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Morning Joe

Morning Joe 2/8/24

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

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

3.98.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Supreme Court to hear Trump ballot eligibility case today

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0:00.0

I understand this in this building and in the 202 area code that is

0:07.1

Washington DC border security is a political issue but if we leave the 202 area code everywhere else in the country

0:16.1

this is not a political issue, it's a national security issue. And when you actually

0:21.1

go to the Border Patrol Council, those that see the chaos day to day,

0:27.0

they're saying, send us some help.

0:30.0

When you are handed the keys to the you know to the kingdom as it were when when you have the majority

0:37.5

there is an expectation that you will be able to govern and we have just struggled with that over and over again.

0:45.0

It's a big leadership challenge that we need to find a solution for.

0:48.0

Honestly, I don't care about basic governments.

0:53.4

I actually think that a little bit of turmoil, if you will,

0:58.3

actually ends up being good for the American people at times.

1:01.6

I mean, most of my voters would love to see this place shut down

1:04.3

because they don't think it works for them and they specifically they want to see

1:07.7

it shut down until the border shut down. The Republican-led chaos continues on Capitol Hill. The bipartisan border bill that Republican Senator,

1:15.0

very conservative James Langford and others worked on for months

1:22.0

is officially dead.

1:24.2

But now there are Senate Republicans who are

1:26.4

avowing to block any foreign aid bill until the situation

1:30.4

at the southern border is addressed first, like the bill they just killed.

1:35.1

The bad faith arguments on those issues made by some mega Republicans has angered some of

1:41.3

the true conservative members of the GOP.

1:44.4

We'll get to that.

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