soon. putin s speech comes with new reporting this morning on china s growing concerns about russia s weakened status on the world stage. meanwhile, we will hear from president joe biden later this morning as he is in poland now to meet with allies following that historic trip to ukraine. also ahead, the maga members of congress staying on brand, criticizing the president for visiting ukraine. we ll go through some of their comments. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, february 21st. with me here in new york, way too early host and the white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. at the table with joe in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson. former white house press secretary now msnbc host jen psaki. editor for the washington post, david ignatius. also with us, founder of the bulwark, charlie sykes. joe, incredible, staggering, historic scenes yesterday of president biden walking th
state. whoever does win that race will take on john fetterman in november. he easily won the democratic senate primary last night, though may be the first candidate to do so from a hospital bed. he underwent surgery for defibrillator hours before polls close. this is after he suffered a stroke a few days ago. he seems to be recovering and in good spirits this morning. so many races, so many states, important results for both parties. another race we re following in north carolina, congressman madison cawthorn is on his way out. the trump favorite conceded late last night. cawthorn was once viewed as a rising star in the gop, however his political career tarnished by recent scandals from video, salacious video, claims that put him on the outs within his own party. we re following both parties in these states as only cnn can. let s begin on the ground in two states, let s go to the state where things haven t been called yet on senate side in pennsylvania. democratic side, j
it s a poison. [ applause ] running through our it really is. running through our body politic. it s been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. no more. i mean, no more. we need to say as clearly and forcefully as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in america. [ applause ] none. look, failure in saying that is going to complicity, silence is complicity. it s complicity. we cannot remain silent. i call all americans to reject the lie, and i condemn those who spread the lie for power, political gain, and for profit. [ applause ] president joe biden s clear eyed denunciation there of white supremacy as a poison marks a return to an issue that animated and inspired his run for the presidency, what he described at the time as a battle for the soul of america. but now the new york times reports, quote, the challenge for a president who came to office preaching unity may be how to take on those preaching hate, and in the wake of the mas
another. it s all about hating america. why would they do this? it s baffling to me. i can t imagine it. this is the sort of thing that conservatives used to get angry about when the radical left would do it and would say, america, love it or leave it. not so sure why they hate america so much, but i do know this, it raises them a lot of money. yup. so at the end of the day, just like jim and tammie faye baker taking my grandmom s social security checks in the 1980s, they take $25 here, $25 there by preaching hate, by preaching conspiracy theories, by talking about how they are being hunted down by their own government. nra has done it masterfully and cynically the past 30 years, talking about jack-booted thugs. why would they do it? you look and see how much the
important that we re not just tough on terror, but we re also tough on the causes of terror. so it is fine for law enforcement and the intelligence community to look at terrorist groups and how they re preaching misinformation, preaching hate, organizing financing and mobilizing their members, but we also have to think about the precursors to terror. the misinformation and lies that turn a young man by his own reckoning within a year and a half, two years, from not having any of these sentiments into murdering ten people, the causes of terror need to be dealt with. i think we have systematically failed as an international community to get to grips of this serious question of how do we hold accountable companies that feel like they are bigger than countries and have more money than virtually anyone else on earth and until now have proved resistant to us begging them to do something?