MONDAY MORNING. I’M YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN ALONGSIDE
AYMAN MOHYELDIN AND LOUIS
BURGDORF.
BURGDORF. "MORNING JOE" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN THIS
COUNTRY, IT’S CALLED MUSLIMS.
YOU KNOW OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT
IS ONE.
IS ONE. HE’S NOT EVEN AN AMERICAN.
BUT ANYWAY, WE HAVE TRAINING
CAMPS GROWING WHERE THEY WANT TO
KILL US.
KILL US. THAT’S MY QUESTION.
WHEN CAN WE GET RID OF HIM?
>> WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
A LOT OF THINGS AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE SAYING BAD THINGS ARE
HAPPENING OUT THERE.
WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
THAT AND PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS.
>> I CAN’T TRUST OBAMA.
I HAVE READ ABOUT HIM AND HE’S
NOT -- HE’S A -- HE’S AN ARAB.
HE IS NOT --
>> NO, MA’AM.
NO, MA’AM.
NO, MA’AM. >> NO?
>> NO? >> NO, MA’AM.
HE’S A DECENT FAMILY MAN,
CITIZEN THAT I HAPPEN TO HAVE
DISAGREEMENTS WITH ON
FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES AND THAT’S
WHAT THIS CAMPAIGN IS ALL ABOUT.
HE’S NOT.
HE’S NOT. >> WOW.
>> WOW. >> THAT WAS DONALD TRUMP AND
JOHN McCAIN, A CONTRAST IN
LEADERSHIP AND CHARACTER.
THE PRESIDENT, IT’S SO
INTERESTING, MIKA, YOU HAD WITH
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES ACTUALLY --
ACTUALLY PLAYING INTO THE
HATRED, PLAYING INTO THE
IGNORANCE.
IGNORANCE. >> REFUSING TO STAND UP TO IT.
>> WHEN SOMEBODY SAID MUSLIMS
ARE THE PROBLEM AND ALSO THAT
BARACK OBAMA IS A MUSLIM, DONALD
TRUMP KNOWS THAT’S A LIE.
HE HAS TOLD US PRIVATELY BEFORE
THAT HE KNEW THAT WAS A LIE.
AND YET HE FUELED IT.
AND THEN THERE’S JOHN McCAIN,
WHO ACTUALLY SHOWS CHARACTER.
THAT’S REALLY -- BOY, WHAT A
REVELATION OF TWO CHARACTERS IN
TWO SHORT CLIPS AND MAYBE THAT’S
WHY THE PRESIDENT REPEATEDLY
ATTACKED JOHN McCAIN’S MEMORY
OVER THE WEEKEND.
46 YEARS AFTER THAT AMERICAN
HERO WAS RELEASED FROM A NORTH
VIETNAMESE PRISON CAMP.
A MONUMENT THAT TRUMP AVOIDED
DURING LAST WEEK’S TRIP TO
HANOI.
HANOI. HE HATES HIM, MIKA, BECAUSE JOHN
McCAIN PROVED HIS CHARACTER
EVERY DAY WHEN HE WAS IN THAT
CAMP, JUST LIKE DONALD TRUMP
UNFORTUNATELY PROVES HIS
CHARACTER EVERY DAY AND HE
CERTAINLY DID THIS WEEKEND WITH
EVERY VILE TWEET HE PUSHES OUT.
>> IT SAYS EVERYTHING YOU NEED
TO KNOW.
TO KNOW. THOSE TWO CLIPS SAY IT ALL.
WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT, ALL
THOSE TWEETS, WHAT HE’S TRYING
TO DEFLECT FROM POSSIBLY.
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
"MORNING JOE."
"MORNING JOE." IT IS MONDAY, MARCH 18th.
IT’S GREAT TO BE BACK.
WITH US WE HAVE VETERAN
COLUMNIST AND MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR
MIKE BARNICLE, THE PREDS OFSIDEN
FOREIGN RELATIONS AND AUTHOR OF
"DISARRAY
"DISARRAY "DISARRAY," BBC KANGANCHOR KATTY
KAY, MIKE BARNICLE AND JOHN
MEACHAM.
MEACHAM. A GREAT GROUP TO START OUT WITH
THIS MORNING, JOE.
>> YES, HE IS.
MY SON WAS DRIVING THROUGH BELL
MEADE YESTERDAY AND HE LOOKED
AROUND AND SAD THERE WERE
EXTRAORDINARY, EXTRAORDINARY
EXTRAORDINARY, EXTRAORDINARY HOMES IN BELL MEADE, A LOT OF
PAYS LIVE SMOKING JACKETS AND
PEOPLE ROCKING IN THEIR CHAIRS
SMOKING A PIPE.
HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> SO I WOULD TELL HIM TO DROP
BY -- KNOCK AND DROP BY BUT HE
COULDN’T GET PAST ALL THE
SERVANTS I’M SURE.
BUT, MIKE BARNICLE, JONATHAN LE
LEMIRE AND I WERE IN FOR THE
MYERS WATCHING THE RED SOX AT
JET BLUE FIELD.
WE DIDN’T SEE YOU.
YOU MISSED A GREAT GAME.
THE RED SOX WON.
WE SAID TO EACH OTHER, THIS IS A
TEAM THAT WE SURELY CAN SLIP
AHEAD OF THE ORIOLES AND MAYBE
FINISH IN FOURTH THIS YEAR.
WE’RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE RED
SOX.
SOX. >> I’M VERY OPTIMISTIC THEY’LL
BEAT OUT THE ORIOLES IN TERMS OF
PLACEMENT OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE
EAST, JOE.
EAST, JOE. NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THERE.
I’M GLAD YOU HAD A GOOD TIME.
FORT MYERS IS ALWAYS FUN.
JET BLUE IS ALWAYS FUN.
HAVE I TO
HAVE I TO I HAVE TO INJECT THIS BASED UPON
THE OPENING OF THE SHOW.
I THINK ONE.
CLASSIC TWEETS OF THIS WEEKEND
WAS FROM BILL CRYSTAL WHO URGED
MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE
PRESIDENT’S TWEETS YESTERDAY.
DON’T AVERT YOUR EYES, HE SAID.
DON’T AVERT YOUR EYES.
LOOK AT THE TWEETS AND THEN ASK
YOURSELF IS THIS THE MAN YOU
WANT REPRESENTING THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY?
PARTY? JOE, AS YOU POINTED OUT, IT WAS
HORRENDOUS, HORRENDOUS.
HORRENDOUS, HORRENDOUS. >> I HAVE ALWAYS MADE IT, MIKA,
ALWAYS MADE IT MY GOAL IN
POLITICS TO NEVER TAKE ANY
ATTACKS PERSONALLY AND I RARELY
DO.
DO. I FORGET THEM.
>> YOU’VE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD AT
THAT.
THAT. >> AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THERE IS AN EXCEPTION IN MY
POLITICAL CAREER WHERE I DIDN’T
IMMEDIATELY TURN THE OTHER CHEEK
AND SAY OKAY, NO PROBLEM, LET’S
MOVE FORWARD AND THAT WAS WHEN A
CERTAIN POWERFUL PERSON ATTACKED
A FRIEND OF MINE WHO HAD RECENT
RECENTLY DIED AND ATTACKED THAT
PERSON IN SUCH A VILE WAY, BE
BESMIRCHING HIS MEMORY FOR HIS
OWN POLITICAL GAIN THAT I DID
HOLD THAT AGAINST HIS PERSON AND
SAW THAT AS A FAILURE OF
CHARACTER AND, NO, I DID NOT
FORGIVE HIM FOR 10, 20 YEARS.
I SIT HERE READING EVERY ONE OF
THESE TWEETS AND I WONDER WHAT
TYPE OF FRIEND LINDSEY GRAHAM IS
AND WONDER WHAT PEOPLE AROUND
LINDSEY GRAHAM THINK ABOUT A GUY
WHO WOULD SIT AND WATCH A GUY,
DONALD TRUMP, WHO LINDSEY GRAHAM
NOW WORSHIPS AND KOWTOWS TO AND
WORSHIPS EVERY DAY, SOMEBODY
LIKE A FATHER TO LINDSEY GRAHAM,
ATTACKED AND HARSHLY IN SMALL --
JUST SMALL MISERABLE WAYS AND
YET LINDSEY GRAHAM DOES NOT
STRIKE BACK AT THE PRESIDENT TO
DEFEND HIS OLD FRENT.
>> IT’S INCREDIBLE.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT CHARACTER
BEING SOMETHING THAT YOU DO WHEN
NOBODY’S LOOKING.
NOBODY’S LOOKING. WELL, CHARACTER IS ALSO
SOMETHING YOU DO WHEN
EVERYBODY’S LOOKING.
EVERYBODY’S LOOKING. BY EVERY STANDARD OF CHARACTER
OR AT LEAST EVERY STANDARD OF
FRIENDSHIP, LINDSEY GRAHAM HAS
FAILED THIS PAST WEEKEND AND HE
HAS FAILED EVERY WEEKEND AS SOON
AS JOHN McCAIN HAS DIED.
>> WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S TWEETS, SOME 50 OF
THEM BETWEEN SATURDAY MORNING
AND SUNDAY NIGHT, BUT I THINK WE
OUGHT TO START WITH KELLYANNE
CONWAY’S HUSBAND’S TWEET.
>> GEORGE CONWAY, GREAT
CONSTITUTIONAL ATTORNEY.
CONSTITUTIONAL ATTORNEY. >> TO GIVE AN OVERARCHING
CONTEXT.
CONTEXT. WHAT EXACTLY DID HE SAY, JOE, IN
HIS TWEET?
HIS TWEET? BECAUSE IT KIND OF HELPS YOU GO
THROUGH THESE BECAUSE THEY’RE
DISTURBING.
DISTURBING. >> HE JUST SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS
GETTING WORSE.
GETTING WORSE. AGAIN, IF YOU’RE A
CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER WHO
HAPPENS TO BE MARRIED TO
SOMEBODY WHO IS ONE OF THE
PRESIDENT’S CLOSEST AIDES, YOU
CAN -- YOU WOULDN’T SAY THAT IF
YOU HADN’T HEARD THAT AND HADN’T
SEEN IT.
SEEN IT. THE PRESIDENT IS GETTING WORSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON’T LIKE
US TALKING ABOUT IT ON THE AIR
BUT WE HEARD IT ABOUT IT ON THE
AIR.
AIR. WE HEARD THIS FROM CAMPAIGN
PEOPLE FROM THE BEGINNING, THAT
HE WAS NOT RIGHT.
THEY WERE CONCERNED DURING THE
CAMPAIGN, WHICH, YES, WE
MENTIONED DURING THE CAMPAIGN
THERE’S SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG
WITH THIS PRESIDENT.
GEORGE CONWAY NOT ONLY AALAL SCH