[inaudible] [inaudible] the same type of energy. oh my god, that was annoying, former new jersey governor chris christie, and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy squaring off at last night s republican primary debates in the republican presidential candidate chris christie joins us now from milwaukee. it s great to see you i want to ask you a lot about last night. i m looking at the big picture first because we have donald trump putting out a statement saying he won the debate, i didn t see him on the stage. i guess he was doing an interview somewhere elsewhere. and then we have photos of the defendants, mugshots, where they re smiling. where rudy giuliani seems to be making fun of the situation. donald trump wants to make his surrender in fulton county a primetime event. they appear to think that this is funny, can you list the ways in which this is also very not funny? they can make as much fun of all the stuff as they want now, but having spent several years as the u.s. att
of president joe biden s visit to hawaii later today. a lot to get to on this monday morning. welcome to morning joe. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbckatty kay and charlie sykes is with us. willie will be back tomorrow. right now, we re following new polling that shows donald trump s hold over the republican base is as strong as ever, in the latest cbs poll, the former president has 62% support from likely gop voters, and among those likely trump voters the poll shows they trust the former president even more than their own loved ones. let s put a framer on that. they trust the former president more than they trust their own loved ones. they feel what trump tells them is the truth ahead of friends and family at 63%. conservative media figures at 56%. and a religious leader at 42%. all right, so this weekend, mika and i last night were having a conversation around the table and mika was just asking how could people still be so devoted still to donald tru
good day. i m chris jansing live in beautiful cleveland, ohio. this state home to one of the most critical and close races in the country. you can t go anywhere without finding someone with a strong political opinion. that doesn t mean their minds are made up. how many of you have decided on every single person you re going to vote for? no. i talked to a panel of cleveland area voters. all of them still waiting to cast their ballots about why they are still on the fence and whether the brutal attack might play a role in pushing them off. as we speak, the candidates are in five senate races separated by three points or less, including tim ryan and j.d. vance. but are voters happy with the choices that are out there? we ll talk about that and why millions of voters are identifying as independents and living their tickets potentially, a phenomenon not just in ohio but critical races around the country that could make a difference. finally, the message voters want to send to ca
I think they might be happy that he tried to steal the election. they heard the tapes. and conservative media leaders, they heard fox, they watch fox. but now trump members are attacking fox news. and then this is the most shocking thing, coming from the evangelical church, nearly 30% more people blindly follow their cult leader, donald trump. then their own religious leaders. that s like, please. don t tell me about how this is a jesus thing. it s not a jesus thing. it s a cult thing. when 30% more blindly follow trump. then listen to religious leaders. it is, i think this is one of the most revealing polls in quite some time. to ask, you know, answer the question. why do people blindly follow trump. and i don t know any definition
That s like, please, don t tell me about how this is a jesus thing, it s not a jesus thing it s a cult thing when 30% more blindly follow trump than listen to religious leaders, this is one of the most revealing polls in quite some time to answer the question, why do people blindly follow trump? i don t know any definition exactly what a cult is, i read it on google, a lot of things certainly line up. it s bizarre. focus on that 30% more blindly follow trump and trust this politician than they trust their own religious leaders, despite everything that he has done. no, it s a cult and i m glad you re featuring this, joe, because this was the number i was looking at last night as i was preparing for the week, if you had any doubt that the