early on this tuesday morning. morning joe starts right now. i don t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair, i can t speak to that. right. ouch. left hook. yeah. you know, also, i can t answer any questions about playboy stars. i can t answer those questions. oh, and i know nothing about having businesses that go bankrupt after you inherit $400 million from your father. i can t speak to blowing that money that quickly. can t speak to being creepy. come on now. come on. boy, that was quite the defense, wasn t it, willie? it was. it actually was the first time really with any strength we ve seen governor desantis speak out. i guess that was indirect. and amid some other things. it quickly spun to an attack on the investigation, an attack on the manhattan district attorney, as a soros-backed leftist, everything you expect, but he dipped his toe in the trump criticism. i saw it. let s hear
dominic cummings had written about helen macnamara on whatsapp. he said he would personally handcuff her and walk herfrom the building. we cannot keep dealing with this horrific meltdown of the british state while dodging stilettos from that he wrote. in fact, he used the c word. helen macnamara was asked what she made of that. it s been disappointing to me that the prime minister didn t pick him up on the use of some of that violent and misogynistic language. the fact that there were no women contributing to the policy discussions is a problem in itself because there were some expert women who were not being listened to. and also, women were being looked over. just an interesting copy that s been dropped on my desk, justin, relating to what she was saying. a witness statement published by the inquiry, that officials had sought to obscure how seriously ill boris johnson that officials had sought to obscure how seriously ill borisjohnson had become after he was admitted to
That s the way the law works. right. get in front of the sherman tank, be my guest. they keep doing it, mika. of course, just for people at home, if you re keeping score, when gene is talking about i fought the law, and the law won, eddie cochran version. mika, she goes, it s a good song, she s thinking of the clash version. you re a huge fan. i am. oh, please. name three clash songs. the politics of this, it s hard not to laugh on if you re a former republican, you might be crying at this point because of their obsession with losing. jeh johnson, there are some dangers here. from anti-semitism all the way back to the beginning of this story when it broke, trump s truth social post. can you talk about what homeland security is dealing with now? what thoughts are going through your mind as you watch this play out? several things. first, it s revealing to me that, while desantis is trying
Sort of follow the herd in that direction rather than, you know, geez, guy, pull back a little bit. you re planning to run for president. you don t have to go out on that rotten limb this early in your campaign, but there he went. it s just stunning. you know, you mentioned earlier that what comes to mind for you is an elton john song. i think of an older song, i fought the law, and the law won. yeah. you know, that s what happens. i mean, in the end, that s what happens. it s a good song. he committed a crime, he is, you know the wheels of justice are going to grind. yeah, he can be arrested if he gets indicted, and if he is guilty, he can be convicted.