It is a great place to start. Especially given the Vice President ial debate that we all watched. It is entitled, this is why maga loves j. D. Vance. And you wrote in part quote, weve seen all this before. In 2016 and 2020, Mike Pence was the gentleman debater. He was less polished and less effective than vance, but he had a similar, softening effect on the ticket. In 2016, his Earnest Faith and apparent kindness might have reassured voters that Trump Couldnt be that bad, not if he had chosen pence. We know exactly how that turned out. In choosing advanced and discarding pence, trump traded actual decency for a man who could simulate decency, and thats exactly what advanced did on tuesday night. But he couldnt keep it together for the entire evening. At the very end, the mask slipped. On tuesday night, walters learned exactly why maga loves vance so much. Hes a talented communicator. He has a compelling life story. He can make the ideological and Policy Case for republican populism bet
Pets. Can you even remember a time when something like that would have been disqualifying . Because i cant anymore republicans now elected trump three times. Democrats lost to him half the time. This election is still inexplicably close. Unfortunately, some americans watched that and thought, i dont like how kamala laughed when he called immigrants dog eaters. That wasnt very president ial. Wow. That sums it up. Welcome to Morning Joe. It is monday, september 23rd. With us, we have the host of Way Too Early, white House Bureau Chief at politico, jonathan lemire. Nbc news national Affairs Analyst and a partner in chief political columnist at puck, John Heilemann. Good to have you with us this morning. We have six weeks to go until Election Day. Theres new Nbc News polling out showing a major shift in the 2024 race. In the latest survey, Vice President Kamala Harris leads former president Donald Trump by five points, 49 to 44 , among registered voters nationwide. Although, that result is
Something really unusual, and im going to invite you to attend one of Donald Trumps rallies. Theres no need to feel down i said, young man really interesting thing to watch. Women, i wont be following you around to the hospitals, monitoring. What you will also notice is people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. By the way, her crowds are zero. Her crowds, she has no crowds. Ill tell you, The One thing you will not hear him talk about is you. Theyre taking the geese. You know where they are, The Park and the lake, even walking off with their pets. My dog has been taken. You will not hear him talk about your needs, dreams, and your desires. I always liked him. Im not going to watch him anymore. Im not going to watch him because hes not legit. What he did, im not going to watch him. [ applause ] and his hair is not as good as it used to be, you know . Ill tell you, i believe you deserve a president who actually puts you first. Mom is so proud. Come on, baby, yo
Birthday, North Korea. Hope you remember to get them something nice. North korea traces its founding to This date in 1948. And so today was full of palpably terrified North Korean citizens marching through the streets dressed identically, Doing Synchronized things with s flags and banners all pledging loyalty until death to the third generation of totalitarian dictators who have ruled that country since its founding in 1948. The cult of personality that undergirds the North Korean dictatorship involves the worship of the kim family as gods on earth. Today, on the occasion of North Koreas birthday, the chinese president , Xi Jinping and the president of russia, Vladimir Putin, sent warm congratulations to North Korea. Warm congratulations to kim jongun, praising his dictatorship, promising Closinga Relations and cooperation in the future. And at some level, maybe the Birthday Card from China And Russia for North Korea makes d sense. I mean, both China And Russia do border North Korea, a
Thanksgiving dinner there. You know plenty of people could fit it s true i gotta say, having been in the mix for so many debates and so many different ways that you have worked, are you actually looking forward to it tomorrow or are you bracing yourself? both. I think i can t stop thinking about the fact that they have never met in person. And there s so many dynamics to i also as a fellow prepper, i admire that about the vice president. But it also means you need to prepare and then be agile, so i just think that will be interesting to watch. Re and how does she deal with the trump s of it all? so both, bracing and also interested. How about you? i mean, i feel like coming out f of the most consequential presidential debate that has everal happened in u. S. History. Every. Playing the odds means this should be a normal one, right? boring maybe. Nothingor about this campaig isbo boring or normal. I don t know. I feel like we re all just sort of ready for everything. Ready for anything.