the washington post gets it. the washington post s understands the threat, the enormity of the threat to the united states delivered by pennsylvania s republican voters tuesday night. in an editorial under the headline after the pennsylvania primary, the threat to u.s. democracy rises, the washington post says quote, republican voters overwhelmingly nominated state senator doug mastriano, one of the country s most ardent deniers of the 2020 presidential election results. if mr. mastriano is elected in november, he could directly threaten u.s. democracy going forward. that is all it takes to destroy the absurdly fragile electoral machinery that produces a winner in american presidential elections. just one person. that is all it takes. one breathtakingly ignorant pathological liar. that is all it takes to and any semblance of democracy in presidential elections. pennsylvania state senator doug mastriano was at donald trump s january 6th rally, and was seen near the grounds of
reportedly abandons his struggling pick for governor. just left him in the dust. never would have seen that coming. i know. no loyalty. things go back, and he throws him under the bus. who has ever seen that? that s shocking. other than anyone he s ever dealt with. the latest on the war in ukraine. british intelligence reports russia has been firing high-level commanders over the military s poor performance in ukraine. we ll talk a lot more about that. along with joe, willie, and me on this friday morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. he is white house bureau chief at politico. willie, we re going to get a lot of news here, but i must say, jonathan and i just shocked. a storied night in major league baseball last night, as the little engine that could just went a half notch up the hill and said, i think i can. jonathan, give us a qu
we ll bring you the latest from seoul, south korea. this weekend the first flights will take off to bring baby formula from the united states to europe as millions of families continue to scramble to feed their children. at the border, a pandemic-era policy set to expire as immigrants and asylum seekers continue to risk everything to cross the border. we will take you live to texas. and we ll speak to congresswoman norma torres about whether conditioning is making progress on legislation about immigration. and we begin this hour with president biden s first visit to asia since taking office, just after the president arrived in south korea a couple hours ago we learned two secret service employees were sent home. south korean police say they were involved in an incident on thursday outside the president s hotel. president biden began his viet visit by touring a samsung factory being used for a samsung plant being built by austin, texas. he talked about the need to work toget
mccormick that is still too close to call. trump is urging oz to declare victory anyway. sound familiar? the former president once again attacking the process and casting doubt on the results. steve kornacki is standing by at the big board with the latest on where that race stands right now. plus, president biden takes new steps to address the baby formula crisis, including invoking the same law that used to increase the medical supplies at the height of covid. another market meltdown as the dow suffers its worst day since 2020. retailers grapple with the pain of inflation. the latest on the war in ukraine as a russian soldier pleads guilty in the first war crimes trial of the conflict so far. the president turns his attention to asia, as he departs today for a visit to south korea and japan. but there s no question, this trip is all about china. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 19th. joe is off. with us, we have former aide to the george
environment. finland takes the step of a nato membership in order to strengthen not only its own security but also in order to strengthen wider transatlantic security. this is not the way from anybody. like you, mr. president, said, nato is protective. defensive. not a threat to anybody. at the same time, we must not forget that at this very moment, the brave people of ukraine are fighting not only for their own freedom and democracy but our common security. finland together with the eu and the united states stands firmly behind ukraine. so, mr. president, once again, i want to thank you for making history with us. thank you. mr. president, thank you for welcoming the prime minister and me to the white house. the bonds between sweden and the united states are strong and long standing. as you know, swedes first established in your home state of delaware in 1638. we were one of the first countries to recognize united states as an independent nation in 1783. since then, our