EXTRAORDINARILY POPULAR OR POWERFUL IN STEERING OUR
POLITICS WHICH IS CRAZY.
>> WELL, I MENTIONED EARLIER
THAT FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP
RELEASED A STATEMENT ESSENTIALLY
HITTING BACK ON THE POLICY OF
SEPARATING MIGRANT CHILDREN FROM
THEIR PARENTS.
THEIR PARENTS. FORMER FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH WAS
MORE DIRECT IN A GUEST OP-ED FOR
THE "WASHINGTON POST" WRITING IN
PART, QUOTE, I APPRECIATE THE
NEED TO ENFORCE AND PROTECT OUR
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES, BUT
THIS ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY IS
CRUEL.
CRUEL. IT IS IMMORAL.
IT BREAKS MY HEART.
AND THEN THERE WERE THESE
COMMENTS THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE
FROM FORMER CIA DIRECTOR GENERAL
MICHAEL HAYDEN, WHO WE HAVE A
GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR.
HE TWEETED THIS PHOTO OF NAZI
GERMANY’S CONCENTRATION CAMP
WITH THE CAPTION OTHER
GOVERNMENTS HAVE SEPARATED
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN AND
TWEETED, QUOTE, NO ONE WHO NOW
WALKS THROUGH THAT PORTAL ON
THAT SIDE CAN CASUALLY BELIEVE
THAT CIVILIZED BEHAVIOR IS
GUARANTEED.
GUARANTEED. DAVID IGNATIUS, THERE ARE A LOT
OF STRONG VOICES OUT THERE WHO
ARE COMPARING THIS TO AN
EXPERIENCE WITH THE NAZIS.
MY CONCERN IS THAT IT GIVES
FODDER FOR THE FOX NEWS HOSTS
WHO ARE STOOGES FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP TO HIDE BEHIND A DIFFERENT
ARGUMENT, TO ACTUALLY USE THAT
TO NOT HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE
TRUTH, THAT BABIES AND CHILDREN
ARE BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR
MOTHERS AT THE BORDER AND THIS
IS A TRUMP POLICY.
SO I WORRY WE HAVE TO STICK TO
THE FACTS HERE WHILE THIS MAY
HAVE SIMILARITIES, IT’S
DIFFERENT UP TILL WENTIL WE KNOW
IT IS IT’S OWN REALITY OF HATRED
AND OF DESPAIR FOR THESE
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. I’M SURE WE CAN COME UP WITH OUR
OWN NAME AT SOME POINT.
HAVING SAID THAT, TO HEAR
GENERAL HAYDEN USING THAT
ANALOGY, WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU
ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT’S GOING ON AT
THE BORDER, AGAIN BEING EXECUTED
BY THIS PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S POLICY.
TRUMP’S POLICY. >> MIKA, I DON’T THINK GENERAL
HAYDEN IS SAYING THAT WE’RE
NAZIS, THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION
IS NAZI LIKE, BUT BY RAISING
THIS HISTORICAL IMAGE, HE’S
WARNING US WHAT HAPPENS TO A
SOCIETY WHEN IT BEGINS TO LOSE
ITS EMPATHY.
ITS EMPATHY. WHEN PEOPLE BECAUSE OF INTENSE
POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS STOP
BEING ABLE TO SEE LIFE FROM A
STANDPOINT OF THOSE WHO ARE
SUFFERING.
SUFFERING. I THINK FOR MANY AMERICANS,
LOOKING AT THE PICTURE THAT
WE’VE ALL SEEN AND THAT LITTLE
GIRL IN HER RED JUMPER IN TEARS
SEPARATED FROM HER MOTHER, WAS
JUST ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS YOU
COULDN’T LOOK AT THAT AND NOT
THINK THERE’S SOMETHING REALLY
WRONG HERE.
WRONG HERE. I WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS.
THIS. I THINK THAT FEELING, THANK
GOODNESS, IS SPREAD BEYOND
DEMOCRATS INTO THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
PARTY. YOU CAN’T BE MORE EMPHATIC THAN
LAURA BUSH WAS.
YOU SAID SUSAN COLLINS
UNEASINESS IN HAVING TO DEFEND
THIS.
THIS. YOU SENSE THAT FROM THE
SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
SO WE ARE STILL A COUNTRY WHERE
THESE IMAGES OF SUFFERING, OF
THE CARING FOR OTHER HUMAN
BEINGS MATTER AND I THINK WE’RE
GOING TO NEED ENOUGH PUBLIC
PRESSURE THAT PRESIDENT HAS TO
LOOK AT THIS AND DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT BECAUSE REPUBLICANS
WILL DEMAND IT.
IF REPUBLICANS DON’T VOICE THAT
FEELING THAT’S OUT IN THE
COUNTRY, THIS IS WRONG, I WANT
TO BELIEVE THEY’LL PAY FOR A
PRICE FOR IT.
>> I’M GOING TO JUST BEG, I
MEAN, I WILL MAKE A PLEA TO
REPUBLICANS THIS MORNING, THAT
IT IS ON YOU TO SPEAK OUT.
WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU.
WHAT EXACTLY DOES THIS PRESIDENT
NEED TO DO TO GET YOU TO STEP
UP?
UP? WHAT IS IT?
HOW BAD DOES IT HAVE TO GET?
>> NICK POINTED OUT, THERE ARE
THREE ACTUALLY CORKER, FLAKE,
SUSAN COLLINS.
SUSAN COLLINS. >> THREE.
>> THREE. >> THOSE THREE COULD TIP THE
BALANCE ON ALMOST ANYTHING THIS
PRESIDENT WANTS TO DO OR NOT DO.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS USE THEIR
VOICE.
VOICE. >> IT’S THE AMERICAN VOTER.
THE AMERICAN VOTER HAS TO -- IF
YOU CALL GET CALLS IN THE
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE THOSE
PEOPLE REACT AND START TO PANIC.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT GOES THIS
WEEK TO MEET WITH THE GOP THE
GOP NEEDS TO SAY, MR. PRESIDENT,
WE’RE HEARING FROM OUR
CONSTITUENTS, WE CAN’T -- IT IS
THE VOTERS WHO WILL ULTIMATELY
OVERWHELM WHAT THE PRESIDENT
SAYS.
SAYS. YOU DON’T WANT TO BE ATTACKED BY
A PRESIDENT.
A PRESIDENT. THAT’S FINE.
THAT’S FINE. WANT TO BE ATTACKED BY YOUR
VOTERS, THAT’S WORSE.
PEOPLE HAVE TO -- LET’S REMEMBER
WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE.
THESE AREN’T PEOPLE COMING HERE
ON WELFARE.
ON WELFARE. MOSTLY WOMEN TRAVELING OVER LAND
TO SAVE THEIR CHILDREN’S LIVES.
AND THEY ARE GETTING RIPPED FROM
THEIR -- THEIR CHILDREN ARE
GETTING RIPPED FROM THEIR
MOTHERS’ ARMS.
MOTHERS’ ARMS. IT’S OUTRAGEOUS.
IT’S OUTRAGEOUS. IT’S SHAMEFUL.
IT’S SHAMEFUL. I DON’T -- I WOULDN’T COMPARE IT
TO NAZI GERMANY.
THAT’S A STEP TOO FAR.
SOMETHING THAT WILL GO DOWN IN
OUR HISTORY AS SHAMEFUL.
>> IT’S A STEP IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION, THAT IS FOR SURE.
I THINK THAT WE CAN SAFELY SAY.
AGAIN, I ASK, AS WE GO TO BREAK,
WHAT EXACTLY DOES THIS PRESIDENT
NEED TO DO TO GET YOU TO USE
YOUR VOICE?
YOUR VOICE? AND I GUESS I SPEAKS TO THE
VOTERS, BUT ESPECIALLY TO
REPUBLICANS WHO COULD MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
DIFFERENCE. COMING UP ON "MORNING JOE,"
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE PUTTING
TOGETHER THE PIECES LITERALLY IN
THE CASE AGAINST MICHAEL COHEN.
THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON THOSE
SHREDDED DOCUMENTS SEIZED FROM
THE PRESIDENT’S FIXER ARE JUST
AHEAD.
AHEAD. PLUS, MITCH McCONNELL CHANNELS
RUDY GIULIANI IN TELLING BOB
MUELLER TO WRAP IT UP.
ARE YOU KIDDING?
WE’LL HAVE THE LATEST ON THE
SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATION.
LATER STEVE BANNON LIES ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP NOT LYING.
THAT VERY SURREAL INTERVIEW WITH
THE FORMER WHITE HOUSE
STRATEGIST.
STRATEGIST. YOU’RE WATCHING "MORNING JOE."
WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.