there are other huge embarrassments for putin. that way it seems those stories getting into russia rather than rhetoric playing into russian propaganda will persuade more russians who need to be rising up here and making clear to their leader that they don t support the war. so my view is, less talk, more action. even more action, as much action as we can possibly move into this country right this minute. and the good news is sweden and finland are now actively considering joining nato. and this means that this alliance will be even stronger than it is. germany has stepped up. one thing we have to worry about is france, which has an election in ten days, have russia interfere in that election. the ambassador did mention sweden and finland. ambassador, is the president
and muslim people should speak for muslim people. and you hear all of this. it s not what our country is all about. no, i think they re very bad for our country. i think they re very bad for the democrat party. i think you see that, and they re pulling the democrats way left. nobody knows how to handle them. i feel they re easy to handle. to me, they re easy to handle. because they re just out there. they re very bad for our country. absolutely. [ inaudible question ] no, no. no racial tension. no, no, there s no racial tension. look. and as for those remarks outside of washington, how is all of this rhetoric playing? well, let s take you to illinois, and get this. a photo shopped image posted illinois republican county facebook page. it depicts the four congresswomen as the jihad squad. the image has been taken down. it included the caption, political jihad is their game.
granite state, we have not seen a lot of that from donald trump in new hampshire, no? that s the interesting thing. sort of the test of two different theories of politics. donald trump does sort of the big splashy events, does heavy media stuff but you look at this poll, who is in second place right now, chris christie. how did christie get to second place? he got there by doing exactly what you are talking about. he s been doing the town hall circuit all across the state. he shines in those settings. that s how he s gone from 2% up to 12%. our poll master, steve kornacki, thanks as always. our pulse question focuses on the growing concern over donald trump s comments on muslims with many voices now like hillary clinton and the group anonymous expressing concerns over that proposal to ban all muslims from entering the united states. here s the bing question. is donald trump s rhetoric playing into the hands of isis? tell us what you think. head to pulse.msnbc.com to vote right now.