing what the president does?