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Morning Joe

Morning Joe 2/18/21

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

Issues, Washington, Politics, President, Campaign, Scarboro, Brezinski, News, Giest, Ms Now, Congress, Government, Election

3.98.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Millions in Texas are still without power on Thursday after winter storms and frigid temperatures swept through the state. The Morning Joe panel discusses the latest developments.

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0:00.0

The only guy gets impeached and my numbers go up.

0:02.9

I may figure that one out.

0:04.2

Let's say somebody gets impeached.

0:05.6

Typically, your numbers would go down.

0:07.3

They would go down like...

0:09.0

The once bustling Trump Plaza Casino Hotel demolished yesterday while Trump himself was back on the air and not getting any pushback to his lies about the election.

0:30.8

No pushback at all. Who would do that?

0:32.7

You know, he even lied, Willie, about numbers and impeachment. I mean, we were there, Republicans.

0:39.4

We impeached Bill Clinton.

0:41.0

Very embarrassing.

0:41.9

And his numbers went up. Like, it happened again with Donald Trump this time, and I made the comment.

0:48.5

Impeachment is just not a winning political issues. Your numbers all the way, you always see

0:53.1

the president's numbers going up.

0:55.2

So he was lying about that, but also, of course, that's just stupidity. But that's what he does.

1:00.2

But the question is, at what point do organizations actually do what they're supposed to do,

1:07.1

which is speak truth to power? Tell the truth. They never have.

1:13.7

So they'll be sued again and again and again. Why should they start telling the truth now when Donald Trump is there lying?

1:18.3

Again, Willie, the worst part, the worst lies were, of course, the lies that he spread

1:23.0

again yesterday, that spread to the January 6th insurrection and spread to cops being brutalized

1:30.9

and beaten by American flags and actually an insurrection against the United States

1:35.8

being launched because of Donald Trump.

1:38.8

And he was lying again and the hosts on the shows that he called into, let him lie. Let him continue the

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