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Matt Cartwright: “Our Article 1 requirements of keeping a check on the…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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DPCC Co-Chair Cartwright on MSNBC

Published | Video Starts at 02:57

I mean, it's about what public sentiment will put up with. And if Trump did something that the public is fully informed of, that we do our job. Our Article 1 requirements of keeping a check on the executive branch, if we get the fact so everybody knows that, what the facts are and they still think it's okay, then that's what we do. We don't impeach and we just let the voters decide at the ballot box. Do you think the leadership of which part of the Democratic Party in the House is delaying a vote or proceedings on impeachment, or you're crossing it off as a possibility? (02:57–03:12)

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Asserts that the House's Article 1 duty is to check the executive branch and inform the public.

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