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that. >> he is not wrong. that really escalated, didn't it? the way the republicans are talking about other republicans, talking about marjorie taylor greene, this is an extraordinary moment. it's one thing to say the republican majority has been dysfunctional, but i am struggling to remember a time when a political party was at one another's throats the way republicans are, right now. >> you've got five seconds if you have any thoughts, congresswoman edwards. >> white hoods, that's enough for me. >> former congresswoman edwards, charlie sykes, sophia chai, thank you for joining us for "the sunday show". we are back with more "the sunday show", right here on msnbc. stay with us. all in one. to those with migraine, i see you. for the acute treatment of migraine

elections coming up, where we will get three more seats, and then basically, we will have the votes to oust him." kevin mccarty's seat will not be filled until a special election in may. that's early may. just from what i've told you, because i don't know if you watched your interview like i did, is she giving herself some wiggle room so that when they come back from recess, she is not under any pressure to really drop the hammer on this motion to vacate? >> absolutely. she has said this is a pink slip. there are trump allies who have confronted her to say, why are you doing this? she has told them, it's a pink slip. so, she left washington without pulling the trigger. i do not think that she will pull the trigger. i think her momentum is not really moving, anywhere, right now. >> charlie, do you agree with the consensus around the table, that marjorie taylor greene, i think what i said yesterday,

republican voters all over the country, and he is absolutely working for the democrat, passing the biden administration's agenda. so, this is a speakership that is completely over with. it's only mike johnson, trying to hang onto it and it's in complete denial. he needs to do the right thing. >> oh, well, if he doesn't do so he will be vacated, that's the rest of what she was going to say. joining me now is charlie sykes, msnbc political contributor and columnist, donna edwards, political analyst, and sophia chai, national politics reporter. thank you for joining us. so, let's do a round-robin , starting with you, charlie. reactions to congresswoman marjorie taylor greene? >> marjorie has had a tough weekend, hasn't she? she was humiliated, in and out of the house of representatives. when you have the new york post, mocking you, as moscow marge, that's not a good week.

an example of why republican, the republican majority can't have nice things, where they are trying to get any legislation. >> my mother used to tell me, i mean, this is republican on republican. this is a reminder of what most of this year has looks like in the house. speaker johnson put out the impeachment vote and failed. he put out votes that have failed and you have a republican not mincing words, describing his republican colleague on national television. that is really remarkable and i will not take sides, here. >> of course not, i would never put you on the spot of having to give an opinion because you are a news journalist. charlie, you are not. he's not just describing one person, this is a plural on

back in the presidency? i think it's a very powerful -- that's a very, very powerful argument, and i think it will play with at least a subset of undecided, swing voters. >> well, it certainly should. a critical question to be answered by those undecided voters over the next six months. thanks so much, charlie. thank you to the "washington post"'s jackie alemany for your great reporting, as always. greatly appreciate it. >> great to have you all this morning. one of the throughlines to what we've been discussing is the notion of character. it is really going to be playing out in the trial we'll be watching this week. joining us is a woman who worked for the 41st president, jean becker, author of "character matters: and other life lessons from george h.w. bush." it is great to have you on the show, jean. i love the timing for this book. i feel like it is going to

now, not all of those people are going to vote for joe biden. a lot of them are still very tribal. but they will not vote for donald trump again. obviously, there's also abortion is a big issue for a lot of republican men and women. then these court cases. you know, there is still a group of voters who think that, look, if the president is -- former president is convicted of a crime, that that makes it much harder for them to vote for him. >> all right. sarah longwell, thank you so much. charlie sykes, i'm curious your thoughts. one of the most important swing states, if not the most important swing state of wisconsin, how do you think the trials are going to play for undecided voters? >> of course, we don't actually know, but i continue to be skeptical that there is a voter who will watch the trials and say, i didn't vote for donald trump before but now i'll vote for the guy. as sarah says, we have been

day. >> it is challenging. let me go to charlie sykes. charlie, it was -- by the way, the mikes had it. mike johnson, mike mccaul, mike turner, and mike rogers. the mikes had it. i'm curious how you feel. you know, this congress, joe biden has passed so much through this congress, more than any other president as far as bipartisan legislation, in decades. let's focus really quickly on the party that we once knew. certainly seems that at least in the form of mike johnson and these other national security and intel leaders, they certainly -- i'd say they've found their bearings, but those chairman never lost their bearings. i don't think we can understate

welcome back to "morning joe." it is monday, april 22nd. elise jordan and jon meacham are still with us. joining the conversation, we have the host of the podcast "on brand with donny deutsch," donny deutsch. congressional investigations reporter for "the washington post," jackie alemany is with us. and msnbc contributor and author of the book "how the right lost its mind," charlie sykes is with us this hour. house lawmakers over the weekend approved a $95 billion foreign aid package. >> on this vote, 366 ayes and the bill is passed. without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> members on the floor cheered the funding which passed overwhelmingly on saturday. many of them were waving ukrainian flags. meanwhile, ukrainian soldiers are showing their appreciation on the front lines.