find enough votes for him to win the state in 2020. turns out, trump may have tried to pressure the governor of arizona, as well. plus, florida governor and 2024 candidate ron desantis facing new pushback after his campaign released a video mocking donald trump s past support for lgbtq issues. what transportation secretary pete buttigieg had to say about that. also this morning, what we re learning about a mass shooting in baltimore yesterday that left two people dead and more than two dozen injured. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, july 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. alongside the bbc s katty kay. joe, mika and willie all have the morning off. we are glad you re starting your way with us. with us, we have former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmieri. the president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politics nation, the reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. good morn
we should never forget that factor because that attracts people. reverend al sharpton, you know of what you speak right now. jen palmieri, let s get you into this conversation, your assessment of what chris christie is doing. does it have any staying power? do you anticipate it making any dent at all in either trump or even perhaps desantis? the thing that i thought was in his critique that was most effective is he said he s not he s trying to win for himself, not for you. i think that puncturing him as a three-time loser, as christie did, may soften him up, but unless somebody convinces voters that he s actually not for you, i mean, that is we talked about this morning, we ve talked about his appeal in the rallies. it does feel like that pickens rally. wow, it felt like something changed or solidified in that