WEDNESDAY MORNING, I’M YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN ALONGSIDE AYMAN
VOSSOUGHIAN ALONGSIDE AYMAN MOHYELDIN.
MOHYELDIN. "MORNING JOE" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
"MORNING JOE" STARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> AND IT SEEMS VERY CLEAR THAT
>>> AND IT SEEMS VERY CLEAR THAT HE IS INCREDIBLY CONCERNED ABOUT
HE IS INCREDIBLY CONCERNED ABOUT UKRAINIAN DEFENSE.
UKRAINIAN DEFENSE. I DON’T KNOW THAT HE’S CONCERNED
I DON’T KNOW THAT HE’S CONCERNED ABOUT AMERICAN POLICY, BUT HIS
ABOUT AMERICAN POLICY, BUT HIS MAIN MISSION WAS TO MAKE SURE
MAIN MISSION WAS TO MAKE SURE THE UKRAINE GOT THOSE WEAPONS.
THE UKRAINE GOT THOSE WEAPONS. I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT. WE ALL HAVE AN AFFINITY TO OUR
WE ALL HAVE AN AFFINITY TO OUR HOMELAND.
HOMELAND. >> OOH, HOW DID WE SINK TO SUCH
>> OOH, HOW DID WE SINK TO SUCH A LOW POINT THAT SOMEONE WOULD
A LOW POINT THAT SOMEONE WOULD OPENLY QUESTION THE LOYALTY OF
OPENLY QUESTION THE LOYALTY OF AN AMERICAN COMBAT VETERAN IN
AN AMERICAN COMBAT VETERAN IN THE NAME OF PARTISAN POLITICS?
THE NAME OF PARTISAN POLITICS? WELL.
WELL. >> HE’S A WAR HERO -- HE’S A WAR
>> HE’S A WAR HERO -- HE’S A WAR HERO BECAUSE HE WAS CAPTURED.
HERO BECAUSE HE WAS CAPTURED. I LIKE PEOPLE THAT WEREN’T
I LIKE PEOPLE THAT WEREN’T CAPTURED.
CAPTURED. >> IF YOU LOOK AT HIS WIFE, SHE
>> IF YOU LOOK AT HIS WIFE, SHE WAS STANDING THERE.
WAS STANDING THERE. SHE HAD NOTHING TO SAY.
SHE HAD NOTHING TO SAY. MAYBE SHE WASN’T ALLOWED TO HAVE
MAYBE SHE WASN’T ALLOWED TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
ANYTHING TO SAY. YOU TELL ME, BUT PLENTY OF
YOU TELL ME, BUT PLENTY OF PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN THAT.
PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN THAT. >> THIS WAS A MISSION THAT WAS
>> THIS WAS A MISSION THAT WAS STARTED BEFORE I GOT HERE.
STARTED BEFORE I GOT HERE. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, YOU
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST THEY WANTED TO DO,
KNOW, JUST THEY WANTED TO DO, AND THEY LOST RYAN.
AND THEY LOST RYAN. >> I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
>> I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT GENERALS.
GENERALS. I MET SOME GOOD ONES, AND I SAW
I MET SOME GOOD ONES, AND I SAW SOME BAD ONES, SOME THAT DIDN’T
SOME BAD ONES, SOME THAT DIDN’T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES.
HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. >> I MEAN, IT REALLY IS
>> I MEAN, IT REALLY IS INCREDIBLE THAT, AGAIN, HE’S
INCREDIBLE THAT, AGAIN, HE’S QUESTIONED WAR HEROES ALL THE
QUESTIONED WAR HEROES ALL THE TIME.
TIME. HE’S ATTACKED THE GREATEST
HE’S ATTACKED THE GREATEST GENERALS OF THIS GENERATION.
GENERALS OF THIS GENERATION. HE SAID THAT MATTIS DID LITTLE
HE SAID THAT MATTIS DID LITTLE TO NOTHING FOR HIM.
TO NOTHING FOR HIM. HIS SPOKESPERSON THIS PAST WEEK
HIS SPOKESPERSON THIS PAST WEEK WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW GENERAL
WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW GENERAL JOHN KELLY A MAN WHO DEDICATED
JOHN KELLY A MAN WHO DEDICATED HIS
HIS HIS LIFE WAS A GREAT GENERAL,
HIS LIFE WAS A GREAT GENERAL, ONE OF THE BEST GENERALS, WHO
ONE OF THE BEST GENERALS, WHO LOST HIS SON IN COMBAT.
LOST HIS SON IN COMBAT. COULDN’T UNDERSTAND THE GENIUS
COULDN’T UNDERSTAND THE GENIUS OF DONALD TRUMP.
OF DONALD TRUMP. HE TALKS LIKE A TYRANT WHEN HE
HE TALKS LIKE A TYRANT WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT HOW WHEN I TOOK OVER
TALKS ABOUT HOW WHEN I TOOK OVER THE MILITARY, THAT IS
THE MILITARY, THAT IS ACTUALLY -- HE’S MORE LIKE AS
ACTUALLY -- HE’S MORE LIKE AS JOHN MEACHAM REMINDED ME
JOHN MEACHAM REMINDED ME YESTERDAY, MORE LIKE KING LOUIS
YESTERDAY, MORE LIKE KING LOUIS THE XIV.
THE XIV. >> WE’LL GET INTO ALL THAT, FOR
>> WE’LL GET INTO ALL THAT, FOR SHAWN DUFFY, FOR LAURA INGRAHAM,
SHAWN DUFFY, FOR LAURA INGRAHAM, FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO WANTED
FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO THROW MUD ALL OVER AN
TO THROW MUD ALL OVER AN AMERICAN HERO OVER SOMEONE WHO
AMERICAN HERO OVER SOMEONE WHO HAS GIVEN LITERALLY HIS LIFE,
HAS GIVEN LITERALLY HIS LIFE, AND BY THE WAY, WHOSE THREE
AND BY THE WAY, WHOSE THREE CHILDREN ARE SERVING.
CHILDREN ARE SERVING. THIS IS INCREDIBLE WHAT PLAYED
THIS IS INCREDIBLE WHAT PLAYED OUT OVER THE PAST 48 HOURS, AND
OUT OVER THE PAST 48 HOURS, AND IT HAS BLOWN BACK IN THEIR FACE,
IT HAS BLOWN BACK IN THEIR FACE, MUD ON THEIR FACES LOOKING BAD
MUD ON THEIR FACES LOOKING BAD THIS MORNING AND NOT SERVING THE
THIS MORNING AND NOT SERVING THE PRESIDENT WELL, WHICH ASK MICK
PRESIDENT WELL, WHICH ASK MICK MULVANEY THIS MORNING HOW THAT’S
MULVANEY THIS MORNING HOW THAT’S GOING FOR HIM.
GOING FOR HIM. >> WHERE’S MICK?
>> WHERE’S MICK? >> TRYING TO TRUMP FOR TRUMP.
>> TRYING TO TRUMP FOR TRUMP. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. >> HOLD ON A SECOND.
>> HOLD ON A SECOND. >> WHERE IS MICK?
>> WHERE IS MICK? >> WHERE IS MICK?
>> WHERE IS MICK? HE DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
HE DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, WHICH, AGAIN PROVES YOU
THIS, WHICH, AGAIN PROVES YOU DEBASE YOURSELF.
DEBASE YOURSELF. YOU SACRIFICE EVERYTHING YOU
YOU SACRIFICE EVERYTHING YOU BELIEVE IN.
BELIEVE IN. MULVANEY WAS SUPPOSEDLY A
MULVANEY WAS SUPPOSEDLY A DEFICIT HAWK, BUT YOU JUST
DEFICIT HAWK, BUT YOU JUST COMPLETELY DEBASE YOURSELF
COMPLETELY DEBASE YOURSELF POLITICALLY AND THEN YOU GET
POLITICALLY AND THEN YOU GET NOTHING IN RETURN.
NOTHING IN RETURN. YOU’RE LEFT IN SOUTH CAROLINA
YOU’RE LEFT IN SOUTH CAROLINA PLAYING GOLF OR WHATEVER
PLAYING GOLF OR WHATEVER MULVANEY WAS DOING, AND DIDN’T
MULVANEY WAS DOING, AND DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> I WANTED -- MAYBE HE’LL END
>> I WANTED -- MAYBE HE’LL END UP IN ORANGE RUFFLES AND GREEN
UP IN ORANGE RUFFLES AND GREEN RUFFLES IN "DANCING WITH THE
RUFFLES IN "DANCING WITH THE STARS" A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM
STARS" A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW.
NOW. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING YOUR FATHER SAID.
YOUR FATHER SAID. IT’S VERY RELEVANT TO THE
IT’S VERY RELEVANT TO THE LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL. WE WERE INTERVIEWING HIM ONE
WE WERE INTERVIEWING HIM ONE TIME, AND HE SAID THAT WHEN HE
TIME, AND HE SAID THAT WHEN HE FIRST WALKED INTO THE WHITE
FIRST WALKED INTO THE WHITE HOUSE HE UNDERSTOOD HOW LUCKY HE
HOUSE HE UNDERSTOOD HOW LUCKY HE WAS AS A POLISH IMMIGRANT, AND
WAS AS A POLISH IMMIGRANT, AND HE SAID AS HE WALKED INTO THE
HE SAID AS HE WALKED INTO THE WHITE HOUSE HE SAID TO HIMSELF
WHITE HOUSE HE SAID TO HIMSELF I’M GOING TO DEDICATE EVERY
I’M GOING TO DEDICATE EVERY MOMENT OF MY LIFE, THE REST OF
MOMENT OF MY LIFE, THE REST OF MY LIFE WILL BE TO WORK, TO
MY LIFE WILL BE TO WORK, TO DEFEND AND GIVE EVERYTHING I CAN
DEFEND AND GIVE EVERYTHING I CAN TO THIS COUNTRY TO PAY BACK TO
TO THIS COUNTRY TO PAY BACK TO THIS COUNTRY WHAT IT’S GIVEN TO
THIS COUNTRY WHAT IT’S GIVEN TO ME.
ME. AND THAT’S WHAT LIEUTENANT
AND THAT’S WHAT LIEUTENANT COLONEL VINDMAN HAS DONE.
COLONEL VINDMAN HAS DONE. HE SACRIFICED IN COMBAT.
HE SACRIFICED IN COMBAT. HIS CHILDREN ARE NOW IN UNIFORM.
HIS CHILDREN ARE NOW IN UNIFORM. I WONDER ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO
I WONDER ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE TALKING THE LIEUTENANT
WERE TALKING THE LIEUTENANT COLONEL IF THEY’VE SERVED IN
COLONEL IF THEY’VE SERVED IN UNIFORM.
UNIFORM. I WONDER IF SHAWN DUFFY EAST
I WONDER IF SHAWN DUFFY EAST SERVED IN UNIFORM.
SERVED IN UNIFORM. I KNOW THAT VINDMAN AND HIS
I KNOW THAT VINDMAN AND HIS CHILDREN HAVE.
CHILDREN HAVE. AGAIN, I THINK LAURA INGRAHAM
AGAIN, I THINK LAURA INGRAHAM ACTUALLY DID A GREAT DISSERVICE
ACTUALLY DID A GREAT DISSERVICE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE EVERYBODY STOPPED
STATES BECAUSE EVERYBODY STOPPED TALKING ABOUT EL BAGHDADI AND
TALKING ABOUT EL BAGHDADI AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT HOW
STARTED TALKING ABOUT HOW HEINOUS IT WAS WHAT SHE AND
HEINOUS IT WAS WHAT SHE AND OTHERS -- I DIDN’T HEAR WHAT --
OTHERS -- I DIDN’T HEAR WHAT -- >> DUFFY WAS ON MTV.
>> DUFFY WAS ON MTV. >> I DIDN’T HEAR WHAT THE GUY
>> I DIDN’T HEAR WHAT THE GUY WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE EPSTEIN
WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE EPSTEIN CASE SAID.
CASE SAID. THEY WERE ALL, THOUGH,
THEY WERE ALL, THOUGH, TRASHING -- ALL TRASHING
TRASHING -- ALL TRASHING VINDMAN, AND ALL IT DID WAS IT
VINDMAN, AND ALL IT DID WAS IT COMPLETELY REDIRECTED THE TALK
COMPLETELY REDIRECTED THE TALK FROM AL BAGHDADI TO THIS STORY.
FROM AL BAGHDADI TO THIS STORY. SO SOMETIMES STRUFRPWHEN YOU’RE
SO SOMETIMES STRUFRPWHEN YOU’RE TO HELP THE PRESIDENT BY SAYING
TO HELP THE PRESIDENT BY SAYING SOMETHING OUTRAGEOUS, WE’VE
SOMETHING OUTRAGEOUS, WE’VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT IN THE
GOTTEN TO THE POINT IN THE PROCESS WHERE THAT MAY HAVE
PROCESS WHERE THAT MAY HAVE WORKED IN 2016 AND 2017.
WORKED IN 2016 AND 2017. IT DOESN’T WORK ANYMORE.
IT DOESN’T WORK ANYMORE. >> DON’T FORGET THE STORY OF
>> DON’T FORGET THE STORY OF AMERICA.
AMERICA. A LOT OF US ARE CHILDREN OF
A LOT OF US ARE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS OR IMMIGRANTS.
IMMIGRANTS OR IMMIGRANTS. >> IT’S A REALLY GOOD STORY.
>> IT’S A REALLY GOOD STORY. >> ALBERT EINSTEIN CAME FROM
>> ALBERT EINSTEIN CAME FROM GERMANY, HELPED US WIN THE WAR.
GERMANY, HELPED US WIN THE WAR. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD STORY.
>> GOOD STORY. THIS AMERICAN STORY, RONALD
THIS AMERICAN STORY, RONALD REAGAN TALKED ABOUT IT IN HIS
REAGAN TALKED ABOUT IT IN HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE COUNTRY.
FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE COUNTRY. HE SAID WE BECOME A STRONGER
HE SAID WE BECOME A STRONGER COUNTRY WITH WAVES AND WAVES OF
COUNTRY WITH WAVES AND WAVES OF IMMIGRANTS COMING IN, WELL,
IMMIGRANTS COMING IN, WELL, LIEUTENANT COLONEL VINDMAN
LIEUTENANT COLONEL VINDMAN CERTAINLY SHOWED THAT.
CERTAINLY SHOWED THAT. WE SALUTE YOU LIEUTENANT COLONEL
