During a press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) called on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign after a group chat on war plans against the Houthis was leaked to a reporter.
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00:00Good morning.
00:04It's become increasingly clear that the Trump administration's incompetence is jeopardizing
00:09our national security, crashing the American economy, and dismantling Social Security.
00:16Secretary of Defense Hegseth must resign for his role in sharing classified war plans.
00:21This is a scandal that feels a little more like the onion than the Atlantic, but he should
00:28be fired.
00:29But the White House is careless and not isolated to our national security.
00:36It's also having a negative impact on our economy.
00:40This carelessness and recklessness of Donald Trump is moving next to imposing tariffs,
00:48which have suggested now that there are a 40 percent chance that the economy crashes
00:55into a recession next year, according to Moody's.
00:58They've not taken a single step toward bringing down the high cost of living.
01:03In fact, the President of the United States said he couldn't care less if prices go up.
01:09Now the stock market is crashing and inflation is rising.
01:13Hardworking Americans just want a little breathing room and some stability in their busy lives.
01:20But what they've received from Donald Trump is chaos, confusion, and corruption.
01:26Later today, House Democrats will hold a hearing on how Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling
01:32Social Security.
01:34Services are being cut.
01:36And for the first time in our nation's history, there is a very real concern that Americans
01:42won't receive the benefits on time that they have paid into.
01:47And despite what the Commerce Secretary says, seniors aren't fraudsters if they get mad.
01:53They've earned those benefits.
01:56They're doing all of this to help pay for tax giveaways for billionaires and Elon Musk.
02:02This isn't about rooting out race, waste, fraud, and abuse.
02:07This is about ending the status quo.
02:11And these are unserious people looking out for themselves, their allies, and their political
02:16donors.
02:18If the President doesn't fix this incompetence, the consequences for our national security,
02:23our economic security, will be devastating.