look at that, there s a whole lot of crazy right there. election deniers. insurrectionists. weirdos, freaks, you have it all. the republican candidates in arizona, all of them extreme, all of them insurrectionists, all of them people who actually don t believe in american democracy. they believe in their form of government, where, well, you only recognize elections where your side wins. and this is what folks on the far right have been working on for quite some time. what this says about trumpism and the future of the republican party. also, a russian court sentences wnba star brittney griner to nine years in prison. we will have reaction from president biden and the latest on efforts to get her home. and monkeypox now declared a national public health emergency. we ll speak with a top health adviser about this later this morning. willie, we have a lot to talk about. we also have some polls out of ohio. it seems that butter is down by 10 or 11 points, according to h
also, they will see it domestically as an opportunity to assert the power of china, the confidence of china in the world now, and that will be a good message the chinese government, i think, will think as they head towards this decision to give president xi more time in the presidency. i think really what we re seeing here is a kind of reality of the situation surrounding taiwan, and in the world, a much more assertive china. in a sense, you could call it what the russians call hybrid warfare. it is an example of what the chinese call the wolf warrior diplomacy. shouting loudly. criticizing openly america s policies. we re seeing that play out here. effectively, the chinese are asserting themselves over taiwan through this pelosi visit. i say all that because, clearly,
jones text messages could shed some new light on that. all right. the washington post jackie alemany, thank you so much for your reporting on this friday morning. have a great weekend. thank you. still ahead on morning joe, breaking overnight, china sanctions house speaker nancy pelosi on the heels of her trip to taiwan. what she s saying about beijing s reaction to her visit. plus, russia s foreign minister says moscow is ready to hold talks about a potential prisoner swap following wnba star brittney griner s conviction. we ll have the latest on the effort to bring her home. also this morning, congresswoman liz cheney gets a little help from her father, former vice president dick cheney, ahead of a tough primary challenge. we ll show you the ad. it s pretty impressive. with more infections being reported, the biden administration declares monkeypox a public health
diplomatic war here. it plays well at home. he s been sort of amping up the jingoism as he moves to the fall. nancy pelosi going there sends a good message, i think, regarding america s stance toward taiwan, but it is a great opportunity for xi at home to use it for his own domestic political purposes. yeah. maybe he will see it as a great opportunity, and he is making all this noise, you know, in advance of his getting his third term. but, you know, remember that people in china, chinese citizens, they know about the economy. they know what s happening with the economy. they know how bad and disastrous the zero covid policies have been. you know, they re not necessarily thrilled with how the government has been handling things recently.
taiwan, saying china is trying to isolate the island. we have said from the start that our representation here is not about changing the status quo here in asia. continuing the status quo with taiwan. they may try to keep taiwan from visiting or participating in other places, but they will not isolate taiwan by preventing us to travel there. we ve had high-level visits, senators in the spring, a bipartisan way, continuing visits, and we will not allow them to isolate taiwan. that s speaker pelosi earlier today. china now is conducting military drills near taiwan in response to pelosi s visit. japan s prime minister condemning the exercises, after missiles landed in japanese