at every single stop now, reporters are looking, is he interacting with the crowd? is he take shaking hands, tae staying long enough? if you re advanced staff, you have to stay at least an extra 30 minutes to show, hey, he likes people. i saw tweets, what pizza is he having? is he talking to voters? do we have a timetable as to when other candidates will jump in? rumors about tim scott, mike pence and others. i think tim scott will come in. may 22nd is the date where they re circling. you ll see his super pac get bolstered. mike pence also in the next month. those are the two main candidates. national political correspondent for axios, alex thompson covering a lot of ground. thank you for being here. thank you for all of you for getting up way too early on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. we must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent year. the time for excuses is over. if we get distracted, focus the election on
guy who can get you what you like about trump, but i have a shot to win, and he can t. we also have some polls coming up that are going to show just how much better ron desantis does in swing states than trump. also ahead, republicans claim of corruption against president biden s family take another big hit. first durham, now comer. who is next to embarrass himself? the house oversight chair admits the committee lost track of key witnesses. host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton. of the editorial board for the new york times, mara gay. and the conservative website the bulwark s charlie sykes. charlie, we have polls in a bit