President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE on Sunday cited Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezOn The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline McCarthy says there will be a peaceful transition if Biden wins Anxious Democrats amp up pressure for vote on COVID-19 aid MORE (D-N.Y.), one of the many Democrats calling for impeachment hearings against Trump, to defend himself against impeachment.

Trump quoted Ocasio-Cortez's earlier remarks, made on ABC's "This Week," that Democrats have "a very real risk of losing the presidency to Donald Trump."

"I agree, and that is the only reason they play the impeach card, which cannot be legally used!" Trump said.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “I think we have a very real risk of losing the Presidency to Donald Trump.” I agree, and that is the only reason they play the impeach card, which cannot be legally used! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 16, 2019

In the same interview, the freshman representative said that with "every day that passes, the pressure to impeach grows, and I think that it's justifiable."

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"Ten counts of obstruction of justice, four with rock-solid evidence. We have violations of the Emoluments Clause. We need to at least open an inquiry so that we can look at what is going on, and that is what opening an impeachment inquiry means," she said. "Holding this president [to] account is holding all of government to account."