[ MUSIC PLAYING ] >>> WE ARE LIVE IN OXFORD,
MISSISSIPPI, WITH A SPECIAL
EDITION OF ""MORNING JOE"."
>> IF WE’RE IF OXFORD,
MISSISSIPPI, WHICH IS EDDIE
WEARING A CRIMSON TIE?
>> ONLY THE LORD ENOS.
>> IN OFFICE WE GOT THAT ON
CAMERA.
CAMERA. >> IT’S ALL RIGHT.
IT’S OKAY, EDDIE.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
>> I’M SORRY.
POLL.
POLL. >> BEING WITH US IN THE U.S.
ELECTION, STATE FOR CHRIS
McDANIEL.
McDANIEL. >> CHRIS, THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US.
US. WE JUST INTERVIEWED HALEY
BARBER, I SAID NO MATTER HOW
DISRUPTIVE DONALD TRUMP HAS
BEEN, A COUPLE STATES WHERE THE
GOP ESTABLISHMENT STILL HOLDS
FIRM.
FIRM. YOU WOULD THINK NORMALLY WITH
YOUR POSITION THAT DONALD TRUMP
WOULD ENDORSE YOU.
HE’S NOT, HE’S ENDORSING YOUR
OPPONENT, HE’S GOT HALEY AND
EVERYBODY ELSE LINED UP.
I’M CURIOUS IN 2018 --
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> -- DOES THAT HELP YOU THE
ESTABLISHMENT’S AGAINSTU.
ESTABLISHMENT’S AGAINSTU. >> THEY HAVE BEEN AGAINST ME.
WE RAN THIS THING IN 2014, THE
ESTABLISHMENT SPENT MONEY TO
STOP US.
STOP US. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IF SO MANY
WAYS.
WAYS. WE DON’T SEE THAT AS AN ISSUE.
OUR POINT IS THIS, WE ARE
PRINCIPLED CONSERVATIVES.
PRINCIPLED CONSERVATIVES. WE HAVE BEEN FOR SOME TIME.
OUR POSITION IS WE HAVE TO LEARN
TO FIGHT.
TO FIGHT. OUR PARTY HAS NOT BEEN THE
COURAGEOUS PARTY I GREW UP F. I
CUT MY TEETH WITH REAGAN, BEFORE
THAT I WAS A GOLDWATER GUYS, I
WASN’T ALIVE, HIS PHILOSOPHY THE
CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE
CONSERVATIVES IS ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL THINGS I READ, I WENT
BACK TO WHERE THE REPUBLICANS
SHOULD BE.
SHOULD BE. MY CONCERN IS MY PARTY HAS MOVED
AWAY FROM THOSE TRADITIONS.
WE’RE TRYING TO SAVE THE
PLATFORM.
PLATFORM. THE ESTABLISHMENT SEEMS TO BE
INCLINED TO WORK FOR THE DONOR
CLASS AND ACQUISITION OF POWER,
WE’RE TRYING TO STOP THE
ESTABLISHMENT ON BOTH AISLES OF
THE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION. >> THIS LOBBY IS A VERY CRITICAL
RACE.
RACE. YOU COULD HAVE A SENATE SPLIT
DOWN THE MIDDLE AND A RUN
OFFAFTERWARDS.
OFFAFTERWARDS. >> YES.
>> YES. >> DO YOU THINK YOU WILL BE IF
THAT RUN OFF?
IF SO, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU WILL
BE RUNNING AGAINST IF.
>> NO QUESTION, I DO BELIEVE
I’LL BE IN THE RUNOFF.
IN 2013, WE WERE ON THE SAME
PATH.
PATH. EVERYBODY COUNTED OUT OUT.
WE KNEW THE MOOD OF THE PEOPLE.
I’M NOT STUCK IN A BUBBLE LIKE
SOME IF D.C., LEAK SOME IF
JACKSON.
JACKSON. I’M OUT THERE AMONG THE PEOPLE
THE IN CONVENIENCE STORES,CO
OPS.
OPS. >> WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU?
>> THEY’RE FIRED UP, MORE ANGRY
THAN IN 2013.
THEY THINK MITCH McCONNELL IS
OBSTRUCTING TRUMP’S AGENDA AND
UTILIZING IT TO GET ENDORSEMENTS
AND OTHERWISE.
AND OTHERWISE. MY POSITION IS MITCH HAS TO BE
REPLACED.
REPLACED. NOT ONLY MITCH, I THINK THEY
NEED A WHOLE LOT OF FEW BLOOD IN
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. SO WE FOUND OURSELVES IN A
DIFFERENT POSITION.
DIFFERENT POSITION. WE ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT
CHANGE AGAINST A VERY POWERFUL
SYSTEM THAT’S NOT EASY TO
CHANGE.
CHANGE. I BELIEVE CHANGE IS NECESSARY IN
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY. >> IT WASN’T A FOCUS GROUP THE
TYPE ELISE RUNS, WE HAD A GROUP
GET TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE
ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THEM.
ONE WE HEARD YESTERDAY WAS
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, VERY
IMPORTANT TO THE TRUMP
SUPPORTERS AND THE REPUBLIC --
IS THAT ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES
YOU ARE HEAR SOMETHING WHAT ARE
YOU HARING OUT THERE?
>> IT’S A COMBINATION, I THINK
FOR MISSISSIPPI WE DESPERATELY
WANT THE WALL BUILT TO THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
SOUTHERN BORDER. WE WANT TO NAM NECESSITY, I
COULD SAY MOST REPUBLICANS AGREE
WITH THAT, ONCE AGAIN MITCH
McCONNELL FOREGOING SPENDING
UNTIL AFTER MID-TERMS.
THAT’S WASHINGTON SPEAK FOR
SAYING HE HAS NO INTENTION OF
SPENDING MONEY ON THE WALL.
WE HAVE CONTROL OF THE
APPARATUS, THE EXECUTIVE, IT’S
TIME TO FUND THE WALL.
MISSISSIPPI EXPECTS THAT, THE
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES YOUD
STANDING.
STANDING. ORIGINALLY FOR THE MOST PART,
WE’RE VERY PLEASED.
>> ONE THING I HAVE A QUESTION
ABOUT, THOUGH, YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT BALANCING THE BUG, WHICH
CLEARLY WE HAVE TO DO.
IT’S OUT OF CONTROL, 20
TRILLION.
TRILLION. IT KEEPS GETTING BICKER.
SO HOW DO YOU PROPOSE PAYING FOR
THE WALL IF.
>> A COUPLE WAYS.
FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE 51 BILLION
IN FOREIGN AID WE GIVE TO
COUNTRIES WHO FOR THE POST-PART
DON’T LIKE US VERY MUCH.
THERE IS MONEY TO BE SAVED
THERE.
THERE. THERE THERE IS THERE ARE 110 IN
DUP
DUP DUPLICATIVE SERVICES.
DUPLICATIVE SERVICES. THE WALL WILL COST ABOUT $25
BILLION.
BILLION. THAT’S WORTH MORE THAN THE
INVESTMENT TO STEM THE BLEEDING
FROM IMMIGRATION THE WALL FEEDS
TO BE BUILT RIGHT NOW.
>> SENATOR, I WOULD ASK YOU HOW
DISAPPOINTING YOU WERE DONALD
TRUMP, PRESIDENT TRUMP A GUY JOE
SAYS ON PAPER LINES UP WELL WITH
YOU.
YOU. WHEN HE ENDORSED YOUR OPPONENT
IN THIS RACE, HE WAS SUPPOSED TO
DO A BIG EVENT IF JACKSON.
HE POSTPONED THAT.
WERE YOU SURPRISED WHEN THE
PRESIDENT DIDN’T ENDORSE YOU?
>> IN ALL FAIRNESS, HE ENDORSED
ME THREE TIMES IN 2014 THERE NOT
THE TIME.
THE TIME. >> SO FAR ONE, I BROUGHT HIM
THREE-TO-ONE.
THREE-TO-ONE. >> THIS IS THE ONE YOU NEED
TODAY?
TODAY? >> I LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP, I
LOVE WHAT HE’S DOING FOR THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. I THEREOF TAX CUTS.
I LOVE THE JUDGES.
I LOVE THE REGULATORY REFORM THE
ECONOMY IS IMPROVING AS A
RESULT.
RESULT. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NOW IS FIND
PEOPLE THAT CAN STAND WITH HIM
SO HE DOESN’T HAVE TO BEG FROM
MITCH McCONNELL.
MITCH McCONNELL. >> CAN I STOP YOU RIGHT THERE
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY THE
PRESIDENT IS BEGGING PITTSBURGH
CONNELL
CONNELL MITCH McCONNELL, YOU ARE SAYING
HE IS LOOKING WEAK?
>> NO, I AM SAYING THERE IS NO
OTHER QUESTION FOR TO HIM
ENDORSE MICK ROMNEY UNLESS THERE
WAS SOME GAME IN PLAY.
ROMNEY WAS HATEFUL NO THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. JOHN McCAIN SO BLESS HIS SOUL.
JOE RYAN, IT APPEARS SOMETHING
IS IF PLAY THE ESTABLISHMENT HAS
A GAME IN PLAY.
TRUMP IS STRONG, HE ALSO NEEDS
TO DO ONE VOTE IN THE SENATE.
HE IS TRYING TO DO THE BEST HE
CAN TO GOVERN WITH A SLIM MA
YOERT IN THE SENATE.
WE GET THAT.
I THINK ULTIMATELY HE WILL BE
MUCH MORE PLEASED FOR
CONSERVATIVES TO FIGHT AS
OPPOSED TO THOSE THAT LAY DOWN
AND TAKES SHOTS.
>> THE ARGUMENT WITH MITCH
McCONNELL, WE NEED TO ENDORSE
SEN DIHYDE SMITH.
IF ESPEY WINS.
>> THAT WILL BE HIS ARGUMENT.
MITCH McCONNELL WILL SAY THINGS
THAT MAKE NO SENSE.
THAT’S THE ESTABLISHMENT WAY.
IT’S A VERY CONSERVATIVE VERY
RED STATE.
RED STATE. MR. ESPEY MIGHT BE A NICE GUY,
BUT HE WAS A CLINTON APPOINTEE,
STRIKE ONE.
STRIKE ONE. LET’S FACE IT.
JUST AFTER HILLARY WAS DEFEATED
IN THIS STATE.
STREAK TWO HE HAD THE MISFORTUNE
OF BEING INDICTED IN OFFICE AND
HAD TO STEP DOWN.
I WILL BE CLEAR, MISSISSIPPI IS
NOT SENDING A DEMOCRAT TO THE
U.S. SENATE.
U.S. SENATE. OUR DIRECTOR SAID THAT A FEW
DAYS AGO.
DAYS AGO. THE DEMOCRATS CAN THINK THEY WIN
THIS STATE.
THIS STATE. WE HOPE THEY DO.
WE HOPE THEY PUT MILLIONS IN
THIS STATE THEY WILL BE PUTTING
IT HERE THAN SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> 38% OF MISSISSIPPI IS PLAQUE?
>> YES, SIR.
>> I’M FROM MOSS POINT.
YOU WERE ELECTED TO THE U.S.
SENATE.
SENATE. ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT
THE WHOLE STATE?
>> YES, SIR.
>> YOUR POSITION AROUND THE
CONFEDERATE FLAG AND HIP-HOP AS
A SOURCE OF GUN VIOLENCE.
YOUR POSITION AROUND ROBERT E.
LEE.
LEE. I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON.
>> PLEASE DO.
>> HOW DO YOU CONVINCE BLACK
FOLK IN THIS STATE ARE YOU NOT A
DONG TORE THEM.
>> THE STORY YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE HIP-HOP CONNECTION TO
VIOLENCE, THAT WAS A STUDY FROM
BERKELEY, BERKELEY IS NOT A
CONSERVATIVE INSTITUTION.
CONSERVATIVE INSTITUTION. THAT WAS BERKELEY, NOT ME, I WAS
CITED ON THE RADIO SHOW.
NUMBER TWO, OUR FLAG HAS BEEN
HERE AN AWFUL LONG TIME.
IN 2001, 65% OF MISSISSIPPIANS
CHOSE TO KEEP THAT FLACK THE
THING ABOUT FLAGS LIKE EVERY
BOLL IS THEY ARE SUBJECT TO
INTERPRETATIONS, IF 65% OF THE
PEOPLE HAVE VOTED TO KEEP THAT
FLAG, WE SHOULD RESPECT THEIR
WISHES.
WISHES. THE FLAG CAN BE OFFENSIVE TO
SOME.
SOME. I RECOGNIZE THAT BUT ALMOST ALL
SYMBOLS ARE OFFENSIVE TO
SOMEONE.
SOMEONE. AT SOME POINT THE MAJORITY HAS
TO CONTROL THAT DECISION.
THAT’S WHAT WE DID.
LY STAND WITH THE MAJORITY IN
THAT INSTANCE.
THAT INSTANCE. IF THECY CITY OF MISSISSIPPI
WANT TO START ANOTHER
REFERENDUM, I WILL STANDS FOR
THAT FLAG BECAUSE THE PEOPLE
HAVE TODAY FOR THAT FLAG.
>> SO HOW WOULD YOU SPEAK TO
THOSE 38% OF THIS STATE?
>> I’M GOING TO ASK THEM, AFTER
100 YEARS OF RELYING ON BIG
GOVERNMENT TO SAVE YOU, WHERE
ARE YOU TODAY?
AFTER 100 YEARS OF BEGGING FOR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SCRAPS, WHERE
ARE YOU TODAY?
WE HAVE BEEN DEAD LAST FOR 100
YEARS.
YEARS. I LIVE IN THE STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI, I’M TALKING
MISSISSIPPI.
MISSISSIPPI. WE HAVE BEEN DEAD LAST FOR 100
YEARS.
YEARS. IF WE KEEP DEPENDING ON THAT
ECONOMIC MODEL, WE WILL ALWAYS
STAY LAST.
STAY LAST. OUR STATE DEPENDS HEAVILY ON
STATE FUNDS.
STATE FUNDS. BECAUSE OF THAT WE AREN’T ABLE
TO CREATE THE PROSPEROUS
ENVIRONMENT TO GROW.
>> HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
HOW DO YOU MOVE MISSISSIPPI UP
IN CATEGORIES, WHETHER IT’S
EDUCATION OR HEALTH CARE, HOW DO
YOU DO THAT AS A SENATOR.
>> IT’S A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL
WAYS, FIRST OF ALL FROM A
CULTURE STAND POINT, WE HAVE
ENFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF
EDUCATION.
EDUCATION. WE DON’T TALK ABOUT EDUCATION
ENOUGH AS PEOPLE.
MY FATHER WAS A PROFESSOR.
I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN THAT.
EVERY MISSISSIPPIIAN SHOULD BE
ABLE TO GET A GOOD JOB AND A
GOOD EDUCATION.
GOOD EDUCATION. IF WE CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, EVERY
MISSISSIPPIIAN, EVERY ONE OF US
CAN HAVE JOBS IN THE FUTURE.
WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT 38%, I
WOULD SAY THE CANDIDATE I AM IS
THE CANDIDATE THAT WANTS TO
EXPAND YOUR LIBERTY, WHO WANTS
TO GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITY, TO MAKE
OUT OLD WAYS THE STATE HAS
ALWAYS DONE BUSINESS.
IF WE BREAK OUT OF THOSE OLD
WAYS THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY.
WE CAN’T KEEP DOING AT THIS TIME
SAME WAY AND GET DIFFERENT
RESULTS.
RESULTS. >> I WOULD ARGUE GETTING RID OF
THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FLAG THAT
IT ATTRACTS BUSINESS.
BECAUSE YOU’VE SEEN PA LOT OF
STATES AND HOW IT’S BEEN HARMFUL
THESE SYMBOLS THAT DON’T MAT FOR
MUCH BUT IT KEEPS US FROM
GETTING A NEW POWER PLAN.
I PERSONALLY CARE MORE ABOUT
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THAN
SYMBOLISM.
SYMBOLISM. >> HERE’S THE THING, THOUGH.
>> BY THE WAY, ELISE’ MOTHER IS
IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO YOU KNOW, SHE’S LEADING THE
CHEERING SEX.
CHEERING SEX. SO.
SO. >> I UNDERSTAND.
>> INVITE YOUR FAMILY.
>> CONTEXT.
>> CONTEXT. >> HERE’S THE ANSWER TO THAT, WE
HEAR THAT ARGUMENT FROM TIME TO
TIME.
TIME. I HAVE BEEN SERVING IN THE STATE
SENATE 11 YEARS, WE TALK TO
BUSINESS ALL THE TIME.
NOT ONE I HAVE SEEN HAS BACKED
OUT BECAUSE OF THETATE FLAG.
IF YOU CAN FAME ONE, I’LL BE
HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THEM.
WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION.
IF WE CREATE THE RIGHT ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY, THEY
WILL COME.
WILL COME. WE CAN DO THAT.
THAT’S THE POINT I WAS MAKING
EARLIER, CHANGE THE EXDOCTOR,
FIND GOVERNMENT REFORM, ONE GOOD
WAY WOULD BE TO PRODUCE INCOME
TAXES IN THIS STATE.
YOU NOTE TENNESSEE HAS NO STATE
INCOME TAX, FLORIDA.
BUSINESSES WILL RUSH TO THOSE
PLACES BECAUSE IT’S FRIENDLY FOR
BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS.
BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS. WE SHOULD EXPERIMENT WITH THAT,
THAT’S WHAT I’M REFERENCES.
>> STATE SENATOR CHRIS McDANIEL,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WE APPRECIATE IT.
UP NEXT, WE’LL TALK TO A
DEMOCRAT RUNNING IN
MISSISSIPPI’S OTHER SENATE RACE
WHERE HE IS PRIMED TO BE