We hear you. And we stand with you. We are steeped in the good evening, america. Im katie britt, and i have the honor of serving the great people of alabama. But tonight, ill be auditioning for the part of scary mom. And ill be performing an original monologue called, this country is hell. You see, im not just a senator. Im a wife, a mother, and the craziest [ bleep ] in the target parking lot. First and foremost, im a mom. And like any mom, im going to do a pivot Out Of Nowhere into a shockingly violent story about Sex Trafficking. And rest assured, every detail about it is real, except the year, where it took place, and who was president when it happened. And tonight, i am not just responding to the State Of The Union, i am also selling these bejewelled cross necklaces. Kitchens are where families have the hard conversations, like the one well have tomorrow about how mommy freaked out the entire country. To the American People who are struggling right now, know this, we hear you. We see you. We smell you. Were inside your kitchen right now looking through your fridge. And whats that on the top shelf . Migrants. I think that analogy went well. Wow. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is monday, march 11th. I dont know which katie britt was more like katie britt, but that was incredible. With us, we have the host of way too early, White House Bureau chief at politico, Jonathan Lemire. U. S. Special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, and msnbc contributor and the author of how the right lost its mind, charlie sykes. Boy, do we need charlie. First, can we talk about the 96th annual oscars . They were held in hollywood. Oppenheimer came into the night with 13 nominations and ended up with the most wins, including best picture. Best actor for Cillian Murphy. Supporting actor for Robert Downey jr. Emma stone won best actress. The oscars also featured showstopping performances from singer Billie Eilish and actor ryan gosling. Both performing songs from the barbie soundtrack. At the end of the night, jimmy kimmel took a minute to read former President Trumps reaction to his hosting. I just got a review, and has there ever been a worst host than jimmy kimmel at the oscars . He was trying too hard to be something he is not and never can be. Get rid of kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up by cheap abc talent. See if you can guess which former president just posted that On Truth Social. Anyone . No . Thank you, President Trump. Thank you for watching. Im surprised youre still isnt it past your jail time . Oh, my. Here we go. Thats the thing, he just doesnt i guess he doesnt understand. He just keeps walking into traps. He keeps again, its like an old fighter thats past his prime. The things that may have worked, that may have been disruptive six, you know, 2016, Everybody Knows thats coming. Hes the butt of the joke for millions of people last night. Two things can be true. While he keeps losing and having problems along the way, especially legal problems, hes developing a whole, new bench, a new generation of young, i would say, republicans, but i think trumpers. Its safer to call them trumpers. Yeah. Who lie like he does. They dont care. And who will lose. Like katie britt. Well get to that in a minute. Yeah. But theyll lose, too. This is the pathway to loserdom. Weve been seeing that over the weekend. Youve been sewing the reaction to bidens state of the Union Address. Youve been seeing really stupid reactions from people who said he was going to be asleep. Now, its like, hes too jacked up. Oh, like, thats all Certain Networks had. Which do you want . Exactly. Want him to be okay. Yeah. Nearly 33 Million People watched, and they can decide, President Bidens state of the Union Address on broadcast or Cable Television thursday night. A marked increase from the year before. In the wake of the president s wellreceived speech, the Biden Campaign hit record fundraising numbers. In the 24 hours after bidens remarks, his Reelection Campaign raked in 10 million. That is the largest 24hour haul the campaign and its affiliated committees have seen so far. This weekend, the president kicked off his post state of the Union Campaign tour with a stop in philadelphia on friday followed by a rally in georgia on saturday. His campaign also released a new political ad that leaned into the president s age. Take a look. Look, im not a young guy. Thats no secret. But heres the deal, i understand how to get things done for the American People. I led the country through the covid crisis. Today, we have the strongest economy in the world. I passed the law that lowered Prescription Drug prices, caps insulin 35 a month for seniors. Four years, donald trump tried to pass an Infrastructure Law, and he failed. I got it done. Now, were rebuilding america. I passed the biggest law in history to combat Climate Change because our future depends on it. Donald trump look away the freedom of women to choose. Im determined to make roe v. Wade the Law Of The Land again. Donald trump believes the job of the president is to take their after donald trump. I believe the job of the president is to fight for you, the American People, and thats what im doing. Im joe biden. I approve this message. Can we do one more take . Look, im very young, energetic, and handsome. What am i doing this for . All right. That ad, of course, will be running in critical swing states like president and georgia. Charlie, you look, and weve been talking about our former party, about the excesses of the former party. I really, again, have talked about all the State Of The Unions ive been in, political campaigns i followed or been through. Ive just never seen a contrast this striking. Its almost like seven, eight years of corruption and extremism and lying caught up to republicans all in one night. So visualized in one night. It seems now, biden has the wind behind him. Yeah, oddly a biden skeptic, but that was very, very good. The mood and narrative have changed in the last week. A week ago, you and i were sitting here discussing the freakout of the democrats, about joe biden. Think about where were at. Just a reminder how fast things move in politics. So you had a good few days for joe biden, including that ad and some of the interviews hes given. Also, the trump vp audition not going that well. To mikas point about the republican bench, were kind of seeing where this party is going this next generation. As they try to channel their inner donald trump, it has really not gone well, has it . No, it really hasnt. You know, we were mika and i were talking, i had told her i met katie britt down at the s. E. C. Championship game. Really liked her a lot. Met her family. Down to earth. I said, you know, didnt seem to be trumpy. Seemed to be like a traditional republican, which made a lot of sense. She worked for richard shelby. Just had a great five, tenminute talk with her. Then, you know, it was a lot like elise stefanik, who we had a great talk with when elise first came into congress. I said, oh, my gosh, the future of the Republican Party is strong. Yeah. Again, shes reasonable. The antithesis of donald trump. Young, smart. Boy, somebody that the party can get around in the long run. But, Jonathan Lemire heartbreaker. Yeah, man, both of em. Well see what happens with katie britt. Unfortunately, she doubled down this weekend on the story that was a lie. I hated to see that. I was hoping shed come out and say, hey, you know what . Im new to this. Didnt do as well as i could do. You know, sorry about the story. It happens. She could have moved past it, but i guess shes going to double down. But, on the biden side, man, theyve got to be they have got to be so excited. The speech, not only did he prevail, he humiliating all of his critics. For all the world to see. Raised tons of money. Over 30 Million People watching that. Now, joking about his age, which is exactly what people have been telling him to do for some time. He does it well. Yeah, first on britt, the story you mentioned, she told us the terrible story about a Sexual Assault involving a migrant. She suggested it happened during President Bidens term. It happened over 20 years ago when george bush was president and also happened in mexico. She doubled down on it in a fox news interview over the weekend. We should give credit to Scarlett Johansson, who savaged her on saturday night live. Watch this, joementum. The best Fundraising Event came after that speech. Then he hit the road, in georgia over the weekend. New hampshire today. Michigan and wisconsin later this week. Hes ramping up the travel here. The campaign fully engaged now. They do, i cant tell you the number of democrats ive spoken to in the last three days or so who feel much better about things. They also point to polls that show biden getting a bump in the last week or two. Some coming before the State Of The Union. I expect the numbers to go up in the days ahead. They have so much more money on hand than trump does. Trump using his cash for his legal bills. They feel good about the contrast. They feel good about the story they can tell, where they are versus where trump is. That ad is the latest. It wont be the last. It is the latest to take on the age thing head on. They know its an issue. They know they can diffuse it. They think it is a problem for trump, too. Speaking of contrasts, you had joe biden after his incredible state of the Union Address talking about his accomplishments and all the positive things he was able to get done in the wake of the Trump Presidency. Coming into the white house literally barricaded after january 6th, and being able to move forward, persevere, and pass countless legislation, even Bipartisan Legislation thats improved the economy. This is a fact. Again, about the American People. Exactly. So you have all those messages resonating after the speech as he goes out on the Campaign Trail. Meanwhile, donald trump is at maralago hosting hungarys autocratic Prime Minister viktor orban. Quote, to discuss a wide range of issues affecting hungary and the United States. Orban, who has close ties to russian president Vladimir Putin, has refused to provide any aid to ukraine while seeking to turn his own country into an illiberal state. Trump has repeatedly bragged about having orbans endorsements for his 2024 campaign. At a dinner friday, he fawned over the hungarian leader. There is nobody thats better, smarter, or a better leader than viktor orban. Hes fantastic. [ applause ] as you know, the Prime Minister of hungary. Does a great job. He is a noncontroversial figure. He says, this is the way its going to be, and thats the end of it, right . Hes the boss. Hes a great leader. Wow. Katty, again, ive been warning that he keeps bringing up viktor orban for a reason. Brutal. Viktor orban who brags about getting rid of western style democracy, who brags about being an illiberal state, who has arrested and jailed competing politicians, members of the press, driven them out of the country, has actually bugged the phones of Rival Politicians and journalists. You name it, hes done it. This is who donald trump admires. He says, hes noncontroversial because he says what he wants, and he gets it done. Hes the boss. Trump, of course, said that in the most admiring of ways. Thats what america looks like under Donald Trumps second term if we take them at his own words, right . Yeah. I thought that line about, hes not controversial because he says what he wants and gets it done. Hes the boss, was so reflective. Projection, confession. You know, that was confession of what donald trump would like. Viktor orban is proud of the fact hes made hungary what he calls an illiberal democracy. Oo im not sure whether those two things can be possible together. How do you have a democracy that is illiberal . That goes against the strain of democracy. Anyway, thats what hes done by packing the courts with his cronies, weighing in on judicial cases, by making it incredibly difficult for journalists to do any kind of independent reporting. They are told by their editors what facts they can report before they actually are allowed to write their articles. Thats the kind of state that donald trump down there in maralago in that speech seems to be admiring. It is also the state, you know, Tucker Carlson went to viktor orban to kind of pay homage to his leadership. There is a strain there in the Maga Movement that clearly admires those illiberal democracies, autocraticleaning countries. Its tied up with russia. The eu had to lean very heavily on viktor orban, basically threatening him with other punishments if he didnt go ahead and agree to an eu package of aid to ukraine, because he didnt want to. He didnt want to get in the way of something with Vladimir Putin. Its a circular movement to what donald trump is doing in maralago, Tucker Carlsons Visit To Moscow and victor orr pan, and orbans relationship with Vladimir Putin. Well, you have in donald trump a guy who said hes going to terminate the constitution. Hes going to be a dictator on day one. He would like to execute generals for not being lackeys, for treason. Said he could use s. E. A. L. Team six to execute his political opponents and not be arrested. And you go through all of this long list. You go through his presidency and things he said and did in his presidency. You dont just have what he is saying. You have now a record. Well, and even in his presidency, the last two weeks, he said he wanted to he was demanding that his attorney general arrest joe biden and joe bidens family because he was behind in the polls. Said he should send him to jail. You have all this happening. We talked about the young republicans who, unfortunately, have had their bearings, like, twisted by this. To become unrecognizable. And you look at i saw Vaughn Hillyard interviewing people at trump rallies, talking about civil war, saying that if they didnt win this time, they were going to use violence. They were going to take over State Legislatures. They were going to take over courts. They were going to come to washington. They were going to take over washington. Charlie sykes, this is not a test run. This is a guy thats told his followers, if i win, im going to be a dictator, and his followers are all in. Again, charlie, how perverse, that it is people i went to church with, evangelicals, a lot of them that seem to be swept up into this totalitarianism, this authoritarianism, and also small government republicans, Tea Party Types that wanted small government. Theyre now begging for an autocrat, for a tyrant, for a dictator. All of this is happening in broad daylight, real time. Theres no secret about it. As katty mentioned, he is leaning into his embrace of illiberal authoritarianism. Speaking of the younger republicans on the bench, people like nancy mace now who are forced to go out and justify the fact that this illiberal authoritarian who is talking about civil war is also been found liable for rape. You begin to put together this picture, what republicans are embraing right now, what they are endorsing, and what donald trump is bringing into this campaign. Because donald trump is not going to get better. I think throughout 2024, what youre going to see is his inability to restrain. Hes up there on stage at maralago talking about, you know, hes not controversial because hes the boss. He says something, and its over. This is clearly something that he admires. This is clearly something he as aspires to. Its alarming. People are saying, youre engaging in trump derangement system. No. Listen to donald trump. Listen to what hes saying. Listen to what his supporters are saying on a daily basis. Its not a secret. Well, he is preparing everybody for what hes going to do. When he says, you know, he talking about terminating the constitution, talking about being a dictator day one, talks about executing generals, talking about Media Outlets committing treason. When he argues in court he can execute political opponents using s. E. A. L. Team six and he cant get in trouble for it, when he says that in court, yeah, hes telling people what he is going to do. Yet, these younger republicans just fall in line. Theyre going to lose. Theyre going to destroy their careers. Yeah, you look at nancy mace. Even after donald trump is found liable for Sexual Assault and a judge says, really, he raped e. Jean carroll. And there are other women who accused him of rape. Right. There are other deals that have been struck that, actually, the