And the majority were rated as cleared or minimal at 12 weeks. Be the you who talks to your dermatologist about stelara®. Friends, delegates, and fellow americans, i humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. The first task for our new
administration will be to liberate our citizens from the crime and terrorism and lawlessness that threatens our communities. In this race for the white house, i am the law and order candidate. Nobody knows the system better than me. Which is why i alone can fix it. And good morning. Its friday, july 22nd. We have a little bit of a debate here at frlannerys, mike barnicle. New york. Youre getting jeered at. She knows were once more live from cleveland, which cleary is on my
side, as the Republican National convention came to an end last night, along with joe, willie, and me, we have mike barnicle. Managing editor of Bloomberg Politics and cohost of with all due respect, mark halperin. And msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the Republican National committee, Michael Steele joins us. You know, willie, going through these conventions, its so nice that the chants have changed a little bit. You know, we have wheres the truck. Four years ago when mike spoke, they were saying what the what the heck, what the heck. So to go from that to what the heck is very positive. Stop. Lets talk about the speech last night. And mark halperin, i may be standing alone here. I think donald trump did what donald trump was supposed to do. I dont know if they expected sunshine and flowers. A dark speech. We have been saying for two months now with everybodys low Approval Ratings that youre not going to win the presidency. Youre going to disqualify the other candidate. We have been saying it for months now. Everybody acting so shocked that conventions are sometimes negative. Remember, poor george . He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. They are always personal. It was a center right indictment of the Current Conditions in the country, an insistence hes the one who can change things. Thats his winning message. It was a matter of sort of craftsmanship. It was a decently written speech. He delivered it well. He showed a range of knowing when to pause. Facial expressions. He handled a heckler in a way hes never done before. I thought both in the room and on television, he executed what he wanted to do. Again, an indictment of the status quo. I expected there to be more
humor in it and a little more personality. He showed one little bit there where he made that face. I think overall, he may have executed the wrong thing, but he executed what he and his campaign wanted to execute. He certainly executed the wrong thing for the media elites that were watching last night, and everybody said, oh, a dark speech. Listen. Its not the speech i would have given. Its not the speech any of us would have given. It just may be the speech that millions and millions of people in Middle America have been waiting to hear for a very long time. Mike barnicle, you have been talking about how people are scared, for years. Theyre scared because their 401 k is disappearing. Theyre scared because they cant get their kids in school. Theyre scared because theyre not doing as well as their parents did. You have been talking about this week how hes delivered a message for an america that is not that scared. I dont think were scared because economically, were okay. But you know a lot of people in Middle America are scared. Doesnt that message play to
them . Well, he played to type last night. There are really no surprises in what he said, nor where there any surprises really in how he said it. Thats how he has won thus far. Clearly, thats his plan to win in the fall. The fear thing, i think, is tough to handle. Its tough to read. Theres a lot of anxiety in the country. People feel they have lost a lot. They have lost 401 k s here in cleveland. They were decimated in 2008 and 2009. The foreclosure crisis, no doubt about that. You want to feel a little hope for your children. Thats where the fear thing comes into play. I cant read it. I mean, fear you cant cover the country in a blanket of fear. We all woke up today and came here. A lot of people in the country wake up today and theyll go to work. Do they go to work filled with fear . I dont think so. I will tell you this. You look at the polls and ari
fleischer, we just showed a tweet of him. 7 of 10 americans think were on the wrong track. Donald trump painted the picture of an almost dystopian mad max america. Where theres shootouts in the streets, terrorism in the stores, where the schools have all gone to hell. Im not sure everyone in the country recognizes that america exactly, but i also dont think anyone should be surprised by Donald Trumps speech last night. These are the things he has been saying now for almost a year and a half out on the campaign trail. Anyone who thought he was going to give a reagan esque sitting on a hill speech, that would be more surprising than what we saw last night. I think a lot of people feel that way. Certainly, the conversations we had on this show over the past two years have been talking about the decline of america, the decline of our infrastructure. So you know, i think he was actually going there on a number of levels. You talk about where the truly disadvantaged live. That is their reality every day. Theres a real lack of optimism. Thats the important piece right there. For me, in reading the speech, it reads dystopian and dark, and i had to look that word up, by the way. A really good word. Yeah. But the way he delivered it was almost as if he took that darkness and he attached feeling to it. There was emotiegtion to it. Thats why what youre saying, theres going to be this connection. Yeah, people are going to get up, and many will go to work. But people know people who arent going to go to work. Or they went to work with a fulltime job and now its a parttime job. This speech in many respects tried to get the emotion out there, the 69 who feel this is not in the right place. They feel this is not on the right track. Donald trump pledged to reposition americas standing in the world, fighting for what he dubbed the forgotten men and women of our country. Americans watching this
address tonight have seen the recent images of violence in our streets and the chaos in our communities. Many have witnessed this violence personally. Some have even been its victims. I have a message for all of you that crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon, and i mean very soon, come to an end. Beginning on january 20th of 2017, safety will be restored. It is finally time for a straightforward assessment of the state of our nation. I will present the facts plainly and honestly. We cannot afford to be so politically correct anymore. Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo as long as we are led by politicians who will not put America First, then we can be assured that other nations will not Treat America with respect, the respect that we deserve. The irresponsible rhetoric of our president , who has used the pulpit of the presidency to divide us by race and color, has made america a more dangerous environment than frankly i have ever seen and anybody in this room has ever watched or seen. Every day, i wake up determined
to deliver a better life for the people all across this nation that have been ignored, neglected, and abandoned. I have visited the laid off factory workers and the communities crushed by our horrible and unfair trade deals. These are the forgotten men and women of our country. And they are forgotten, but theyre not going to be forgotten long. These are people who work hard but no longer have a voice. I am your voice. A strong, strong portion of the speech. Again, a strong portion of the speech that elites in the media, that elites in washington, d. C. , and elites in think tanks arent going to line up with. You know what. You never hear that type of
speech, especially on trade, unless its a union leader speaking the second afternoon on a Democratic Convention stage. You dont hear that from nominees these days. You had a republican nominee last night going after nafta. You had a republican nominee talking about horrible trade deals, how its gutting workingclass americans. I dont know if it wins in the end, when al gore went populist, that hurt him, supposedly, in 2000. Im going to say, in 2016, i think that connects, and with a lot of voters in ohio, in pennsylvania, and in other states. I dont think that speech on its own revolutionizes the race, but it sets a template down for the way he can talk. My guess is, no clinton person said this to me, but they look at a lot of the lines and theyre put on the defensive, if he keeps the message up. Hes saying things that put her in a position where shes going to have to respond to him rather
than go after him. They need to come up with a template for him saying Going Forward, this is my message. Im going to change things. Im with you, she is not. That is the original reason he ran. Yeah, another speech last night, willie, ivanka trump. By all accounts, she just hit it out of the park. Yeah, i think its fair to say the trump kids were 4 for 4. She was fantastic. And she went places and talked about things, again, that were not used to hearing about at a Republican Convention. The speech she made about equal pay, about womens rights, about Maternity Leave, all those things, are speeches you probably could have heard next week at the Democratic Convention last night. These kids reflect well on donald trump. They told some humanizing stories over the course of the week that probably will help him. And i thought she was excellent. She made it clear she was going to be by his side on the issues pertaining to women and pay, and that got a huge applause. I thought she was she said she was extremely nervous,
terrified, but did quite well. She always rises to the occasion. She did great. Lets listen to a clip. My father values talent. He recognizes real knowledge and skill when he finds it. He is color blind and gender neutral. He hieres the best person for te job, period. Words and promises, no matter how visionary they sound, will only get you so far. At my Fathers Company, there are more female than male executives. Women are paid equally for the work that we do, and when a woman becomes a mother, she is supported, not shut out. As president , my father will change the labor laws that were put in place at a time when women were not a significant portion of the workforce, and he will focus on making quality
child care affordable and accessible for all. Another point that got big applause is when she was talking about the different work sites of different buildings that donald trump has built and how theyre melting pots really, and all different types of people working together, and how they always sort of commit themselves to excellence, and when its not there, its very clear the project goes downhill. Its not the way trump does business is the way she put it out there. They loved it. Again, willie, a message that we said you wouldnt expect at a Republican Convention. Yeah, and no question about it. I think Something Else she said and then donald trump echoed later that helps his populist credentials was talking ability how hes more comfortable hanging out with the electricians and the plumbers and the guys on the site. He doesnt hang out in the hamptons with the fancy people. He came from queens. He had a chip on his shoulder since he got to manhattan. Having his daughter say that
helped his populist credentials. That part of it for me, the family, the kids in particular. Really sort of set that tone, that was the piece that has been missing up until now. The other side of donald trump. We know the guy who says pretty much whatever he wants. The youre fired guy. Putting context to his life was very well done, especially by donald jr. And ivanka. Very clear. Absolutely. Also another there was also another very interesting part of the night when donald trump brought on, i guess, the first openly gay speaker in primetime since 2000, i guess it was. Ceo of paypal. Mika, you commented. You thought that was very moving, very interesting moment. The platform is the platform, but that moment was really quite remarkable. And by the way, if anybody thinks that donald trump is going to be looking at the platform when he goes into day
one of governor if he gets elected, they not only dont know donald trump. They dont know any president ial candidate. This is the ceo of paypal, and just look at this moment. We are told that the great debate is about who gets to use which bathroom. This is a distraction from our real problems. Who cares . Of course, every american has a unique identity. I am proud to be gay. I am proud to be a republican. But most of all, i am proud to be an american. So he goes on to say, lets not let the sort of fringe social issues get in the way of our message. But when he said that, the camera panned to the room. And the room was with him. Really good to see. You dont want to overstate anything, but i think culturally, i think that was a
significant landmark for this country, culturally, and the party that has been seen as the most reactionary. To the right of many, Many Americans and many different groups, responded that way to peters declaration. In the history of the Republican Party and gay rights, last night was one of the biggest days ever. Not just what peter thiel said, but donald trump twice made reference to the lgbt community. Thanked the audience for cheering when he talked about it. This is a party that has seen a huge sea change behind the country at large, but a huge sea change with a lot of prominent republican strategists, some office holders, including rob port nn, the senator from this state, saying we need to move to a more open view on gay rights. Might have just moved it. I was impressed. I was don on the floor at that moment. When mr. Theil went there he went there. The room in the past, mark and i were talking about this before. The last convent in 12, that party would have been say what . Kind of moment. And some booing. Last night, this room carried peter thiel. He looked a little like, okay. And when donald trump came back and sort of doubled down on the point, not once but twice, and that moment for me was very important, was when he looked at the cameras and said thank you for applauding that. Wasnt there some definition of irony in his appearance last night on a day when the nba took the allstar game from charlotte because of the republican governors approach to this issue in charlotte and because of the past history of fighting culture wars in political campaigns. Largely by the Republican Party. Like mark said, a significant turning point that you have a nominee who not only goes to the stage and makes the remarks he
did, but more importantly, brings forward and puts before the nation a gay republican and says in primetime, im with him. And the room went, okay, us too. I think that was important. You know, it really speaks actually to Donald Trumps world view that he hasnt really shown during the primary campaign. Social conservatives doesnt care. Doesnt bother him. He just doesnt care about it. And knowing for over a decade, social conservatives, if trump is elected, duck because hes not on your side on these issues. Its not like this is the first time we have been saying that. He does not care. He has a more open view that certainly is more in line at least with millennial voters, and with an awful lot of voters. So that wasnt a real surprise to any of us that know donald. It may be a surprise, though, to Jerry Falwell jr. s that go out
and say there was a certain disconnect between his speech and other speeches and what we heard the later we got into the evening. We have so much ground to cover. Still ahead on morning joe, how trump reacted to the audience chanting lock her up about Hillary Clinton and how the clinton camp responded to the speech as a whole. Well bring in political director chuck todd, katy tur covering the trump campaign, republican strategist mike murphy who led jeb bushs mission to stop trump. Last night was a reality. Youre watching morning joe. Well be right back. I will do everything in my power to protect our lgbtq citizens from the violence and oppression of the hateful foreign ideology. Believe me. And i have to say, as a republican, it is so nice to hear you cheering for what i just said. Thank you. Im going to make this as simple as possible for you. You can go ahead and stick with that complicated credit card that limits where you earn bonus cash back. Or. You can get the quicksilver card from capital one. Quicksilver earns you unlimited 1. 5 cash back on every purchase, everywhere. I shouldnt have to ask. Whats in your wallet . But the best place to start is in the forest. Kubo i spy something beginning with. S beetle snow. Kubo no. Beetle snow covered trees. Monkey nothing to do with snow. Narrator head outside to discover incredible animals and beautiful plants that come together to create an unforgettable adventure. Kubo wow narrator so grab your loved ones monkey dont even. Narrator and explore a world of possibilities. Kubo come on, this way. Narrator visit discovertheforest. Org to find the closest forest or park to you. In libya, our consulate, the symbol of american prestige around the globe, was brought down in flames. America is far less safe, and the world is far less stable than when obama made the decision to put Hillary Clinton in charge of americas Foreign Policy. [ chanting lock her up ]
lets defeat her in november. All right. Donald trump devoted much of his speech to attacking Hillary Clinton and her Foreign Policy record as secretary of state. But i thought that was interesting. There were two moments where donald trump went off script. People were concerned when he went off script it might actually turn up something bad. Turn up something. That was one time when the chant that obviously you were uncomfortable with. Very disturbed by it. He came ou