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Morning Joe

Morning Joe 2/22/21

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

🗓️ 22 February 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

President Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for much of Texas following last week's winter storm that left millions without power amid freezing temperatures. The panel discusses the storm as well as Sen. Ted Cruz's departure from and return to Texas.

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0:00.0

Well, the pets busted in our apartment complex and we don't know when it's going to be fixed and we don't have any drinking water, any flushing water, any washing water, any water.

0:10.0

And I mean, I drove 40 minutes just to get here.

0:14.0

So I need the water pretty badly.

0:18.0

Okay.

0:19.0

It was scary.

0:20.0

Our apartment, we lost power Monday night, and I kind of woke up and everything

0:26.1

was dark and I thought, okay, well, that's not normal.

0:28.9

And it was super cold.

0:30.4

And I literally, like, touched my baby's face and he was freezing.

0:36.1

I touched my baby's face and he was just freezing. It is finally warming up in Texas,

0:43.7

but the devastation remains. Millions are still without clean water or enough food to eat,

0:50.4

as we are now learning the stories of people who froze to death in their sleep during this crisis.

0:57.3

We'll get the latest from there and also this national catastrophe.

1:02.6

Over half a million people have now died from COVID in the United States of America.

1:08.3

That is more than the number of Americans who died on the battlefields

1:12.9

of World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War combined. It's also more than double the

1:20.1

next highest global death toll in Brazil. This evening, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris

1:27.3

will hold a moment of silence and a candle lighting ceremony to commemorate all those who have lost their lives to COVID.

1:36.7

And that comes in stark contrast to the words and actions of the previous president who consistently downplayed the coronavirus pandemic

1:45.5

throughout his entire time in the Oval Office.

1:49.6

Here are just a few of the countless examples of how President Trump led or rather

1:54.1

failed to lead us in his response to COVID-19.

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