morning joe. it is tuesday, december 26th, i m jonathan lemire. alongside me former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan and the haass of msnbc s politics nation reverend al sharpton. president biden and first lady jill biden spent christmas eve fielding phone calls for the norad santa tracker. the president posted this picture on social media writing that he spoke to excited young americans worried about santa s whereabouts. then the president and first lady called units from each branch of the military to wish them a merry christmas and thank them for their service. republican front runner donald trump, on the other hand, spent the holiday weekend in a very different fashion, taking on his political enemies. the former president posted several, shall we say, unusual christmas messages on truth social that criticized people like joe biden and jack smith. in one post the channeled home alone kevin mccallister. merry christmas, y
reactions to the appeal. and later, a break from the noise to celebrate a new presentation of under the sea! those poor unfortunate souls decide to dislike the new mermaid in town. this is american voices! friends, we have southern mid weeks until this fall s midterm elections. in this final stretch, republican politicians are going to extremes. rolling out new factions to distract voters and proposing new solutions to have real issues impacting the lives of americans. thousands of asylum seekers find themselves caught in the middle of the gop is cruel political theater. today, new york city welcomed a new group of migrants from el paso texas. from april, gregor abbott has sent migrants from texas, to new york, washington d.c., and chicago. he s not the only republican using migrants as political pawns. there are governors from arizona, and of , have sent migrants to sanctuary cities in an attempt to own the libs. florida governor ron desantis ramped up the inhumane treatme
To win and why losing for him may be uniquely hard to bear. And his drive to win a state he cannot afford to lose, florida. Jim acosta reports. Where at least i know im free reporter donald trump stepped off his plane to big cheers. Americans are going to experience another massive double digit hike. They said 25 . Forget. Up take 25 percent. It is going to be 70, 80, 90 . You have to brush up on your negotiation ability, believe me. Squl the gop nominee is seizing on his latest report on obamacare that find whose buy their insurance through the Affordable Care act will see their insurance go up 22 on average next year. And i. And i can say all of my employees are having a tremendous problem with obamacare. You folks, this is another group. Is that a correct statement. If you look at what they are going through with their healthcare is horrible because of obamacare. The problem, trump and even the hotels General Manager later acknowledged they dont receive their healthcare through obam
Gaetz, paul manafort. The circle goes on. He is surrounded by criminals. Then we hear, well, it cant be Obstruction Of Congress, you could have all just went to court. Well, we are in december. We have an ongoing crime. We have a crime in progress. That is what the 911 call would say from a police officer. We have a crime in progress. And they are saying with a crime in progress, why didnt you just schedule an appointment to call the police . We have an emergency to our National Election going on right now. Our oath to the constitution requires us to take this drastic, solemn, and regrettable step. But it is necessary because if we dont protect americas precious right to vote, it is clear that the other side wont. And so i talked about the courage of yesterday. Today i am reminded of judas. Because judas for 30 pieces of
silver betrayed jesus. For 30 positive tweets for easy reelection, the other side is willing to betray the American People, their precious right to vote and the future
with the rest of our partners both at the county, state and federal level. so we re regularly talking with the florida national guard, we have a fema representative in our building, we are prepared for what comes and we ask that our residents take that level of preparation seriously as well. well, david, i know you have your work cut out for you. we appreciate you taking the time. good luck to you all and thank you for being on the program. we have breaking news also out of florida, where miami mayor frances suarez says he is suspending his presidential campaign. that makes him the first republican to get out of the race. it comes after he failed to qualify for last week s republican debate or in fact make a dent in any of the national polls. suarez released a statement saying he would keep in touch with the other candidates, and work to put forward a, quote, strong nominee who can inspire and unify. country. up next, the waiting game as a judge considers mark meadows last ditch