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Prevail. >> republican congresswoman liz cheney in her concession speech last night after losing her bid for re-election. in a landslide, donald trump made it his mission to defeat her. we're going to discuss what is next in her effort to defeat him and his anti-democratic values. plus, president biden calls for a season of substance for his administration. this morning, we'll speak with white house chief of staff ron klain about the landmark health and climate bill signed into law by the president yesterday. welcome back to "morning joe." it's wednesday, august 17th. politico's jonathan lem...

About any conversations with trump about efforts he may have made to overturn the election, but it was a really quick appearance. only 15 minutes, and he didn't answer any of the committee's questions. >> in georgia, rudy giuliani seeking to postpone his testimony before the grand jury investigating interference in the 2020 election there. a judge just handed down his decision. what is it? >> that's right. giuliani was supposed to appear for testimony today and instead he decided to challenge that saying he had a medical procedure and couldn't travel. the judge said that giuliani still does ha...

House seat, then that's a sacrifice that i'm willing to make. i don't intend to lose, but some things are more important than any individual office or political campaign. >> so the period, august 17th to november of 2024, when it's very possible donald trump could be the nominee, the republican nominee for president of the united states, what is liz cheney doing every day during that period? >> look. i'm focused right now on august 16th and on my primary race here. >> but surely you've thought about it. >> look, i am very focused on my primary race, but, again, my work on the january 6th commi...

Much. >> why do voters here believe donald trump? >> i think that it's the same thing that you see, you know, for tens of millions of people across the country. it's just consistent lying about what happened, about the election, playing on people's patriotism, and he's so dangerous that, you know, my view is that at the end of the day, if defending the constitution against the threat that he poses means losing a house seat, then that's a sacrifice i'm willing to make. i don't intend to lose, but some things are more important than any individual office or political campaign. >> so the period, ...

Tens of millions of people across the country. it is just consistent lying about what happened, about the election. playing on people's patriotism. and he's so dangerous that my view is that at the end of the day, if defending the constitution against the threat that he poses means losing a house seat, then that is a sacrifice that i'm willing to make. i don't intend to lose. but, some things are more important than any individual office or political campaign. >> so, the period august 17th to november of 2024, when it is very possible donald trump could be the nominee, the republican nominee f...