we appreciate it. stick around. we ll talk to you again in a few minutes on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. to do something with 50 votes is rough. to do small things with 50 votes is rough. to pass such a major piece of legislation with only 50 votes, republican minority, a caucus running from bernie sanders to joe manchin, wow. senate majority leader chuck schumer after the senate passed a sweeping climate health care and tax bill, putting democrats on the verge of another major win ahead of the midterms. republicans also scored a win for big pharma. we ll explain. donald trump s republican party gathered in dallas for cpac this weekend, where the big lie was on full display. along with an incredibly ridiculous guest and this is not the one i m talking about. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 8th. with joe and me, we have corresponde
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now, that s not affordable. i want to go to will with a question, which is, michael sendel writes about the tyranny of merit. you show how it causes resentment. you focus on kenyon college, a small town in ohio. tell me about that, how the tyranny of merit has created resentment in a small ohio town. yeah, i spent some time out there knox county, ohio, which is a fascinating place. you know, the overall county voted about 70% to 75% for donald trump. when you go to the little quaint village where kenyon is located, population 3,000, it voted 89% for joe biden in 2020. so you have this remarkable divide. i looked at the way it played out. there was a lack of understanding. you know, people down in the valley, the working class and
american people that they would use the american reliance to fossil fuels. this is a time to take a giant leap, and said of those one step forward, several steps backwards. we can make a change in the system right now. the democrats can do it. the biden administration can do it. he can lead in a fantastic legacy behind, if you focus is on clear energy, clean energy and solar energy. but no, we shouldn t be surprised that the gop did this. in fact, they re playing to their braise. we opened up social media. we opened up facebook. we see old classmates posting pictures of gas price signs right now, and saying, thanks, joe. they re playing to their base. they know what they re doing. this is all a political ploy and we re used to it by now. yeah, you bring up a really good point, atia. and aaron, i m interested to get your thoughts on the midterms. we are in a window, which we all know about, it s a window where you get close to a midterm election, republicans don t do anything except c
summer chmpleghts is true. numbers are overwhelming and you are winning. if you get the nomination though you have a whole other thing to consider and that s the independence. your favorability with the independence which is about 16% of the vote is that your unfavorable right now is 59 %. are you going to have to rethink the delivery and language you use especially in reference to women? well, my you focus was on 17. we had a total of 17. now we re down to 15 and then 14 and it s whittling down and that s been my focus. and i really haven t gone after hillary yet and there is a lot to go after. she is very susceptible, i think look, the job she has done. i think it s going to be easier in some cases than some of the people i m currently running against. my focus has been on this. if you look at the people that have attacked me, those people are are out of the race or they have gone down to nothing. they are sitting in the race but they are really down to nothing. so i m fine wit