i understand it. in fact, trump made the republican party the party of working americans in a way that probably hasn t been true for almost 100 years. yeah, because in 100 years, there hasn t been a politician who said, i m going to make this for third graders to understand what i m talking about. talking on that level? that was newt gingrich encouraging ron desantis to get on the level of third graders. i m not joking. you know, kind of like donald trump does. wonder what he means. this is a tough hurricane. one of the wettest we ve ever seen from the standpoint of water. rarely have we had an experience like it, and it certainly is not good. oh, my god. one of the wettest we ve had. good morning. welcome to morning joe. hope you ve had a good week. it is friday. friday, may 26th. let s bring in with us the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. the host of inside with jen psaki, jen psaki. she s a former white house press
i will stay with it until we can get it done. the negotiations we re having with speaker mccarthy is about the outlines of what the budget will look like, not about default. house speaker kevin mccarthy and president joe biden remain on the same page about not letting the u.s. default on its debt, but time is really running out to get a deal in place before the deadline. we ll have much more on the negotiations and that time line in just a moment. plus, a federal judge sends a message to an insurrectionist handing out the longest sentence to a january 6th defendant to date. and also ahead we ve got new details on presidential campaign fund-raising for florida governor ron desantis including some questionable actions by his gubernatorial staff. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 26th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. with less than a week until the united states could default on its debts house lawmakers have left
remember the wheelchair over the cliff? democrats used it. the wheelchair over the cliff commercial, very effective that was about him ryan, paul ryan is a bit reason mitt romney i m not a big fan of mitt romney lost his election to be honest with you, ron reminds me a lot of mitt romney. so i don t think you re going to be doing so well here, but we re going to find out. but those are the facts. oh, if ron only reminded us of mitt romney, i think a lot of people would be less worried there s donald trump doing what democrats love to see donald trump doing. shredding the republican party attacking the republican party tearing to pieces the republican party. it s not enough that he led to their te defeats in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 now, he s determined to do it in 2024 going after republicans and creating a civil war that was just part of donald trump s rant about ron desantis last night in iowa the former president had a lot to say yesterday about the florida
democrats are encouraged in rural counties to come out and vote in state legislatures, that could have an impact on, obviously, congressional racs and even the white house. that s something, obviously, democrats are focused on as they head into 2024. all right. politics reporter for axios, eugene scott, thank you. have a great weekend. this is the week in many ways the republican primary really began with governor desantis jumping in the race, tim scott, as well. others, mike pence, chris christie expected to join in in recent weeks. the campaign is heating up. but the attention right now is the debt ceiling, deadline less than a week away. negotiations likely to ramp up later today. thank you, all of you, for getting up way too early on this friday morning. have a great weekend, everybody. he talks at a level where third, fourth, fifth grade
democrats are encouraged in rural counties to come out and vote in state legislatures, that could have an impact on, obviously, congressional racs and even the white house. that s something, obviously, democrats are focused on as they head into 2024. all right. politics reporter for axios, eugene scott, thank you. have a great weekend. this is the week in many ways the republican primary really began with governor desantis jumping in the race, tim scott, as well. others, mike pence, chris christie expected to join in in recent weeks. the campaign is heating up. but the attention right now is the debt ceiling, deadline less than a week away. negotiations likely to ramp up later today. thank you, all of you, for getting up way too early on this friday morning. have a great weekend, everybody. he talks at a level where third, fourth, fifth grade educations can say, i get that.