It might take several iterations of this going forward. Republican infighting and dysfunction, thats the theme in washington, d. C. Right now. Congressional investigations reporter for the Washington Post, Jackie Alemany, thank you. Thanks to all of you for getting up Way Too Early with us on this monday morning. Morning joe starts right now. Are you concerned about americas reputation on The World Stage given the level of brinksmanship we have seen this year . Based on the maga republican support, yes. Based on what my administration is doing, no. President biden blaming maga republicans as the country falters and how the movement is endangering democracy. This as House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy defied if right wing of his party. And partnered with democrats to Keep Congress running. Now his job could be on the line. Well discuss mccarthys fate and who he may need to turn for help. Plus, hours from now donald trump will appear in court in manhattan for the start of a civil trial scrutini
wallace. ever since charged were handed down against donald trump, the ex president has seen returning to the white house as his best defense. no one is more aware of this than jack smith. jack smith asked the supreme court to rule on donald trump s bid to have the charges ruled out because the alleged crimes took place while he was president. this is not new. judge tanya chutkan rejected that claim and trump appealed. jack smith is asking the supreme court to leap frog the appeals court and settle the matter once and for all. the special counsel s move setting up the first, but maybe not the last time, the supreme courtla a role in the united states versus donald trump. prosecutors say, quote, this caserents a fundamental question at the heart ofur democracy. whether a fmer president is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed ile in office or is constitutionally protect from federal prosecution when he s been impeached by the house, but not convicte
demoacy and our process. there is so many unswered questions, ari, a there is nothing more sacred than our democratic process. and the idea that this was so widefully interfered with is incredibly troubling and it is the one issue that we cannot allow to go unanswered and unaddressed, because this is the heart of what our country is about. and, greg, almost the words fail us, words like troll or bot almost seem to maybe diminish how important this is, maybe because there are new terms and troll sounds like someone bothering you on a website, this is more than trolling, if it is a foreign adversary. john podesta saying the impact was corrosive. he said the distribution channels were flooded with this info. perhaps we underestimated the strategy of pushing fake news out through social media and how it impacted the race. your reporting suggests what about how much this did affect
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