MSNBC Way Too Early With Jonathan Lemire June 4, 2024 09:26:00
Markay, axios reporter, joining us now. in your new reporting, you detail key names who helped convince former president trump that jd vance was indeed worth endorsing. tell us about this. who are they? >> yes, donald trump jr. was perhaps the biggest one. he's really been pushing vance privately for a while. long before the endorsement actually came. tucker carlson was a huge backer. and of course, the most popular cable host on tv right now. and just immensely popular with a pretty influential sub-set of the republican base. so it was folks who have the former president's ear and who knew ho...