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inflation and racist rhetoric. >> yes, joe biden is our president. he was chosen in the only election that matters the election held by the electoral college. whether there were errors, whether some states might have conducted their elections better than others, theres always room for debate and questions about that. >> for you to talk about the importance of the electoral college i think is rich. you know exactly how important it is, and i think you knew how important it was when you ...

>> i always had a few questions about it. >> reporter: the campaign, pretending to be your chief of staff. >> you know, i didnt know about that. it happened -- i was not notified about that until a later date. >> reporter: did you speak to him about it at all? >> yeah, i didnt know about it until a later date unfortunately. >> house speaker kevin mccarthy thought george santos resume was questionable before revelations about his lies were discovered and there are so many lies. >> some ...

gas stoves. [ laughter ] >> hes so hot, he can be my twin brother. you know it. oh, i am exaggerating. anyway, i am way hotter. we are going to tackle the whole biden classified biden scandal in minutes. first, lets do this, shall we? >> the audience decide the story. >> yeah, we are the only show that does this but for a reason. here is a refresher, i am going to giver you two topics and whichever gets the most applause wins. by the way, it is the same way pete picks out a speedo. ope...

because, mr. president, thats why the country elected you twice and why youll be considered one of the most consequential presidents in our history along with one of the most consequential first ladies. michelle, he knows and i know he couldnt have done it without you. i know i couldnt. in fact, we had lunch once a week every week come hell or high water. and everybody wondered about all the important things we talked about. probably 40% of the time we talked about family. we most talk...

well read from that new piece. so much different legal angles are percolating with the jan. 6 and other issues with the election. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is friday, july 8th. with us, the host of "way too early" and politicos jonathan lemire. associate editor of the "washington post," eugene robinson. and we begin with the breaking news. former japanese prime minister shinzo abe is dead after being shot twice this morning. officials is say abe was campaigning for a...

Graham called donald trump a threat to the united states of america, and said that hed wreck republican party. the republican party would deserve being destroyed if they nominated donald trump to then turn out to be one of donald trumps biggest suck-ups. that would have been shocking before the age of trump. it would have been shocking to hear leaders in the senate saying that because of tradition there was no way they could appoint, they could support the appointment of a supreme court justice ...

>> it does matter. >> so you think this matters. >> yeah, because get along, go along. how you get along with other people in your office matters to how you advance, you said it yourself. suck ups, they get promoted. >> yeah, pete, i used to think everybody loves me at fox. >> you probably have a different account of that. >> i am about four offices down from you. you know what they call the little area in front of your office? the likability gap. [ laughter ] >> his office is filled with scente...

Washington. so mark leibovich has a new essay in the "atlantic" entitled "the most pathetic men in america." its adapted from his forthcoming book, "thank you for your servitude." in it, leibovich takes a look at what he calls the, quote, slavishly devoted republicans who trump drew to his side. he writes in part, this, its been said before, but never can be emphasized enough, without the complicity of the republican party -- and, joe, this is a point youve been making all along -- donald trump ...

You have to root for the team. i understand that. cant blame republicans, sinema, mansion, the squad, the but dogs are slowing down his agenda. why would the republican party strap their lassos to this train wreck? look at this guy. he is unpopular. his policies are making everything worse. if he was popular and he was doing good things, you would probably have maybe 10 to 15 senate democrats joining that agenda. but you are not going to see that and thats clear. nancy pelosi, prosecute mr. perf...

Is to becoming a general now, you dont become a general by being a lion in combat yourself. you become a general by the same you rise in every other bureaucratic organization by being a successful suck-up and parroting whatever the people at the top are saying. it turns out people who are good suck-ups and good parroters are not especially great generals. >> mark: thats well put. its a 20-year which is injedable. actually. that isnt the gap between wars in a lot of human history. whats fascinati...