soon because time is running out. congress is ready to get on the easter recess. they had gop priorities, too, into the administration, all sidelined because they re rallying again to the defense of donald trump who continues to exert influence over the party thank you, as always great to see you this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts now. after he was arrested, apparently today, donald trump has called for america to de-fund the police, ithe fbi, te department of justice, because the democrats have weaponized law enforcement. all right. who in this panel, who thinks that is a good idea? all right. nobody oh, man well, yeah. donald trump s vengeance messaging doesn t seem to be resonating with his base the former president continues to rage post that s a thing, on social media. despite a warning from the judge not to do so meanwhile, mike pence will have to testify before a federal g
is inciting or imploring people or suggesting violence as jen probably can say, you can run for office and not incite violence there is no sort of concern, i would think, about your first amendment rights in terms of running for office and talking about policies, or even saying you re innocent of these charges and they shouldn t have been brought. none of that means that you have a right to incite violence it shouldn t imp kate in implics decision to be a candidate or sway who we want to vote for i m confident that judge merchan, who is overseeing the case in new york, will see it this way it s like having a 2-year-old, where you have incremental punishment that is the reason that we had the judge at the arraignment, which is very unusual. at that stage, admonishing both
trustworthy, or do you trust them with your money, do you trust them with your life? do you trust them with your job? so this sense of trust fwo do you trust them with your job? so this sense of trust fthin trustworthiness, fairness, respect, honestly, absolutely crucial. admiral, it seems like today, we re running deficits in leadership this book is desperately needed. explain to me this chapter, shepherds should smell like the sheep. help me with that. this is actually one of the few quotes that isn t a military quote. it s from pope francis he said a shepherd should smell like his sheep if you are a leader, you need to be out with the men and women that you are leading you need to be on the factory line you need to be in their cubicles you need to be in the fox hole, so to speak. you need to smell like the people that you re leading, or you will have a tough time making the right decisions on their behalf so get out of your office. get around to the men and women that you work
reporter for the guardian, hugo loulwell is with us. there is extra security for those involved in the manhattan case against donald trump following a string of unsubstantiated threats. according to two sources familiar with the matter, the judge and his family have received multiple threats since the hearing on tuesday the threats have also reportedly continued against manhattan district attorney alvin bragg and his staff. last month, a concerning letter with suspicious white powder, which was later found to be non-hazardous, were sent to the dp d.a. s office. trump has escalated his rhetoric towards those involved in the case in recent weeks while he didn t mention anyone by name on his social media site yesterday, he did blast the, quote,lunatics, maniacs and perverts that, he says, had him arrested.
i wonder, did the tennessee speaker, did he ever criticize donald trump for january 6th that d be interesting to see. we ll check that. or is it more republican hypocrisy. they ve been removed from their committee assignments. the final vote on whether to expel them is set for later today. historic context on this controversial vote, only two members of the tennessee house have been removed from office since the civil war. they re trying to remove them. one of three tennessee lawmakers facing expulsion, representative justin pearson. representative, thank you so much for being with us it seems you are being possibly expelled from an elected position because you practiced your free speech rights and maybe have broken some procedural rules in tennessee. how how unprecedented is this yes, this is an unprecedented