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Big tent that wasnt already there. i think that thats really true. you can, you know, go back to barry goldwater when you start excavating the stuff of where were the first strands of trumpism that we see. i start with pat buchanan in 1992, and i spent a lot of time talking to pat. what you see there when you start excavating this is there was always that element of us versus them, that racial grievance especially, because what people forget, what i describe here, is pat buchanans 92 campaign wa...

Basis, they said if theres 80 percent vaccination rates then those schools can lift the mandates. so the question -- remember, lucy is a doctor. i am not a doctor. i listen to the doctors in terms of what we should do, but the bottom line is at the same exact time that this is going on you have lots of parents who are still afraid. you have lots of people who are still afraid because weve just gone through omicron. thats why i think it is important to have a science-based metric that people can ...

Looney than me, and for him though think that, you know. >> yes, we have seen him over the course of his career make slipups on that. he did it on abortion but he changed his tune and people were forgiving of it but i think this is fundamentally different. to put a finer point on that. >> put a fine point on the fine point. >> toward the end of the book, it is a trump pollster, tony fabricio, who runs a survey every decade or so where exactly the republican party electorate is. in 1997 he had so...

To children in the larger population, that it doesnt spread easily in schools, that so many teachers have been vaccinated or at least had the opportunity to be vaccinated, now kids have the chance to be vaccinated. so at what point do we just say, okay, it is time to get rid of the masks? isnt there enough science available already? >> thats why im saying if we -- you know, we believe in no off ramp. i asked dr. cardona and dr. wilensky to start planning for an off ramp in november pre-omicron. ...

Post" breaking news headlines on my push notifications. the first one, swear to god, i wake up at 2:30 in the morning. >> uh-oh. >> bleary eyed. i look at my phone, "new york post", david lee roth announces retirement. i was like, sweet jesus. >> what? >> this is the push notification i was born for. >> wow. >> these people have the best push notifications. elderly nun sentenced for gambling away elementary school funds. >> not good. >> not funny but it is a "new york post" push notification. >>...

Even those who were moderates in the party have benched their own dignity to the will of donald trump and the most extreme parts of the republican party. you know, it is disappointing and, frankly, the american public can expect more from people who call themselves leaders. there has to be some level you would hope at which the people would say, i would rather lose my seat than continue on with this charade. but there seems to be no bottom, and we keep saying this. mika, it is boring. it is bori...

Agree with it. the other half would be like, thank you for coming and talking to me about it. i dont know why these people dont try that more and have a little more faith in themselves and in their constituents so they can go and tell them the truth, but they havent done it. theyre scared. theyre always running forever. still ahead on "morning joe," president biden vows to bring an end to a major gas pipeline if russia invades ukraine. but will that threat be enough to deter putin? plus, fro...

Health of our kids. >> im curious what you think about the ability of people to sue a platform like facebook, section 230 which is the question of whether publisher or platform, this debate thats ongoing. do you think these companies like facebook, have a responsibility, a liability, if something terrible happens, god forbid to a child or anyone? >> so im a strong proponent for maintaining protection for the hosting of contents under section 230. it is very, very important we maintain those prot...

Say lets do it on this day. the problem with that, willie, is if you do that you will actually have to do something with somebody. i dont know if i want to do that. >> no. >> willie, so it is like this vicious cycle im in right now. do you have any suggestions, willie? >> i need to read that article because it sounds like all of those are not going to happen for you or for me or for most people. i like the book time, we should get together, i cant wait till covid is over, but you have to make a ...

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