MIKE PENCE HAS BEEN THERE CAMPAIGNING FOR BALDERSON.
THIS IS A TEST OF DONALD TRUMP’S
INFLUENCE.
INFLUENCE. JOE, POINT YOU TO SOMETHING ELSE
WE FOUND, UNEARTHED WRITINGS BY
MIKE PENCE IN THE LATE 1990s
RECENTLY BROUGHT TO LIGHT.
PENCE ARGUED, A PRESIDENT SHOULD
BE HELD TO THE HIGHEST MORAL
STANDARDS AND REMOVED FROM
OFFICE IF NOT, CITING THEN
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON’S AFFAIR
WITH A WHITE HOUSE INTERN AND
PUBLIC LIES ABOUT IT AS AN
EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE. IN ONE PIECE PENCE ROTE, "IF YOU
AND I FALL INTO BAD MORAL
HABITS, WE CAN HARM OUR
FAMILIES, OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES CAN INCINERATE THE
PLANET.
PLANET. SERIOUSLY.
SERIOUSLY. THE VERY IDEA WE OUGHT TO HAVE
AT OR LESS THAN THE SAME MORAL
STANDARDS PLACED ON THE
STANDARDS WE PLACE ON THE
EXECUTIVE A LUDICROUS AND
DANGEROUS.
DANGEROUS. WE’VE SEEN THE PRESIDENT AS THE
REPOSITORY OF OUR HIGHEST HOPES,
IDEALS AND VALUES.
TO DEMAND LESS IS TO DO HARM TO
THE BLOOD THAT BOUGHT US
FREEDOM."
FREEDOM." REFERRING TO CLINTON AGAIN "THE
PRESIDENT’S REPEATED LIES TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THIS MATTER
COMPOUND THE CASE AGAINST HIM AS
THEY DEMONSTRATE HIS FAILURE TO
PROTECT THE INSTITUTION OF THE
PRESIDENCY AS THE INSPIRING
SUPREME SYMBOL OF ALL THAT IS
HIGHEST IN OUR AMERICAN IDEALS.
LEADERS AFFECT THE LINES OF
FAMILIES FAR BEYOND THEIR OWN
PRIVATE LIFE."
PRIVATE LIFE." >> PREACH ON, BROTHER.
>> A RADIO HOST WHEN HE WROTE
THAT IN INDIANA.
WROTE THOSE, POSTED THEM TO HIS
WEBSITE.
WEBSITE. IF YOU SUPERIMPOSE THOSE TO
2018, THEY TAKE ON AN ENTIRELY
NEW MEANING.
NEW MEANING. >> HE WAS A RADIO HOST THEN AND
NOW HAS FALLEN DOWN TO VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
WORDS TO LIVE BY AND RESTORES
YOUR FAITH IN THE ONE UNENDEER -
>> MORE’S STANDARD MAYBE DON’T
CREEP ON 15, 16, 17-YEAR-OLD
GIRLS BACKSTAGE AT THE MISS USA
PAGEANT.
PAGEANT. THAT WHO MIKE PENCE THINKS HAS
GREAT ENOUGH MORAL STANDARDS TO
BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE THESE
DAYS, I GUESS.
>> OR DON’T PAY OFF PORN STARS,
PERHAPS.
PERHAPS. >> DON’T PAY OFF PORN STARS.
>> ALSO, ELISE, FRANKLIN GRAHAM.
READ WHAT FRANKLIN GRAHAM WROTE
DURING THE CLINTON IMPEACHMENT
TIME.
TIME. UFT
UFT JUST AN SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND
SICKENING GIVEN THE CURRENT
STAND THAT HE’S IN RIGHT NOW,
BUT FOR MIKE PENCE, AGAIN, I
KEEP WONDERING.
KEEP WONDERING. WHEN IS MIKE PENCE GOING TO
SPEAK OUT?
SPEAK OUT? YOU KNOW, DONALD TRUMP AND MIKE
PENCE AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
SUPPORTED ROY MOORE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> WHEN ALL OF THOSE ACCUSATIONS
WERE COMING FORWARD IN THAT
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. TO GO FROM WHERE HE WENT IN 1999
TO WHERE HE IS RIGHT NOW, NOT
THAT LONG LATER.
NOT THAT MUCH LATER.
A SHOCKING, SHOCKING TURNAROUND.
THAT NOW HE’S DEFENDING THIS
GUY.
GUY. OTHERS SAYING, WELL, IT’S JUST
BETWEEN HIM AND HIS WIFE AND
GOD.
GOD. IT’S NOT WHAT HE WAS SAYING, NOT
WHAT FRANKLIN GRAHAM WAS SAYING
OR A LOT OF REPUBLICANS
DEFENDING DONALD TRUMP WERE
SAYING IN 1999.
>> AN ATTITUDE I’VE HEARD
RECENTLY JUSTIFYING THE CURRENT
SINS BECAUSE OF THE PAST SINS.
WELL, BECAUSE HE DID IT, IT’S
OKAY FOR HIM TO DO IT NOW.
WE JUST DON’T CARE BECAUSE HE
GOT AWAY WITH IT.
WHY NOT LET OUR GUY GET AWAY
WITH IT, TOO.
THAT SHOWS A VERY HOLLOW CORE OF
YOUR ACTUAL BELIEFS.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. YOU KNOW, ALSO, MIKA, I’VE HAD
PEOPLE WRITE ME BEFORE.
PEOPLE THAT I’VE KNOWN IN
CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENTS AND ALSO
EVANGELICALS SAYING, YOU SHOULD
KNOW, JOE, CHRISTIANS, THEY ASK
FOR FORGIVENESS.
FOR FORGIVENESS. THEY ASK FOR REDEMPTION.
I’VE ALWAYS SAID, THAT THE IS
THE CENTER, IF YOU READ THE
BIBLE, UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE.
THE CENTER OF JESUS’ TEACHING IS
WE’VE ALL FALLEN SHORT OF THE
GLORY OF GOD, AND WHAT’S
REQUIRED?
REQUIRED? WHAT’S REQUIRED IS THAT YOU ASK
FORGIVENESS, THAT YOU BEG
FORGIVENESS, YOU UNDERSTAND YOU
ARE UNWORTHY OF GOD’S GRACE.
AND THAT IT IS GIVEN TO YOU
ONLY, ONLY, AS GRACE.
>> AND YOU’VE GOT DONALD TRUMP
WHO SAYS, NO.
I’VE NEVER ACTUALLY HAD TO ASK
FOR FORGIVENESS.
FOR FORGIVENESS. I’VE NEV HAD TO PRAY FOR
FORGIVENESS.
FORGIVENESS. NO.
NO. I CAN’T REALLY THINK OF ANY
REASON WHY -- THAT’S JUST NOT
WHO I AM, ASKING GOD FOR
FORGIVENESS.
FORGIVENESS. THESE EVANGELICAL NOT ONLY --
CLAIM THEY’RE EVANGELICALS, THEY
CERTAINLY AREN’T EVANGELICAL --
CERTAINLY AREN’T THE
EVANGELICALS I GREW UP WITH AT
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN CHAMBLEE
OR MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, OR IN
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. THEY’RE GIVING THIS GUY A
COMPLETE FREE PASS, AND THEY CAN
DO THAT, BUT, PLEASE, DON’T WRAP
JESUS AROUND IT, BECAUSE JESUS’
GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
>> MIKE PENCE TOTALLY LOST WHO
HE IS IN THIS.
I’M NOT SURE WHAT’S WORTH IT TO
HIM, TO NOT HOLD BACK FROM WHAT
HE BELIEVES IN, BUT HE IS
ALLOWING THIS TO SWALLOW HIM UP.
ALSO, FROM THE WAY BACK MACHINE,
JAKE SHERMAN, YOU POST ADD CLIP
ON TWITTER JED OFYESTERDAY OF DA
RATHER INTERVIEWING DONALD TRUMP
IN 1999.
IN 1999. FEATURING HIS TRIP TO CALIFORNIA
TRYING TO BUILD SUPPORT AMONG
MEMBERS OF A REFORM PARTY FOR A
POSSIBLY PRESIDENT’S BID.
HERE WAS THEIR REACTION TO HIS
SALES PITCH, PLUS SOMETHING
TRUMP SAID 19 YEARS AGO THAT HE
FAMOUSLY ECHOED DURING THE 2016
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. TAKE A LOOK.
>> I WAS DISAPPOINTED.
BECAUSE I FELT THAT HE -- I
THOUGHT HE WAS VERY ATTACKING OF
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PARTY,
WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY
DISRESPECTFUL.
DISRESPECTFUL. >> I THINK HE CAME, YOU HOWARD
WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AND WE’RE
EXCITING.
EXCITING. >> HE’S A CON MAN AND OUGHT TO
GO BACK TO NEW YORK.
>> WHY?
>> WHY? >> HE’S COMING OUT HERE TRYING
TO DESTROY OUR PARTY.
THAT’S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.
>> Reporter: THE WAY TRUMP LOOKS
AT IT, HE’S AT LEAST BETTER THAN
EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE RACE
BEGINNING WITH JOHN McCAIN.
SAID HE FLEW COMBAT MISSIONS.
>> DOES THAT MAKE YOU A HERO?
I’M NOT SURE.
I DON’T KNOW.
>> IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME HE
SAID IT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
IT’S HORRIFIC TO SAY AND SEEMS
THE PUBLIC’S RELATIONSHIP WITH
TRUMP HAS REALLY TRANSFORMED AS
HIS PRESIDENCY HAS BECOME ALL
THE MORE SERIOUS ON THE WORLD
STAGE, BUT HE SAID IT SO MANY
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. >> I’M GLAD MY YOUTUBE PHISHING
IS GOOD FOR SOMETHING.
YEAH.
YEAH. NO.
NO. IT IS OBVIOUSLY FASCINATING AND
THE PRESIDENT HAS, DESPITE
PEOPLE URGING HIM IN HIS PARTY,
HE HAS CONTINUED TO THROW SHADE
AT JOHN McCAIN ABOUT HIS VOTE
LAST YEAR, ABOUT A YEAR AGO
RIGHT NOW, AGAINST REPEALING THE
HEALTH CARE LAW.
SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY, A DEFINITE
THREAD, HIS DISDAIN FOR JOHN
McCAIN GOING BACK TO 1999 WHEN
HE FIRST THOUGHT ABOUT RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT.
FOR PRESIDENT. >> WILLIE, YOU KNOW, THIS BEARS
REPEATING.
REPEATING. DONALD TRUMP DODGED THE DRAFT.
HE GOT WHAT?
FOUR, FIVE DEFERMENTS FOR --
>> FIVE.
>> FIVE. >> -- BONE SPURS.
THOSE LITTLE FEET.
HARD TO CARRY AROUND ALL THAT
WEIGHT.
WEIGHT. SO I GUESS.
HE’S GOT BONE SPURS BUT SITTING
THERE MAKING FUN OF A MAN WHO
WAS FLYING VERY EARLY IN THE
WAR.
WAR. GOT SHOT DOWN ON COMBAT
MISSIONS.
MISSIONS. I KNOW A LOT OF GREAT AMERICAN
HEROES LIKE BUD DAY WHO DID AND
A LOT OF OTHER GREAT, GREAT MEN
WHO DID DURING THE VIETNAM WAR,
AND YOU KNOW, HE CARRIES THOSE
SCARS TO THIS DAY, AND, AGAIN,
AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT IT’S GOT
TO BE REPEATED AGAIN, THE NORTH
VIETNAMESE WERE GOING TO LET
JOHN McCAIN LEAVE AND GO HOME,
BECAUSE HIS FATHER WAS AN
IMPORTANT MAN IN THE UNITED
STATES MILITARY AND HE REFUSED.
COULDN’T GO UNTIL THE REST OF
HIS BAND OF BROTHERS SAID, UNTIL
THEY, HE ALLOWED ALL OF THEM TO
GO.
GO. AND HE DIDN’T DO IT.
HE STAYED THERE.
HE STAYED BEHIND.
>> I HADN’T SEEN THAT CLIP FROM
1999.
1999. I THOUGHT WHEN WE HEARD IT ON
THAT STAGE THREE YEARS AGO
DURING THE PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN
IT WAS MAYBE SOMETHING IMPULSIVE
HER CAME OUT IN REACTION TO JOHN
McCAIN, BUT APPARENTLY A DEEPLY
HELD BELIEF HE’S HAD FOR 20 OR
SO YEARS FROM NOW.
THEY ARE TRUE AND THIS IS
PREPOSTEROUS.
PREPOSTEROUS. REMEMBER, HE SAID THAT DURING
THE CAMPAIGN, BY CONFESSIONED
YOU RADIOS OF POLITICS, THIS GUY
IS IN TROUBLE.
HE’LL BE DONE.
THE FRONT PAGE OF THE "NEW YORK
POST" SAID HE WAS FINISHED, HER
SURVIVED THAT, THEN WE KNEW HIS
PRESIDENCY WOULD BE DIFFERENT
THAN ALL THE OTHERS.
>> IF YOU USE DONALD TRUMP’S OWN
WAY OF DEDUCING THESE THINGS, IF
GETTING CAPTURED DOESN’T MAKE
YOU A HERO FOR SOME REASON, THEN
GETTING ALL OF THOSE DEFERMENTS
BECAUSE OF BONE SPURS MAKES YOU
A LITTLE COWARD.
JAKE SHERMAN, THANK VERY MUCH.
>>> STILL AHEAD ON "MORNING JOE"
FROM HARLEY-DAVIDSON TO AMAZON A
NEW LOOK HOW COMPANIES ARE
HANDLING PUBLIC ATTACKS BY THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. AXIOS HAS AN INTERESTING NEW
TAKE ON THAT.
>>> PLUS, WEB GIANTS TEAM UP TO
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