much we ll talk to you again a little later on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now another community is grieving this morning following another deadly mass shooting this time, it was at a birthday party in small town alabama. we ll have the latest in the investigation and the reaction to more gun violence in america. a daily occurrence almost. it comes as the nra held its annual convention this weekend in indianapolis, with donald trump as one of its top speakers we ll show you the mixed reception the crowd gave to a possible challenger to trump in the 2024 republican presidential race also ahead, new reporting on the wealthy donors who are now backing away from ron desantis why they are ditching the florida governor before he even launches a presidential came p campaign plus, the legal fight over abortion medication will go before the supreme court this week we ll break down
how can we make ourselves look like we actually care about life how do we finesse this what is our position on abortion pills? what is our position on having a national ban what should it be? they re caught so unrepaunprepad you can see that by the way ron desantis is behaving with this bill and senator tim scott, who you would have thought would have given consideration to these questions before he got into the race for president you re absolutely right, it is going to be all culture war all the time from the republican party. in terms of the normies, i m constantly being assured, as you are, joe, you know, that, you know, the normies constitute the majority of the republican party. people in legislature, in congress, will say, most of us are normies. the problem is, they continue to empower the crazies. they continue to look the other way and let the most extreme voices in the party set the
we will beat the democrats because the democrats are creating their own problems. why is there that tension? . it is fascinating for the reasons you call back. contract of america. a school of thought says, look, you don t need to put forward a specific agenda because they are pendulum swings. scott says let s give people specifics. this is all culture war all the time. you can dismiss it as, you know, conservative boiler plate. some of these things will poll well certainly among the republican base. other things, the devil is in the details that will cause headaches right now, which makes mcconnell s point . well, mcconnell s point is why a leen ate swing voters. isn t that it? in one proposal you re proposing raising taxes on 100 million folks who don t currently pay taxes. rick scott is taking the position, this is not a position
conspiracy theorists. also, there s razor wire along the border, sucking up to vladimir putin. if you re looking for the real emotional heart of what their leader is so admired, here s the money quote. we do not want to be diverse. we don t want our own color, traditions and national color to be mixed with those of others. that gives up the ghost, right? it s no democracy at all. it s all culture war all the time, where the ends always justify the means. i reached out to the former russian dissident to get his take on tucker s adventure, here s what he told me, unsatisfied with trump s attacks on democracy in the united
jason, if the critical race theory panic works on tuesday in virginia, it s going to be rolled out across the country by the gop ahead of the midterms next year, isn t it? crt will be the new caravan from mexico if it isn t already. absolutely. it is culture war all the time now. ruth is absolutely right to draw attention to the growing focus on transgender, attack on transgender individuals, and gay rights. i mean, we have to remember that one of the central ministries of nazi germany was the ministry against homo sexuality and abortion. what you are trying to do here is trying to get ordinary social conservatives who are regular members of our democratic community panicked. you re trying to tell them they re going after your young boys. they re trying to transform them into girls. there is nothing you can do about it. because they re indoctrinating them. these conspiracy theories work by challenging people s manhood. so the idea is you can t protect