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>> "MORNING JOE," EVERYBODY,
STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> I’M SO PROUD OF THE WORK OF
CHAIRMAN ADAM SCHIFF IN STARK
CONTRAST TO THE ALMOST CRIMINAL
BEHAVIOR OF THE PREVIOUS
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE.
SO WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT AFRAID
OF, THAT HE’S AFRAID OF THE
TRUTH, THAT HE WOULD GO AFTER A
MEMBER, A CHAIRMAN OF A
COMMITTEE, A RESPECTED CHAIRMAN
OF A COMMITTEE IN THE CONGRESS?
I THINK THEY’RE JUST SCAREDY
CATS.
CATS. >> LITTLE PENCIL NECK ADAM
SCHIFF, HAS GOT THE SMALLEST,
THINNEST NECK I’VE EVER SEEN.
HE IS NOT A LONG BALL HITTER.
BUT I SAW HIM TODAY.
WELL, WE DON’T REALLY KNOW,
THERE COULD STILL HAVE BEEN SOME
RUSSIA COLLUSION.
RUSSIA COLLUSION. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> THAT GUY’S TALKING ABOUT
PHYSICAL PROBLEMS?
PHYSICAL PROBLEMS? >> IT’S HIGH SCHOOL.
>> NO, SERIOUSLY.
HAVE YOU SEEN THAT GUY GOLFING,
LIKE IN A GOLF SHIRT?
LIKE NOT, I MEAN, WHO KNOWS,
MAYBE SCHIFF’S NOT A --
>> HE PICKS IT UP AND PUTS IT IN
THE HOLE.
THE HOLE. THAT’S HOW HE PLAYS GOLF.
>> MAYBE SCHIFF’S NOT A LONG
BALL HITTER, BUT THE PRESIDENT,
HE CAN’T EVEN RUN THE FIVE-YARD
DASH.
DASH. HE’D BE WHEEZING BY THE TIME HE
TOOK THE SECOND STEP.
>> AS WE’LL HEAR, CONGRESSMAN
ADAM SCHIFF IS PERFECTLY
KACHABLE OF DEKACH
ABLE
ABLE -- CAPABLE OF DEFENDING HIMSELF
BUT HE DID GET THE BACKING
YESTERDAY OF ROBERT MUELLER.
AND THERE’S STILL PLENTY LEFT TO
VET AND THERE’S ALSO THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
BUT THAT’S LONG OFF.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO "MORNING JOE."
IT IS FRIDAY, MARCH 29th.
WITH US, WE HAVE RENOWNED AD MAN
DONNY DEUTSCH, SUSAN DEL PERCIO
IS WITH US, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR
JONATHAN CAPEHART JOINS US AND
EXPERT COLUMNIST AT "USA TODAY"
AND AUTHOR OF "THE DEATH OF
EXPERTISE" TOM NICHOLS AND FROM
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, JONATHAN
LEMIRE IS WITH US AS WELL.
>> TOM, I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT MY
FAVORITE QUOTE FROM PAUL SIMON
WHO SAID "IN POLITICS SOMETIMES
WHEN YOU WIN YOU LOSE AND
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOSE YOU
WIN."
WIN." I FIND IT QUITE STRIKING THAT
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE OVERREACHED
AND ACTUALLY EVEN AFTER THAT
LETTER APPEAR TO BE SO DESPERATE
THAT THEY’RE SWINGING WILDLY,
MAKING PERSONAL ATTACKS, TRYING
TO DRAW UP ENEMIES LISTS FOR
REPORTERS.
REPORTERS. I’VE GOT TO SAY, I SENSE THEY’RE
ACTUALLY FOR SOME STRANGE REASON
THE ONES BACK ON THEIR HEELS
BECAUSE AS ADAM SCHIFF SHOWED
YESTERDAY AND WE WILL SHOW
EVERYBODY TODAY, DONALD TRUMP
AND HIS ADMINISTRATION STILL
HAVE SO MANY IMPROPER THINGS
THAT THEY DID THAT MAY NOT BE
ILLEGAL, BUT THEY CERTAINLY ARE
UNPATRIOTIC.
UNPATRIOTIC. >> I THINK THEY’RE TRYING TO USE
THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE BAR
SUMMARY BECAUSE I DON’T REFER TO
IT AS THE MUELLER REPORT.
ALL WE HAVE IS THE BARR SUMMARY.
THEY’RE TRYING TO USE THIS
PERIOD BETWEEN THE BARR SUMMARY
AND THE ACTUAL RELEASE OF THINGS
THAT WILL COME OUT OF WHAT WE
NOW KNOW IS A 300-PAGE REPORT TO
SET THE NARRATIVE.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DID THIS
REALLY VERY COMPETENTLY DURING
THE WEEK WHERE HE PUT OUT FOUR
PAGES THAT HAD SOME NICELY
PHRASED, CAREFULLY WORD SMITHED
EXPLANATIONS IN THERE THAT YOU
REALLY HAD TO BE A LAWYER OR AN
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TO PICK
APART.
APART. THE ONE OR TWO SENTENCES IN THE
BARR SUMMARY THEREFORE MEAN
THERE WAS NO IMPROPER CONTACT
WITH RUSSIA EVER SINCE 1917.
YOU KNOW, I JUST DON’T -- I
DON’T THINK THAT’S GOING TO
WORK.
WORK. I ACTUALLY THINK SOME OF THE
REPUBLICANS -- I MEAN, THE
PRESIDENT’S GOING TO SAY WHAT
THE PRESIDENT SAYS AND THE
PEOPLE AT THE RALLIES ARE GOING
TO BELIEVE HIM BECAUSE THAT’S
THE NATURE OF IT, BUT I THINK
THEY’RE SETTING THEMSELVES UP
FOR SOME HEARTBURN LATER BECAUSE
I THINK CONGRESSMAN SCHIFF IS
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT THERE’S A
LOT MORE TO THIS AND THERE’S A
LOT OF THINGS WE SHOULD BE
UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT.
UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT. >> AGAIN, IT JUST -- IT’S
POLITICS 101, YOU DON’T
OVERSTATE YOUR CLAIM, YOU DON’T
OVERSOCIETY
OVERSOCIETY OVERSOCIETY.
OVERSOCIETY. THEY’RE TRYING TO PAINT DONALD
TRUMP OUT TO BE SOMEONE WHO DID
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG.
WE KNOW ALL OF THE LIES, WE KNOW
ALL ABOUT THE MEETINGS, WE KNOW
THE WE KNOW DONALD TRUMP LYING
AND CONSPIRING AND AND WE ALSO
KNOW SOMETHING ELSE, AND WE’LL
BE SHOWING THESE POLLS IN A
LITTLE BIT BUT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE OVERWHELMINGLY BELIEVE
THAT DONALD TRUMP COMMITTED A
CRIME AND WE KNOW OVERWHELMINGLY
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BELIEVE
DONALD TRUMP LIED.
OF COURSE HE DID.
AND HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE
ELECTION?
ELECTION? WELL, HE WAS IN MICHIGAN LAST
NIGHT AND SORT OF A SAD, SAD --
JUST A SAD DECLINE FOR THE MAN.
HE’S SITTING AT 31% IN MICHIGAN.
HE ONLY HAS A 3 % REELECT.
WE’RE GETTING INTO NIXONIAN
NUMBERS HERE.
NUMBERS HERE. AND IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, THE FIRST
PRIMARY IN THE NATION.
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE HIS APPROVAL
RATING DOWN TO 31%, HIS REELECT
AT 31%.
AT 31%. EVERY POLITICIAN I’VE EVER
KNOWN, IF YOUR REELECT WAS UNDER
50% WHEN YOU GOT THE POLL
NUMBERS BACK, YOU STARTED
PANICKING.
PANICKING. THIS A NOSEDIVE POLITICALLY HE’S
NOT GETTING OUT OF.
MAYBE THAT’S WHY HE LOOKED SO
SAD AND PATHETIC LAST NIGHT AND
WHY HE WAS SWINGING SO WILDLY
WITH YOU KNOW, DONNIE, WE KNOW
HIM.
HIM. I DON’T KNOW WHAT AND HE KNOWS
WHAT’S COMING.
WHAT’S COMING. HE KNOWS AND THE INFORMATION IN
THERE IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF NEW YORK, HE’S JUST RN AND
THE MORE HE SKAEMS, DESPERATE,
TRYING TO RUN AWAY.
HE JUST CAN’T RUN AWAY FROM IT.
HE HAS CORNERED HIMSELF.
>> WHEN HE STARTED WITH THE
PENCIL NECK ADAM SHIFTCHIFF, IT
REMINDS ME -- HE’S JUST
DISGUSTING TO LOOK AT.
HE’S OBESE.
HE’S OBESE. HE’S ONE OF THE MOST
REPULSEIVELY -- REPULSIVELY
LOOKING HUMAN BEINGS I’VE EVER
SEEN.
SEEN. >> NOW, NOW, NOW --
>> THAT’S WHAT A BULLY DOES.
83% OF THE COUNTRY WANT TO SEE
THE 300 PAGES.
77% STILL BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME
FORM OF NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES.
>> WE KNOW THERE WAS!
THE QUESTION IS WHO ARE THE
OTHER 22% OF DUPES IN AMERICA?
WE KNOW
WE KNOW WE KNOW DON JR. WAS I LOVE IT.
THEN THEY LIED ABOUT ADOPTIONS
AND DONALD TRUMP GETS AROUND
THERE, "LET’S FIGURE SOMETHING
OUT" AND THEN THEY PUT TO THE IN
STUPID LIE --
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> THESE ARE VERY BAD LIARS.
>> BUT, DONNIE, WHAT’S YOUR
POINT?
POINT? >> I’M GOING TO JUST TAKE A
PAUSE HERE FOR A WHILE.
I’M GOING TO TAKE MY SHIRT OFF.
>> SMOKE A CIGARETTE.
>> LOOK AT THE RNC AND WHAT ALL
OF THEM ARE DOING, THEY’RE JUST
HUMILIATING THEMSELVES.
HUMILIATING THEMSELVES. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DONNY
DEUTSCH.
DEUTSCH. >> JOE, MIKA WAS TRYING TO GET
IN THERE.
IN THERE. JOE, TO YOUR EARLIER POINT, HE
SHOULD BE PANICKED FOR A FEW
REASONS.
REASONS. THE LAST QUARTER’S ECONOMIC
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. THREE OUT OF FOUR ECONOMISTS
BELIEVE THE ECONOMY IS GOING IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION.
YOU PUT UP THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
NUMBER, YOU PUT UP THE MICHIGAN
NUMBER AND ONCE AGAIN, I SOUND
LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, WE CANNOT
FORGET THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
THEY’RE QUIET.
THEY’RE QUIET. THEY ARE REALLY BUILDING THEIR
CASE ABOUT A CRIMINAL
ENTERPRISE.
ENTERPRISE. AND WE KNOW THERE’S NO
COLLUSION, THERE IS OBSTRUCTION.
SO YOU DO -- MY APARTMENTS ARE
BIGGER THAN YOURS, I’M SMART ARE
THAN YOU, I HAVE MORE MONEY THAN
YOU, IT WAS A PATHETIC LITTLE
MAN.
MAN. >> I WAS SO EMBARRASSED FOR HIM.
THE THINK IS ABOUT BARR, EVERY
DAY THAT BAR AR ALLOWS THIS TO
DRAG OUT IS A DAY HE SETS DONALD
TRUMP UP FOR A FALL.
KSH -- THAT WAS GOING TO
BASICALLY BE HIS PERSONAL LAWYER
AND THAT’S IT.
NOT BE AN TONG NOW LOOKS KIND OF
WHAT LIKE IT’S SORT OF -- I
MEAN, AGAIN, HERE WE HAVE
ANOTHER GUY THAT’S CONTRIBUTED
TO THIS COUNTRY THROUGH THE
YEARS AND HE’S WRECKING HIS
REPUTATION BECAUSE HE DOESN’T
WANT US TO SEE THE REPORT THAT
DONALD TRUMP SAID HE COULD.
IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE
PRESIDENT AND IS HINNION THE
RELEASE AND THE BAR SUMMARY AS A
BRANDING EXERCISE TO LIE TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE REPORTED
SELF, THE ONE THING WE KNOW,
SAYS IT’S NOT.
SO LET’S WAIT TILL WE GET THE
REPORT.
REPORT. >> WE HAVEN’T SEEN THE REPORT.
NOBODY HAS SEEN THE REPORT.
EXCEPT WE DO KNOW THIS, WE KNOW
THAT THE BARR LETTER IS
MEANINGLESS.
MEANINGLESS. IT’S ABSOLUTELY -- IT MEANS
NOTHING.
NOTHING. IT WAS A POLITICAL DOCUMENT
MEANT TO PROTECT DONALD TRUMP,
TO GIVE REPUBLICANS -- AND TO
GIVE DONALD TRUMP SICKYCOPHANTS
TIME TO SPIN WILDLY BEFORE WE