>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH CONGRESSWOMAN
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ.
FOLLOWING THE DEMOCRATIC DEBATE.
WE'RE HERE LIVE TONIGHT.
NOW, I WAS SAYING, WE'RE LIVE FOLLOWING THE DEMOCRATIC DEBATE.
IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY PERSON ON THAT STAGE WAS TRYING TO PUT--
MAKE THEMSELVES THE PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE ON THAT STAGE.
WHICH IS WHY JEFF STEIN OF THE "WASHINGTON POST" TWEETED, "IN
MY OPINION, A.O.C. IS WINNING THE DEBATE TONIGHT."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
ENDORSED?
WHO DID YOU ENDORSE IN THE DEMOCRATIC--
>> I HAVE ENCORED NO ONE YET.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT TONIGHT?
>> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> Stephen: WE FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT-- AND IT WAS VERY
UPSETTING TO THE PRESIDENT-- THAT ROBERT MUELLER IS GOING TO
TESTIFY BEFORE TWO COMMITTEES IN CONGRESS, STARTING ON JULY 17.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THAT'S EXCITING.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S EXCITING.
YOU'VE CALLED FOR AN IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT.
DO YOU THINK THAT HIS TESTIMONY WILL AMPLIFY THOSE CALLS OR
ACCELERATE THOSE CALLS?
>> YEAH, I THINK SO, I THINK SO, IN THAT WE HAVE HAD THE MUELLER
REPORT RELEASED.
BUT IT'S NOT AS THOUGH EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN HAS KIND OF
THUMBED THROUGH AND READ THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE REPORT.
SO-- SO I THINK HAVING HIM IN FRONT OF CONGRESS PHYSICALLY
TESTIFYING AND EXPLAINING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, QUITE FRANKLY,
THE SCANDALOUS CONTENTS OF THE REPORT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A REPORT THAT AT ITS CORE SAYS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT HIMSELF FIRST IN ORDER-- AND AT THE COST
OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND OUR ENTIRE ELECTORAL-- THE SECURITY
OF OUR ENTIRE ELECTORAL SYSTEM.
WHEN HE EXPLAINS THAT AND HOW HE TESTIFIES THAT I THINK WILL
CLARIFY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE EXACT LET'S GRAVITY OF WHAT WE'RE
DEALING WITH HERE.
>> Stephen: CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE, YOU'RE ON THE HOUSE
OVERSIGHT AND FINANCE COMMITTEES.
>> YEAH, I WAS JUST ROASTING KELLYANNE CONWAY AND THEN I GOT
A PLANE OVER HERE, SO...
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: SO IN WHAT WAY-- SO HAVE YOU-- HAVE YOU CALLED
HER TO TESTIFY?
>> YES.
SO WE ACTUALLY SENT A SUBPOENA TO HER THIS MORNING.
WE CALLED HER IN--
I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, WE CALLED HER IN TO THE COMMITTEE, BECAUSE SHE
HAS VIOLATED WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE HATCH ACT.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE YOUR OFFICIAL OFFICE FOR A PARTISAN
CAMPAIGN PURPOSE.
YOU CAN DO THAT ON YOUR OWN TIME.
YOU CAN DO THAT WHEN YOU GO IN YOUR CAPACITY AS AN ADVISER ON
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
BUT YOU CAN'T SAY, "I", YOU KNOW, "AS A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL
ENDORSE "X" OR "Y" POLICY."
SO SHE'S DONE THAT DOZENS OF TIMES.
WE ASKED HER TO COME IN, AND-- AND SHE DIDN'T.
SO IT WAS JUST, LIKE, THIS EMPTY TABLE THAT JUST SAYS MS CONWAY
THERE, AND SHE WENT ON "FOX & FRIENDS."
IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU CALL IN SICK TO WORK AND SOMEONE FINDS YOU
AT, LIKE, THE GROCERY STORE OR SOMETHING.
IT'S LIKE THAT.
IT'S LIKE, "YOU'RE GETTING A SUBPOENA!"
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: SO WHAT IS THE-- WHAT IS THE ACTUAL--
>> HELLO!
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THE ACTUAL MECHANISM YOU GUYS HAVE TO
COMPEL HER?
CAN YOU SEND THE ARMS TO DRAG HER TO CAPITOL HILL.
>> WELL, WE CAN FINE HER.
WE CAN-- I BELIEVE SHE CAN GO TO JAIL.
SHE CAN BE PUT IN JAIL.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: PLEASE, DON'T
CHANT "LOCK HER UP."
WE DON'T NEED THAT.
>> TOO SOON.
TOO SOON.
BUT I THINK, OVERALL, THIS IS A RULE OF LAW IN THE UNITED
STATES.
AND THE HATCH ACT, YOU KNOW, IT APPLIES TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID IS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR,
WE HAD 800,000 FEDERAL WORKERS THAT WENT WITHOUT A PAYCHECK DUE
TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
AND THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ORGANIZE POLITICALLY, DESPITE
THE FACT THAT THEY COULDN'T PAY THEIR MORTGAGES OR PAY FOR THEIR
BABIES' DIAPERS AND HERE SHE IS GOING ON "FOX & FRIENDS"
VIOLATING THE LAW THAT PLENTY OF HARDWORKING AMERICANS ARE HONOR
EACH AND EVERY DAY.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT A RULE OF LAW THAT THE RICH AND THE POWERFUL
ARE EXEMPT FROM AND WORKING PEOPLE ARE MORE PRONE TO.
RULE OF LAW MEANS THAT THE LAW APPLIES TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON.
AND THAT'S WHAT NAIKS RADICAL, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS
COUNTRY FAIR IN A DEMOCRACY AND SO...
>> Stephen: WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
WE HAVE TO GO NOW.
SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF THERE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND ALSO, HAPPY FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF GETTING THE
NOMINATION FOR YOUR SEAT.
THAT'S TODAY.
CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ,
EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH "MEANWHILE."