much we ll talk to you again a little later on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now another community is grieving this morning following another deadly mass shooting this time, it was at a birthday party in small town alabama. we ll have the latest in the investigation and the reaction to more gun violence in america. a daily occurrence almost. it comes as the nra held its annual convention this weekend in indianapolis, with donald trump as one of its top speakers we ll show you the mixed reception the crowd gave to a possible challenger to trump in the 2024 republican presidential race also ahead, new reporting on the wealthy donors who are now backing away from ron desantis why they are ditching the florida governor before he even launches a presidential came p campaign plus, the legal fight over abortion medication will go before the supreme court this week we ll break down
last thing that any extremist on gun issue wants would be for states like florida, states like wisconsin, to have a voter s ref remembe referendum on universal background checks. if there was, it d pass in all 50 state, which shows you why republicans on abortion, on guns, on all these other issues that they ve taken such extreme positions on and we re not just talking about the second amendment. you and i support the second amendment. we always have supported the second amendment we supported the decision in hiller heller we support americans owning guns and protecting their families. they ve taken an extreme position and are out of step with the overwhelming majority of americans. this is exactly right we re not talking about the republican base here we re talking about a faction within the base, both on
when these issues suddenly become personal. when lifelong republicans start talking to me and crying the day of the school shooting, talking about the madness, the insanity, that they re afraid to drop their 5-year-old children off at school then, suddenly, this political scuffling becomes very personal. it s the same, we talked about, with abortion. republicans talking to me, these horror stories that we re hearing out of georgia, out of florida, out of virginia, all across the country not california, but out of these states that have the most restrictive abortion laws in america. it s becoming very personal to them, rev. i think that s what s causing this crisis of the republican party. it s why kansas was a political earthquake, why wisconsin was a political earthquake, and why they re so concerned about 2024.
mean, they re lost yeah, we should note the priorities of this republican congress right now, the field hearing with alvin bragg and hunter biden and the laptop. no work on guns, no work on other issues that are paramount to the american people, and not even the looming debt ceiling fight, which the white house has been urging them to do mr. mayor, we ll switch gears and talk about a personal crusade of yours lately. rats. oh, my gosh. oh! so you ve appointed a rat czar. good idea washington, d.c., needs to do that, too. so there are new york city, home to many of us, has a rat problem. tell us what you re trying to do about it. it s what we found. first of all, i don t know if people really understand the fact that i have rats. just here. you definitely do. really, this crusade started when i was running for president. a group of mothers showed me
what personal issues in their families the only way we ll get by this is we do it together whether we come together embracing or whether we back into each other, we re going to have to come together. the former president eluding to how far apart democrats and republicans are. also, where americans stand on not just guns but abortion two keep issues. when we talk about abortion, we re talking about women s health we re talking about women who are miscarrying and need help. women who may die and need help. women who may need a medication that causes a termination or, yes, yes, republicans, you can use the word abortion. it s not a bad word. it is a word that pertains to women s health yet, they are so afraid to talk about it so far apart when it comes to this issue republican senator and potential 2024 hopeful tim scott of south