GOP, Business And The Country Respond To Donald Trump | Morning Joe

GUESS WHAT? IN 2017 IT GIVES YOU NO CREDIT.
YOU HAVE TO BE COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO DO -- I SAID MARCO BUT JOHN
McCAIN AND OTHERS HAVE SHOWN THE COURAGE.
>> THE COAST GUARD YESTERDAY, THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINES
COMING OUT SAYING IF THE PRESIDENT WON'T SAY IT, WE'LL
SAY IT OURSELVES. I WAS REMINDED A LITTLE BIT OF
CHARLESTON TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THIS GRACE,
WHERE DO THE PEOPLE FIND THIS GRACE WHEN YOU HAVE THE FAMILY
OF THE VICTIMS OF THE EMANUEL AME COMING OUT FACE TO FACE WITH
THE YOUNG MAN WHO KILLED THEIR FAMILY MEMBER SAYING WE FORGIVE
YOU, WE HAVE TO HEAL, HEALING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OUR ANGER.
YOU HEARD THAT FROM HEATHER'S MOM YESTERDAY.
>> I'M SO GLAD WILLIE DREW A STRAIGHT LINE FROM WHAT HAPPENED
IN CHARLESTON TO WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING TIKI TORCHES, AS OUR
PREACHER WOULD ALWAYS TELL US, HOLD THE CANDLES HIGH AND PUNCH
HOLES IN THE DARKNESS. AND YOU JUST MAY SEE THE
BEGINNING OF THAT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
>> IT WAS VERY MOVING AND IT WAS I THOUGHT YESTERDAY ESPECIALLY

WHAT HAS BEEN A SHAMEFUL CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
GOVERNMENT. >> IT'S NOT OVER BUT.
>> MIKE BARNICLE, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY RESPONDED ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY. THERE WAS A DOMINO EFFECT AND AS
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" SAID, EVEN ONE OF DONALD TRUMP'S CLOSEST
BUSINESS ALLIES, STEVEN SWARTZMAN SAYING ENOUGH.
AND WROTE A STATE FOR THE BUSINESS COUNCIL SAYING WE DON'T
WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH RACISM, BIGOTRY, HATRED AND
DISBANDED THE COUNCIL. OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT SHOWING
ABSOLUTELY NO CLASS RUSHED TO TWEET THAT HE WAS DISBANDING THE
COUNCIL THAT HAD ALREADY DISBANDED ITSELF.
>> YOU KNOW, JOE, IN THESE DARKEST HOURS OF THESE TRULY
DARK DAYS, AMERICA COMES OUT LIKE THE SUNSHINE COMES UP EVERY
MORNING. IT COMES OUT FROM THE PULPIT OF
THAT CHURCH YESTERDAY WHERE A VICTIM'S MOTHER SPEAKS AS
ELOQUENTLY AND AS MEANINGFULLY AS SHE DID ABOUT THE DEATH OF
HER DAUGHTER, SOMETHING I DON'T THINK ANY OF US CAN COMPREHEND
AS PARENTS. >> I CAN'T IMAGINE IT.
>> IT COMES OUT WHEN MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY ISSUE STATEMENTS
ABOUT WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS ALL ABOUT, EQUALITY, LACK OF
PREJUDICE. AMERICA COMES OUT WHEN YOU SEE
THE BUSINESS COUNCIL SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A BIT TOO
MUCH FOR US AND THEY ISSUE STATEMENTS.
IT DOES NOT COME OUT, UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE WORDS OF
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
BUT THE OPTIMISM ABOUT THIS WE SHOULD REFLECT I THINK MORE ON
THAT BECAUSE THE BRIGHTNESS OF AMERICA, WE'VE SEEN IT DISPLAYED
IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, WE'VE SEEN IT DISPLAYED AND IT'S STRONGER
AND MORE POWERFUL THAN ANYTHING THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID THUS
FAR. >> AND IT DOES SEEM THAT AT
LEAST FOR NOW THE CENTER CAN HOLD, THE CENTER IS HOLDING AND
THIS CENTER WILL HOLD. KASIE HUNT, YOU'RE ON CAPITOL
HILL. THERE WAS CONCERN BEFORE DONALD
TRUMP DECIDED TO SHOW MORAL EQUIVALENCY BETWEEN RACISTS AND
FASCISTS AND ANTI-RACISTS, BUT I GUESS FROM ALL REPORTS AND FROM
WHAT YOU'RE HEARING ON THE HILL RIGHT NOW AND WHAT YOU'RE
HEARING FROM REPUBLICANS, IT'S BLEAK.
THEY -- THEY -- THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT FOR THE PARTY
THAT A LOT OF THEM FEEL DONALD TRUMP'S DESTROYING.
>> I THINK THAT THERE IS A VERY REAL PRIVATE, HOWEVER, SENSE
OF -- I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD GO SO FAR AS TO CALL IT DESPAIR BUT
AT THE VERY LEAST DEEP CONFUSION AND UNEASINESS WITH HOW TO
PROCEED WITH THIS PRESIDENT. I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ON
CAPITOL HILL, LOOK, THEY CARE VERY DEEPLY ABOUT THIS COUNTRY,
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE IN POLITICS AND I THINK A LOT OF THEM WERE
HOPING THAT THEY COULD WAIT OUT PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT IT HAS
GOTTEN SO HARD IN THESE PARTICULAR DAYS -- I THINK YOUR
POINT ABOUT THE CENTER IS TRUE. IT'S GOTTEN DEEPER THAN A FRINGE
OF VOICES. THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN A MEGAPHONE
THAT IS BIGGER. AND THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.
GEORGE H.W. BUSH IN HIS RESPONSE TO DAVID DUKE STOOD IN THAT
DEEP, WIDE CENTER AND THIS PRESIDENT IS OFF ON THE SIDE.
>> EXCEPT FOR A FEW VOICES AMONG THE REPUBLICANS, WE'RE NOT
SEEING PROFILES IN COURAGE AT ALL.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYING THIS BUT FOLLOW THE LEAD OF CORPORATE
AMERICA. CORPORATE AMERICA IS DOING THE
RIGHT THING. CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYING THIS.
>> AND THE MILITARY. AND THEY'RE BOTH WAY AHEAD, MUCH
MORE IN TUNE. >> YEAH, THE MILITARY, THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY. >> BIG BUSINESS.
THANK YOU. CAN YOU BELIEVE I'M --
>> LOOK AT MARCO RUBIO'S TWEETS, JOHN McCAIN'S TWEET, CHARLIE
DENT'S TWEETS, LOOK AT THE FEW REPUBLICANS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY
SPOKEN OUT. YOU GOT TO SAY HIS NAME IN YOUR
TWEET. JUST GOING RACISM BAD, NOT GOOD
ENOUGH. YOU HAVE TO SAY DONALD TRUMP
CANNOT CONTINUE T PROVIDE AID AND COMFORT TO NEO-NAZIS, WHITE
SUPREMACISTS AND FASCISTS. >> THE UNDERLYING STORY RIGHT
NOW IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S SEARCH FOR ITS OWN CONSCIENCE.
>> THEY'VE GOT TO GET RID OF A CERTAIN ELEMENT.
IT'S TIME. >> I TALKED ABOUT MARCO RUBIO.
I SAW A TWEET, MARCO RUBIO IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR SAYING
BASICALLY WE CAN'T ELECT A RACIST.
I HAVE RETWEETED SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT A COLUMN I WROTE FOR
"THE WASHINGTON POST" IN FEBRUARY OF 16, THIS MAN IS
USING RACISM TO GET ELECTED AND TALKED ABOUT HIM ATTACK BEING
MEXICANS, TALKED ABOUT HIM ATTACKING MUSLIMS.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY KNEW THIS. >> I'VE WRITTEN IT FOUR OR FIVE
TIMES. >> IN DECEMBER OF 2016, I SAID
ON THE SET I CAN NEVER VOTE FOR ANYBODY PUSHING A MUSLIM BAN.
THIS IS WHAT BOTHERED ME ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THEY
WOULDN'T CRITICIZE HIM FOR RACISM FOR GETTING AHEAD.
IT WAS RACIST WITH JUDGE CURIAL. WE SAID IT HERE.
THIS IS WHAT IT LEADS TO. >> THEY WOULD EXPRESS THEIR
OUTRAGE AND NOT SPECIFIC OUTRAGE.
THEY SORT OF PRETENDED IT WANT THERE.
THEN HE GETS INAUGURATED AND THEY KIND OF PRETENDED THAT IT
WOULD GO AWAY OR HE WOULD BECOME A DIFFERENT PERSON OR IT WOULD
GET BETTER, BETTER, BETTER. AS FAR AS I CAN SEE.
HE WASN'T IN CONTROL WHEN HE WAS INAUGURATED AND HE SEEMS TO BE
SPINNING FURTHER OUT OF CONTROL. >> ON THAT NOTE, BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, THERE'S A LOT OF NEWS THIS MORNING.

SCARAMUCCI AND THE -- >> HAVE YOU NOTICED MOOCH IS
LOOKING VERY STATESMAN-LIKE NOW. EVERYBODY IS MAKING FUN OF THE
MOOCH. THE MOOCH KNEW WHEN TO HIT THE
EJECT BUTTON. >> NOW THE MOOCH LOOKS NOT THAT
BAD. >> WE HAVE A PET WE NAMED THE

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