inflation and racist rhetoric. yes, joe biden is our president. he was chosen in the only election that matters the election held by the electoral college. whether there were errors, whether some states might have conducted their elections better than others, there s always room for debate and questions about that. for you to talk about the importance of the electoral college i think is rich. you know exactly how important it is, and i think you knew how important it was when you sought to urge the white house that had lost an election to find fake electors to overturn will of the people. you were there to stand up for our constitution, but when the barbarians were at the gate, you were happy to let them in. the ohio senate race more competitive than expected in a state that donald trump carried twice. both men accused each be other of being a sss lickers and suck ups. and republican senate lee betraying america on and after january 6th, among other things. i think
i always had a few questions about it. reporter: the campaign, pretending to be your chief of staff. you know, i didn t know about that. it happened i was not notified about that until a later date. reporter: did you speak to him about it at all? yeah, i didn t know about it until a later date unfortunately. house speaker kevin mccarthy thought george santos resume was questionable before revelations about his lies were discovered and there are so many lies. some of them. others, like the fact that his political person pretended to be mccarthy s chief of staff. there s so many. i m sure he s not thrilled about that at all. as for santos, have we gone from ridiculous lies to russian ties? the bizarre saga takes another turn with new reporting that links him to the family of a sanctioned russian oligarch. hold on now. meanwhile, republicans remain focused on president biden. they re laser focused on biden and his handling of classified documents. the
gas stoves. [ laughter ] he s so hot, he can be my twin brother. you know it. oh, i am exaggerating. anyway, i am way hotter. we are going to tackle the whole biden classified biden scandal in minutes. first, let s do this, shall we? the audience decide the story. yeah, we are the only show that does this but for a reason. here is a refresher, i am going to giver you two topics and whichever gets the most applause wins. by the way, it is the same way pete picks out a speedo. open the drapes. topic one, barkley raised the u.s. gdp in the first quarter sees a mild rece rece recession led by the rise of con assumption. all right, let s hear your applause. sorry. not jazz, i take it. here is the second story. we got an update on the canadian high school teacher. [ applause ] [ cheers ] well, i guess it is out of my hands. it sucks. it sucks. we had three qualifier experts on remote to explain the economic forecast. i feel kind of bad, look at him. oh well. oh well.
because, mr. president, that s why the country elected you twice and why you ll be considered one of the most consequential presidents in our history along with one of the most consequential first ladies. michelle, he knows and i know he couldn t have done it without you. i know i couldn t. in fact, we had lunch once a week every week come hell or high water. and everybody wondered about all the important things we talked about. probably 40% of the time we talked about family. we most talked about our girls and my grandchildren and my children. you embody dignity beyond measure and generated hope for millions of people left behind for so long. you both did it with such grace and such class. you know, you dream big and secured lasting wins for the american people helping lift their burden with the blessing of hope. it is so underestimated of just having hope. this is a gift of the obama presidency to the country and to history. it s gift i felt personally. as we used to say in
we ll read from that new piece. so much different legal angles are percolating with the jan. 6 and other issues with the election. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 8th. with us, the host of way too early and politico s jonathan lemire. associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and we begin with the breaking news. former japanese prime minister shinzo abe is dead after being shot twice this morning. officials is say abe was campaigning for a candidate ahead of japan s upcoming house of counselors elections, where he was shot from behind, once in the back and the other in the neck, with what appeared to be a homemade gun. this happened in the city of nara, about 20 miles southeast of osaka. the chaos from the shooting and the subsequent takedown of the man police say carried out the attack was all caught on camera. and we warn you, some of this video may be incredibly disturbing. [ speaking foreign language ] abe was immediately