Recuse himself from these cases now coming before the court that will determine whether or not trump is held accountable. Thats democratic senator Richard Blumenthal spnldsing to another rightwing flag that was flown at a home of Supreme CourtJustice Alito. Well dig into that new reporting just ahead. Plus, Donald Trumps last challenger in the Republican Party caves and now says she will vote for him this fall. Well play for you nikki haleys comments on that. And then on capitol hill today Senate Republicans are expected to again block a bipartisan bill to address Border Security with one of the lead floegsers saying he will now vote against it. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, may 23rd. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us, and well begin this morning with an endorsement of donald trump from one of his most critical republican primary opponents. In her first public appearance since exiting the race back in march former u. N. Ambassador nikki haley said yesterday that she does plan to vote for trump in november. This despite saying just a few months ago that he didnt deserve to have a drivers license let alone be president again. I put my priorities on a president whos going to have the backs of our allies and hold our enemies to account, who would secure the border, no more excuses. A president who would support capitalism and freedom, a president who understands we need less debt not more debt. Trump has not been perfect on these policies, i have made that clear many, many times. But biden has been a catastrophe. So i will be voting for trump. Having said that, i stand by what i said in my suspension speech. Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me and not assume that theyre just going to be with him. And i genuinely hope he does that. Times change and so has trump. Hes gotten more unstable and unhinged. If you mock the service of a combat veteran, you dont deserve a drivers license, let alone being president of the United States. Weve seen him get confused. He was confused about me having something to do with keeping security away from the capitol. He was confused when he said biden was going to run us into world war ii. Hes not qualified to be the president of the United States. Its not normal to insult our military heroes and veterans. He was thinskinned and easily distracted. Its not normal to spend 50 million in Campaign Contributions on personal court cases. Theres no way that the American People are going to vote for a convicted criminal. Its not normal to threaten people who back your opponent. He went and was trying to buddy up with putin. Every time he was in the same room with him he got weak in the knees. And its not normal to call on russia to invade nato countries. Donald trump has done all of that and more in just the past month. Although she ended her campaign more than two months ago haley has continued to get double digit support in recent state primaries. Trump who previously said he does not need her voters to win in a general election this november has not yet commented on her announcement. The Biden Campaign, though, has weighed in writing this. Nothing has changed for the millions of Republican Voters who continue to cast their ballots against trump in the primaries and care deeply about their future and democracy. Bidens team also shared a Video Montage on social media of haley primary voters who said they would choose Biden Over Trump in november. Meanwhile, former President Trump continued his trend of dehumanizing migrants entering the United States. During an interview yesterday with Wabc Radio Trump described people crossing the u. S. Mexico border as terrorists and claimed they were bringing contagious disease into this country. Take a listen. Theyre coming in from prisons and jails. Theyre coming in from mental institutions and insane asylums which is a step above. Theyre coming in as terrorists. Many, many terrorists are coming in, and people are coming in with very contagious disease. You know, All Of A Sudden you see theres a run on tuberculosis, theres a run on things we havent talked about for years in this country. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevention, Tuberculosis Cases were up 126 in 2023, the second year of increase in cases after nearly 30 years of decline. Still, the United States has one of the lowest global rates of the disease with less than 10,000 total cases. And while the cdc says its 76 of the cases occurred in people not born in the u. S. , the agency also reports that 85 of the cases nationwide are believed to be latent tb being reactivated as opposed to recent transmission of the disease. Joining us now laura bloomberg. Lets talk starting with the rhetoric here from donald trump deeply dehumanizing but just the latest in a slew of examples where he described migrants as sort of subhuman. But beyond all possible doubt the rhetoric theres also policies floating out there in extreme measures including Detention Camps and mass deportation. Tell us more about his deportation plan and what polling suggests. Like a lot of things with trump, he hadnt put out a multipage step by step plan. But instead in rallies and interviews hes talked about this, you know, total sweeping vision to sweep the country from illegal immigrants, support them en masse. He said he would do this on day one. Hes talked about the mass Detention Camps at the border to hold immigrants. And really it would be almost a 180 change on how things are done now. Of course theres lots of questions about the legality of this. This would sort of be the muslim ban from 2016 on steroids. The question Going Forward is how these resonates with voters, and so far its ticked up and been the number 2 issue next to the economy for voters suggesting people are paying attention. Thats why youre seeing today the Senate Democrats are pushing for another vote on the failed bipartisan deal that failed several months ago saying, look, there is a deal that both sides agree on but trump decided he didnt want this and he wanted to keep this a live issue for the election. So lets move now to nikki haley, the latest example of republicans who once stood up to trump now seemingly vowing it wasnt a full on endorsement per se, but she voted for him so thats close enough. Whats your sense as to why she did this, and is part of the calculation her eyeing the vp slots . She had floated in a few Media Reports as a candidate. Trump last week said, no, she wouldnt be. What do we think is happening here . So the timing of this is really interesting. Nikki haley dropped out in early march. No one was expecting or waiting on an endorsement from her. She could have held her firepower well into the fall, but she came out in the third week of may and said shed be supporting him. This is also the time trump is looking closely at both vp picks and cabinet picks. He said hell pick a vp sometime in the leadup to the Convention Republicans are holding. If you want to be a vp or another key cabinet post, this is the time to come out and say shes supporting trump. As we noted trump has yet to comment on the haley news, yet certainly a lot of republicans who applauded her for standing up for herself and not Backing Trump disappointed by this decision. Politics editor for bloomberg, laura davidson, thank you very much. Well have to see if the trump team ever does reach out to nikki haley supporters. Big story here. The New York Times has Big Reporting On Another rightwing flag flown on a property belonging to Supreme CourtJustice Samuel alito. The flag, which is dubbed the appeal to heaven the Appeal To Heaven Flag was flown outside his Vacation Home on the jersey shore last summer. Now, the flags origins date back to the revolutionary war. But in recent years it has become a symbol for Christian Nationalism as well as support for donald trump and the religious strand of the stop the steal campaign. Several of these flags, these Appeal To Heaven Flags were carried by Trump Supporters during the january 6th insurrection, you can see some of them outside the capitol. So three photographs obtained by the times along with a half dozen accounts of Passersby Show The Flag was at the alito home in july and september of 2023. It can also be plainly seen on a Google Street View photo taken late last august. The paper says Justice Alito declined to respond to questions about the beach house flag. It was just last week when the times reported that an upside down American Flag at Justice Alitos home in virginia was flown less than two weeks after the attack on the capitol. The justice told the times that flag was raised by his wife. He blamed his wife after a clash with a neighbor. Again, hes not yet weighed in on this flag. As we played at the top senator blumenthal and other democrats aghast this flag was flown and demanding alito explain it and recuse himself from any trumprelated cases that could come before the court. Still ahead here on Way Too Early, the families of some israeli hostages released chilling video of female soldiers being captured by hamas during the october 7th terror attack. Plus well bring you new rrting about the behind the scenes push inside the white house to potentially lift restrictions on how ukraine can use American Made weapons in its fight against russia. Those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. 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