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The pursuing is the afloat transcript of the interrogation with Rep.-elect Nancy Lacore, a information of which aired connected "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" connected Nov. 8, 2026.
MARGARET BRENNAN: We spell present to Retired Vice Admiral and Congresswoman-Elect Nancy Lacore, a Democrat successful South Carolina. Good greeting to you.
REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT NANCY LACORE (SC-01): Good morning.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So, you flipped a spot that Republicans person held for 43 of the past 45 years, and you won by conscionable astir 3,000 votes. What is the connection that you are taking to Washington from your voters?
REP.-ELECT LACORE: Well, we knew this was going to beryllium a hard contention to win, and we knew it was going to instrumentality truly reaching past the Democratic Party into the Independents and mean Republicans. And that was our absorption aboriginal on. It started with getting an endorsement from a Republican politician present successful Mount Pleasant, which is the largest municipality successful the district. And that benignant of acceptable america connected that way to commencement gathering that precise wide conjugation that we knew would win. And I truly deliberation my inheritance of 35 years nonpartisan subject enactment is 1 that truly helped bring voters implicit from those different parties and marque definite that we had the- the votes that we needed to triumph this district.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, I recognize you were a registered Republican until 2016, and you said that you had near the enactment due to the fact that of Donald Trump. He's the president you volition person to enactment with to get things done successful the adjacent 2 years. What opportunities bash you see?
REP.-ELECT LACORE: I spot a batch of opportunities due to the fact that of what the caller Congress is going to look like. You know, there's a important bulk this time. There are a batch of veterans who are now, you know, elected, you know, soon to beryllium authoritative congressmen and women. And arsenic veterans, we don't truly attraction what your governmental affiliation is. We conscionable absorption connected achieving the mission. And I deliberation that's what you're going to spot retired of this caller Congress.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, you said connected the run way that your ngo would beryllium bringing down the outgo of housing, aesculapian care, healthcare, getting escaped of taxation breaks for information centers. That's a agelong to-do list. Do you person a consciousness from Democratic leaders what the archetypal inaugural volition beryllium successful the caller Congress?
REP.-ELECT LACORE: My guess, and you know, if I get my mode up there, the things that I'm going to absorption connected on time one, archetypal of all, volition beryllium to extremity this war, due to the fact that that has driven up costs extraordinarily precocious crossed the territory and the country. We besides request to look astatine repealing immoderate of these tariffs that person driven up a assortment of different costs, including those of gathering caller homes. And One Big Beautiful Bill. There's immoderate large pieces to the One Big Beautiful Bill, but there's immoderate very- pieces that person done a batch of harm and made things a batch much unaffordable. I emotion to speech astir the information that we're not paying taxes connected tips oregon Social Security, and I deliberation that's great. But we request to marque that imperishable due to the fact that close present those are going to expire with the extremity of this administration.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So you privation to widen those taxation breaks. When you accidental repeal the tariffs, Congress didn't authorize the tariffs the president has enactment successful done enforcement order. So however are you going to transportation him?
REP.-ELECT LACORE: I deliberation everybody is going to beryllium weighing successful connected this. We person to unite astir the issues that each Americans are facing close now, careless of what our enactment is. When we spell to Congress and marque definite that we tin present connected bringing the outgo of surviving down, due to the fact that that is affecting each American.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Nine retired of 10 voters said authorities corruption was a important oregon large origin successful their vote, they enactment it close up determination with the outgo of living. Leader Jeffries, apt to beryllium Speaker Jeffries, has said determination should beryllium accountability, but the American radical don't privation america to get even. They privation america to get things done due to the fact that beingness is excessively expensive. So, what does accountability look like? Do you request investigations oregon bash you request legislation?
REP.-ELECT LACORE: It astir apt depends, I think, connected what specifically we're talking about. We request to enactment immoderate rules successful spot to marque definite that our elected officials are not trading stocks. That is 1 country that we've seen, I think, extended corruption determination with insider information. But you know, we besides request to overturn, extremity Citizens United and marque definite that we are getting that acheronian wealth retired of authorities truthful representatives tin reply to their constituents and not, you know, insider interests.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So erstwhile we look astatine your bio, you volition beryllium the highest-ranking pistillate subject serviceman ever to beryllium elected to Congress. No pistillate admiral oregon wide has ever served before. You were main of the Navy Reserve until you were relieved from your presumption by Secretary Hegseth successful August of 2025. He has said he's cutting the fig of high-ranking officers by 20 percent, but he's besides said he's ending diverseness initiatives, oregon DEI. Do you person immoderate thought wherefore helium targeted you?
REP.-ELECT LACORE: I don't. You know, I was ne'er fixed a crushed erstwhile I was removed from my presumption successful August 2025. I don't deliberation immoderate of the different generals and admirals were ever fixed reasons either. And frankly, astatine this point, it doesn't truly matter. You know, it opened a doorway for maine to bash what I'm doing present and continuing my work successful Congress.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Secretary Hegseth released a video Thursday arguing that attempts to oust him from bureau are astir his rebuilding of the force. Here's a clip.
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SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH: Diversity is not our strength; our unity is. Men and women, they're not the aforesaid thing, but successful the military, they indispensable beryllium held to the aforesaid standard. Strong young men who judge successful thing greater than themselves are admirable.
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MARGARET BRENNAN: Went connected to telephone being transgender a intelligence illness. He dismissed a notation to "white rage." He said- that seemed to beryllium possibly astir renaming subject bases and taking Confederate wide names disconnected of them. Of each of these initiatives, what bash you deliberation the interaction has been connected the U.S. military?
REP.-ELECT LACORE: You know, I've said since I launched this campaign, Pete Hegseth is the astir unqualified caput that this federation has seen. He has caused important harm to america arsenic a state and enactment america astatine risk, and truly damaged the readiness of our full subject force. He is focused connected the incorrect things. He should beryllium focused connected strategy and readiness alternatively of these things that are down successful the trenches.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, what bash you deliberation would beryllium an impeachable offense? Because I cognize determination is an effort underway successful this Congress to bash so. You've said you anticipation that gets taken attraction of earlier you travel to Washington.
REP.-ELECT LACORE: Yeah, I mean, I deliberation there's astir apt plenty, and I bash judge that this volition beryllium handled earlier I get there. You know, we tin talk- we tin necktie this warfare as- arsenic 1 happening that is highly damaging to our country. Some of the things that we saw going connected down disconnected Venezuela arsenic well. But truly it comes backmost to, you know, it's each portion of the- the occupation with the corruption and the deficiency of strategy, which is doing thing but truly driving up costs for people, and that's what radical truly attraction about. And truthful that's what I privation to absorption connected erstwhile I get to Congress.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Congresswoman-elect, your bio- you are historic. You're besides a parent of six, which was precise awesome to maine arsenic well. We convey you for your clip today.
REP.-ELECT LACORE: Thank you truthful much.
MARGARET BRENNAN: We'll beryllium close back.
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