Sanders Warns Democrats: Don't Spend Everything on Trump Probes

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told Democrats on Sunday they "cannot spend" all of their time investigating President Trump, even as his party retakes majorities in Congress after the midterms.

Sanders made the remarks on NBC's Meet the Press. He did not drop the oversight push: "Do we want to hold the Trump administration accountable for their corruption, for their illegal, unconstitutional actions?" he asked, then answered yes.

The warning landed the same morning House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) went the other direction. On ABC's This Week, Jeffries said: "I'm a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution," referring to an impeachment resolution against War Secretary Pete Hegseth that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is expected to introduce.

Jeffries accused Hegseth of abusing his power and said he "engineered this reckless and costly war-of-choice in Iran," which he argued has raised prices. "Pete Hegseth has got to go," he said.

Worth noting: the impeachment resolution is expected to come from a Republican, and House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has said "there's a lot of questions about Hegseth." Not every Republican is defending the Pentagon chief. But the split on the other side is just as telling. The party's most prominent progressive is already urging colleagues to remember voters sent them to Washington about costs, not subpoenas.