there s too much political violence. there s too much intimidation. there are more than 300 election deniers on the republican tickets this year for state, federal, and local government. [ boos ] this is really serious stuff. if a republican nominee for governor in the state of wisconsin wins, here s what he said. he said, if i win, my party will never lose another election in wisconsin. he s either a prophet or he plans on doing something about election law. that s president joe biden in california last night. his latest stop in a jam-packed campaign schedule before the final days of the campaign. willie, you ve got these republican candidates that believe in american democracy only if they win. yeah. we ve played the laundry list of them. senator ron johnson was on yesterday talking to our own shaquille brewster inside the state of wisconsin. shaquille asked him simply if you lose will you honor the results? we ll have to see what happens. his words, i don t know what t
tomorrow s primetime hearing. and new reporting on how donald trump had the secret service scrambling on the day of the capitol attack. also this morning, the top headlines from last night s midterm election primaries that may serve as a warning to democrats. yeah. some democrats. willy, you know this better than anybody, when brilliant minds visit our show, who do they quote? churchill, lincoln, aristotle, jesus christ. okay. of course more dorchester the british governor of quebec if it s jon meacham. willie, that s another story for another day. today we want to open the vault of deep thoughts in service to our progressive friends on the occasion of yet another setback on the issue of permissive law law enforcement. the san francisco d.a. got recalled last night perhaps the most progressive city in america. as we said last year, you said it time and again, democrats one of the most liberal cities in the east coast, one of the most liberal cities in new york elected
Fight maybe in a different manner. I will not run for speaker again. Ill have the Conference Pick Somebody Else. All right. What a difference nine months makes. Kevin mccarthys speakership is over after a small group of far right republicans joined all democrats in voting to remove him. Well go through what led to his undoing and whats next for the house after a truly chaotic, historic day on capitol hill. Plus, the other big story we are following this morning, donald trump now under a gag order in his Civil Fraud Trial for what he posted on social media. Well go through what the consequences could be if he violates the judges ruling. A bad day in court for the former president. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, october 4th. Along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of Way Too Early Jonathan Lemire, Senior Writer for the dispatch, David Drucker and cohost of showtimes the circus jennifer palmiary. And nbc News National Affairs Analyst John Heilemann. Willie, o
Deep state tapped my phones. mm-hmm. and they actually let it play out, that lie, which republicans, i can tell you people in the administration were horrified that morning. they were frantic running around the white house that morning trying to figure out what to do. trace it from there, that lie, all the way through an investigation that went longer again, trying to investigate the, quote, deep state and all the horrible things they did against donald trump and all the things they did against donald trump and the doj did against donald trump, durham is made a fool of. he makes a fool of himself. it goes on. he s got some hacks on the far trump right that are trying to defend him, but at the end of the day, absolutely nothing there. a man that once had a stellar reputation leaves in shame. can t indict a grapefruit. the durham probe a very guilty grapefruit may i add. that really shows how badly
Uvalde. i will say, the elections that were held last night again, donald trump once again, mixed bag at best. and of course, what grates on him the most is the fact, again, a republican who voted to impeach him is ahead and looks like he s going to beat two fellow republicans that were running against him for being insufficiently loyal to donald trump. so his record, i know they re steel reeling in georgia, and it doesn t make sense, what jonathan lemire said, if he s going to speed up his effort to run, it s because his money has slowed down, number one, and number two, he s just being made a fool of in one primary after another, so i m sure he s feeling, i ve got to get out on the campaign trail, and telling the same speeches i ve been