Morning Joe 12/19/24

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

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🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Trump opposes bipartisan government funding deal less than two days before deadline

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0:00.0	This is absurd, and what we have here is a bipartisan deal that Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House,
0:07.6	negotiated and brought to the House that has been scuttled by Donald Trump and Elon Musk
0:15.5	and is putting us on the brink of a government shutdown.
0:19.5	House Republicans will now own any harm that is visited upon the American people that results from a
0:31.6	government shutdown or worse.
0:35.5	Do you have confidence in Speaker Johnson's staying on then?
0:38.3	Well, I don't know.
0:39.3	I'm only one vote out of 220.
0:41.3	Look, I think the Speaker could have handled this differently.
0:43.3	At this point, I'm still supportive of the Speaker, but I will tell you that voices both
0:49.3	inside the House Freedom Caucus and outside the Freedom Caucus have been very disappointed
0:53.3	at what's happened this week.
0:55.0	Do you think Johnson should stay the Speaker nominee?
0:58.0	Oh, it doesn't.
0:59.0	Johnson's going to be the Speaker.
1:00.0	You're going to get Democrats to support him.
1:02.0	He's not going to be able to get him through just the Republicans.
1:04.0	He's going to need Democrats to support him where he'll never make Speaker.
1:07.0	He's just, he's not going to. Extraordinary developments on Capitol Hill, Democrats pointing fingers at Republicans, Republicans
1:14.2	blaming Speaker Mike Johnson, all while Donald Trump and Elon Musk pushed Congress toward a government
1:20.6	shutdown ordering Republicans yesterday not to support the bipartisan spending deal.
1:26.6	Good morning. Welcome to morning Morning Joe. It is Thursday,
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