We must reach out and appeal to the patriotic and fundamental ideals of average Americans

who do not consider themselves movement people, but who respond to the same American ideals that we do.

I'm not talking about some vague notion of an abstract amorphous American mainstream.

I'm talking about Main Street Americans in their millions.

They come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. Blue collar workers, blacks, Hispanic, shoekeepers,

scholars, service people, housewives, and professional men and women. They're the backbone of America.

And we can't move America without moving their hearts and minds as well.

They want all electric stoves all over the country, but we don't have the electric power for that.

And we want electric stoves, but we also want gas stoves.

It's April fools. Why do they want that?

CPAC then and now, the conservative conference has shifted in recent years to grievance politics,

those two speeches 41 years apart. Now led by former President Donald Trump, who delivered a

dark speech telling a sparse crowd at CPAC, quote,

I am your retribution. We'll have more of his remarks and what they mean for the 2024 presidential race just ahead.

Plus, we'll get a live report from Springfield, Ohio, where another Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous material went off the tracks,

the second derailment in that state in just over a month.

Also ahead, we'll be joined by Reverend Al Sharpton, who was right next to President Joe Biden

as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, marking the anniversary

of Bloody Sunday.

Good morning and welcome to Morning, Joe.

It is Monday, March 6. I'm Willie Geist. Joe and Mika off this morning with us, the host of way

too early, White House Bureau Chief at Politico, Jonathan Lemire, former aide to the George

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