Bernie Sanders warns Democrats not to spend all their time investigating Trump
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Democrats should hold President Donald Trump accountable after taking control of the House and Senate in January, but warned the party not to spend too much...
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Sen. Bernie Sanders said Democrats should hold President Donald Trump accountable after taking control of the House and Senate in January, but warned the party not to spend too much time on probing the president and his allies. During an appearance on NBC News' "Meet the Press," the senator said it is still important to investigate Trump administration officials for alleged corruption and illegal activity, but stressed that the priority should be tackling affordability and supporting working-class families. Asked by host Kristen Welker if he believes that spending two years investigating Trump and his officials could jeopardize the mandate to lower prices and make life more affordable, Sanders replied, "Yes, I do." "Do we want to hold the Trump administration accountable for their corruption, for their illegal, unconstitutional actions? Absolutely," Sanders said. DEMS PIVOT FROM ‘AFFORDABILITY’ PITCH TO DHS PROBE THREATS AFTER MIDTERM WINS However, Sanders said that Democrats "cannot spend all of our time investigating Trump." "At the end of the day, when you’ve got the highest rate of childhood poverty in America, of any major country, when 20% of our seniors are trying to survive on $15,000 a year, when people are scared to death that Elon Musk and the other billionaires are pushing AI down our throats with cataclysmic impacts on the economy, our privacy rights, on our health, and — and imposing an existential threat to humanity, we cannot spend all of our time investigating Trump," he said. "We’ve got to stand up for working-class families, make a real difference in their lives," Sanders continued. Democrats campaigned on affordability ahead of the midterms, blaming the Trump administration for the soaring costs of gas, groceries, housing and healthcare. Candidates linked the rise in costs, in part, to the U.S. military's war on Iran and Trump's tariffs on countries around the world. The Iran war, which…