foreign aid page passed on a bipartisan basis despite threats to tank it from republican isolationists. take a listen. i hope our republican colleagues stand together. i m a child of the 80s, regan republic. i understand maintaining peace through strength. that is a guiding principle. a big part of our party and worldview. here is an opportunity to make that stand at a critical time in world history. with that bipartisan win, johnson was effective liable to silence those same far right members threatening to move him from the speakership. speaker johnson yesterday addressed a group of protesters at columbia university who hack lettered him as he attempted to speak to the press. take a listen. a growing number of students have chanted in support of terrorists. they have suchased down jewish students. they have mocked them and reviled them. they have screamed leat those w bear the star of david. enjoy your free speech. we will do idwhat is right by america. we respect free
who will reportedly be the first witness called by the prosecution? let s talk about the trial this weekend. all weekend long. twitter was going wild. also ahead, it appears ukraine will finally get the critical funding it needs after the house passed a package of foreign aid bills which includes more military support for israel, as well. the bill now heads to the senate despite efforts by marjorie taylor greene, who got called out, yes, by the new york post. kind of sums it up. it does. good morning. it is monday, april 22nd. welcome back the morning joe. former aide to the bush state department and white house, elise jordan. from the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. and financial editor at the financial times, ed luce is with us. we ll get to the lead story in one moment, which are opening statements in donald trump s hush money trial. first, jon meacham, i don t want to ever be melodramatic on things like this, but that
Underscore, this is crazy. you know, the idea that we would give this man access to classified documents again, after the way that he handled classified documents, refused to give them back, i mean, there s just so many things about what we have seen from his behavior since he has been president. i m not talking about even the person we saw who was president, but what we know about him since he left office that absolutely is disqualifying. i think because there is a numbness to voters, because you have two functional incumbents running against each other, people are depressed by sort of seeing a rerun of 2020, you do have to start showing people just how crazy this is. we ll have to have new ways to wake people up to the insanity of all this. sarah, it s donny. i think the ad is fantastic. the work you ve been doing is fantastic. you re doing, as you mentioned, a lot of focus groups with republican voters. what seems to be the key button issue or issues that s