>>> WELCOME BACK TO "HARDBALL." HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI HAS
REMAINED OPPOSED TO IMPEACHMENT.
BUT AS MORE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS
COME OUT IN FAVOR OF A
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, WILL THEY
HOLD TO THAT POSITION?
SOME ARE CALLING FOR IMPEACHMENT
JUST HOURS BEING SWORN INTO
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. LET’S WATCH.
LET’S WATCH. >> PEOPLE LOVE YOU, AND YOU WIN.
AND WHEN YOUR SON LOOKS AT YOU
AND SAYS, MAMA, LOOK, YOU WON,
BULLIES DON’T WIN.
AND I SAID, BABY, THEY DON’T.
WE’RE GOING TO GO IN THERE AND
IMPEACH THE [ BLEEP ].
>> WE HAD TO BLEEP THAT PART
OUT.
OUT. JOINING ME IS DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSWOMAN RASHIDA TLAIB OF
MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF MUELLER
TODAY, CONGRESSWOMAN?
TODAY, CONGRESSWOMAN? >> WELL, I THINK FROM THE
BEGINNING THE MUELLER REPORT IS
AN IMPEACHMENT REFERRAL TO THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
IT’S A CLEAR THAT HE IS ASKING
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO
TAKE UP THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO
NOW HOLD AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
INTO THESE OFFENSES.
I THINK IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT FOR
MANY AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT I HAVE
SPOKEN TO, THEY DON’T WANT A
LAWLESS KING-LIKE PRESIDENT.
TO CONTINUE TO NOT BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION AND SO MANY THINGS
THAT ARE SO INTERCONNECTED TO
THE WORK THAT WE’RE TRYING TO DO
ON THEIR BEHALF.
>> THE DOWNSIDE -- FIRST OF ALL,
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT SPEAKER
PELOSI.
PELOSI. SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE
COMMONWEALTH CLUB OUT IN SAN
FRANCISCO, HER HOMETOWN.
SHE SAID ONLY ABOUT 38 DEMOCRATS
IN THE HOUSE, HER CAUCUS, ARE
FOR ACTING ON IMPEACHMENT AND
200 ARE NOT.
HOW DO YOU SEE THE NUMBERS?
>> WELL, FOR ME I’VE ALWAYS
LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS OF THE
TURNOUT THAT WE SAW IN THE LAST
ELECTION THAT GAVE US ONE OF THE
LARGEST, MOST DIVERSE CLASS TO
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
IF YOU SEE US TAKING ON THE
MAJORITY, IT’S BECAUSE MORE
PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND OTHERS
THAT REALLY WANT TO HOLD THIS
PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLE CAME OUT
TO VOTE.
TO VOTE. TO ME IT WAS A REFERENDUM.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
ACROSS THIS NATION, IT WAS VERY
CLEAR THAT MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT
BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO ELECT A
JURY THAT WOULD IMPEACH THIS
PRESIDENT, BUT ALSO TO ALWAYS
UPHOLD THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION. IT WAS VERY CLEAR, BECAUSE
PEOPLE LIKE ME, REGULAR FOLKS,
THAT ARE NOT YOUR POLISHED
POLITICIANS, THAT DON’T LOOK AT
POLLING OR THESE POLITICAL
STRATEGIES FROM THIS OTHER LENS
BUT ARE LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE
BEST INTERESTS OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, WE’RE REGULAR FOLKS THAT
ARE NOW LEADING THIS FIGHT TO
SAY THAT WE HAVE TO HOLD HIM
ACCOUNTABLE.
ACCOUNTABLE. YOU KNOW, CHRIS, IT’S VERY
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WE
CANNOT SEPARATE THE FACT THAT
WE’RE OUT THERE FIGHTING TO
LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, WE’RE
FIGHTING TO DEAL WITH THE CRISIS
AT THE BORDER.
WE CAN’T SIT THERE AND SEPARATE
THAT FROM THE FACT THAT THE
PRESIDENT, THE MOST IMPORTANT
POSITION IN THIS COUNTRY, IS NOT
UPHOLDING THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION. THUS, THUS IMPACTING AND
DIRECTLY IMPACTING, ENDANGERING
THIS INSTITUTION AND THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. IT IS OUR JOB AND OUR DUTY AND
RESPONSIBILITY, JUST LIKE THE
WATERGATE CLASS WHEN THEY CAME
IN.
IN. THEY DIDN’T RUN AWAY FROM THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR DUTY.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE CAMPAIGNED ON
IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT, BUT AT
THE END THEY DID WHAT WAS RIGHT
FOR THE COUNTRY AND THEY PUT THE
PEOPLE FIRST BEFORE THEY CHOSE
ANY KIND OF POLITICAL STANCE
WHEN IT COMES TO ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT PUNDITS THAT ARE OUT
THERE SAYING IT’S NOT TIME.
IT IS DEFINITELY TIME.
THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING BUT
ALSO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
HURTING EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT WE
DON’T ACT.
DON’T ACT. >> I HEAR YOUR PASSION AND I
FEEL IT AND I SHARE IT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING.
PELOSI IS SITTING THERE.
SHE’S A POL AND SHE’S A GOOD
ONE.
ONE. SHE’S SAYING WAIT A MINUTE,
THERE’S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT.
ONCE YOU GET INTO A WAR, AND IT
WILL BE A WAR WITH TRUMP.
HE WILL DECLARE THE FACT THAT
YOU AND YOUR CAUCUS ARE TRYING
TO UPSET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE’S
DECISION OF 2016.
THAT YOU AND THE DEEP STATE
HE’LL CALL IT AND THE FBI AND
THE MEDIA ARE ALL OUT TO TURN
AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
THIS WILL BE A COUP, IT WILL BE
AN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY OUR
DEMOCRACY AND HE’LL DO THIS
EVERY SINGLE HOUR THAT THE
IMPEACHMENT EXERCISE IS AT WORK.
CAN YOUR LEADERSHIP WITHSTAND
THAT ATTACK?
THAT ATTACK? CAN YOU AS A DEMOCRATIC PARTY
WITHSTAND THAT KIND OF ATTACK?
>> LOOK, CHRIS, I TELL THE
PRESIDENT BRING IT.
10 MILLION PEOPLE SIENGDGNED A
PETITION TO IMPEACH THIS
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. I BET I CAN GET 10 MILLION MORE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. FROM ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY TALKING TO PEOPLE AT
HOME, THEY ARE VERY CLEAR, NO
ONE SHOULD BE ABOVE THE LAW.
NO ONE SHOULD SIT THERE AND
BECOME A KING-LIKE PRESIDENT.
IT ENDANGERS OUR WELL-BEING, OUR
FUTURE.
FUTURE. WHAT PRECEDENT DO WE SET WHEN WE
DON’T DO ANYTHING?
INACTION IS BASICALLY SAYING
WHAT HE IS DOING ACTING ABOVE
THE LAW AND NOT UPHOLDING HIS
OATH AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, I SAY TO PEOPLE,
PLEASE, UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS
NOT ABOUT THIS PRESIDENT WHO’S A
ME, ME, ME PRESIDENT, THIS IS
ABOUT PEOPLE, ABOUT GOVERNMENT,
WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT
PEOPLE AND UPHOLDING THE MOST
BRILLIANT, AWESOME DOCUMENT WE
HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY, WHICH IS
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
THAT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY.
I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES
GLAE
GLAE AGREE.
AGREE. WE CANNOT RUN THIS COUNTRY BASED
ON POLITICAL STRATEGY AND IT HAS
TO BE SO CENTERED AROUND WHAT’S
DOING RIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY.
THAT’S WHAT MANY OF US AND OF
THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT
SUPPORT THIS EFFORT IN SAYING
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, THIS IS SO
MUCH IMPACTING US TRYING TO DO
OUR JOB AROUND PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS, AROUND HEALTH CARE.
MY GOD, THE EDUCATION CRISIS
THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE CAN’T DO OUR JOB WHEN THE MAN
THAT IS IN CHARGE IN THE OVAL
OFFICE IS ENDANGERING OUR
COUNTRY AND OUR DEMOCRACY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
ON, CONGRESSWOMAN.
ON, CONGRESSWOMAN. PLEASE COME BACK AGAIN.
>> OF COURSE.
>> I LIKE CLARITY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON BECAUSE