Morning Joe 5/6/21

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

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

3.9 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The battle at the top of the Republican Party entered a new front Wednesday as former President Trump and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise publicly backed Rep. Elise Stefanik to replace Rep. Liz Cheney as chair of the House Republican Conference.

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0:00.0	I thought she looks good, she looks like good talent.
0:04.0	But did I not realize when she opens that mouth, you were killing them, Elise.
0:09.0	You were killing them.
0:19.0	If Donald Trump were the 2024 nominee, would you support him?
0:23.3	I would not.
0:26.5	Okay.
0:27.4	Liz Cheney, very good catching up with you.
0:30.0	There you go.
0:31.1	Two very different directions for the GOP.
0:34.1	And apparently the Republican Party has made its choice. Good morning and welcome to
0:39.3	Morning Joe. It is Thursday, May 6th. Along with Joe, Willie and me, we have MSNBC contributor Mike
0:46.8	Barnacle, co-founder and CEO of Axis Jim Van de Haidhi is with us, and member of the New York
0:53.8	Times editorial board Mara Gayay joins us this morning.
0:57.7	We may as well dive right in.
0:59.3	This morning, Republicans are another step closer to pushing out Congresswoman Liz Cheney from her role as GOP conference chair.
1:09.8	House Minority Whips Steve Scalise, now publicly backing Congresswoman Elise Stefonic, to replace Cheney in the position.
1:20.5	A spokesperson for Scalise said, quote, House Republicans need to be solely focused on taking back the House in 2022 and fighting
1:30.1	against Speaker Pelosi and President Biden's radical socialist agenda. And Elise
1:36.7	Stefanik is strongly committed to doing that. A spokesperson for Cheney responded to that
1:43.4	statement saying, quote, Liz'll have more to say in the
1:46.6	coming days. This moment is about much more than a House leadership fight. Willie. And Liz Cheney, Joe,
1:54.5	is leaning into this, explaining what this moment is about. A new op-ed for the Washington Post.
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