President Donald Trump Criticizes Another Senator In Thursday Tweet | Morning Joe

ROBERT COSTA. A LOT TO GET TO, INCLUDING NEW
POLL NUMBERS, BUT CAN WE PULL UP THE TWEET.
KASIE HUNT LEFT THE SIDE AND WAS TALKING THE PRESIDENT MIGHT DO
THIS AND HERE IT IS. GREAT TO SEE THAT DR. KELLY WARD
IS RUNNING AGAINST FLAKE, JEFF FLAKE, WHO IS WEAK ON BORDERS,
CRIME, AND NONFACTOR IN SENATE. HE'S TOXIC.
KASIE HUNT, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
>> JEFF FLAKE HAS JOINED THE OTHERS WHO HAVE EARNED NICKNAMES
FROM THIS PRESIDENT. WE'LL SEE IF IT STICKS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A REAL SIGN OF DONALD TRUMP GOING TO
WAR WITH HIS OWN PARTY IN WASHINGTON.
JEFF FLAKE HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN ONE OF THE MOST OUTSPOKEN HERE
IN WHAT CRITICIZING WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE ACROSS THE
BOARD. HE'S BEEN A LONG-TIME CRITIC OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE'S ONE OF JUST TWO REPUBLICANS
WHO ARE CONSIDERED TO BE VULNERABLE COMING UP IN THE
MIDTERM ELECTIONS, AND IF HE HAS TO GO THROUGH A BRUISING PRIMARY
BATTLE, PERHAPS IS BEATEN BY A CHALLENGER WHO IS FARTHER RIGHT,
SOMEBODY WHO MAYBE ALIGNS MORE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, IT'S A
REAL POSSIBILITY THAT ARIZONA COULD PICK A DEMOCRATIC SENATOR
IN 2018. IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST
REAL TESTS OF DEMOCRATS BEING REALLY ENGAGED AND REALLY
INTERESTED IN OPPOSING THE PRESIDENT.
ARIZONA HAS BEEN A SWING STATE. THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT'S
REALLY GOING TO -- IT JUST EXPANDS THIS WAR BETWEEN THE
PRESIDENT AND MITCH McCONNELL IN THE SENATE.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, WILLIE.
IT'S NOT JUST JEFF FLAKE HE'S GOING AFTER OR LINDSEY GRAHAM.
WHEN YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT, AND YOU GO AFTER ONE SENATOR, YOU'RE
GOING AFTER ALL SENATORS. THAT'S HOW MITCH McCONNELL SEES
IT. AND THAT'S HOW THE REST OF THE
REPUBLICANS SEE IT. IF A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT WENT
AFTER A DEMOCRATIC SENATOR, THAT'S HOW CHUCK SCHUMER WOULD
SEE IT. THIS IS NOT WAR AGAINST JEFF
FLAKE AND LINDSEY GRAHAM. THIS IS WAR AGAINST THE
REPUBLICAN SENATE. >> AND HE SPENT TIME GOING AFTER
MITCH McCONNELL AS WELL. LIKE SO MANY THINGS WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP, THIS IS NOT STRATEGIC.
IT'S ABOUT HIS FEELINGS. IT'S BECAUSE JEFF FLAKE HAS
NEVER SUPPORTED DONALD TRUMP. IT'S BECAUSE JEFF FLAKE JUST
WROTE A BOOK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO CONSERVATISM IN THE
AGE OF TRUMP AND ALL THE BAD THINGS SENATOR BELIEVES HAVE
HAPPENED BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP.
JEFF FLAKE HAS BEEN ON TV TALKING ABOUT WHY DONALD TRUMP
IS BAD FOR THE COUNTRY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT STRATEGY.
THIS IS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S FEELINGS AND HIM FEELING
SLIGHTED BY THAT MAN, A MAN WHOSE VOTE HE WILL NEED, AND
HE'LL REGRET DOING THIS IF A DEMOCRAT WINS THE SPOT.
>> WHAT DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTERS DON'T UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW,
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY MAY BE JUMPING TO WELL, FLAKE'S BEEN
UNKIND TO DONALD TRUMP. HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY
OTHER GROWNUP PRESIDENT PICKS UP THE PHONE EARLY ON.
AND THEY FIGURE OUT. LIKE BUSH, GEORGE W. BUSH UPSET
REPUBLICANS BECAUSE HIS FIRST PHONE CALLS WERE TO DEMOCRATS.
REMEMBER, HE HAD TED KENNEDY COME OVER WHO TOTALLY ATTACKED
HIM. COME OVER TO WATCH A MOVIE,
AND -- DONALD TRUMP NEVER DID THAT.
HE NEVER REACHED OUT TO ANYBODY. >> NO, HE DIDN'T.
AND SO THESE SENATORS WENT OUT ON A LIMB.
LINDSEY GRAHAM, JEFF FLAKE, WENT OUT ON A LIMB FOR THIS LOUSY
HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION. AND THIS IS THE WAY HE REPAYS
PEOPLE WHO GO OUT ON A LIMB FOR HIM.
THIS IS A LOOK AT HOW HE REPAID THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVES WITH
PEOPLE WHO ASSOCIATED THEMSELVES WITH AN ADMINISTRATION THAT
LOOKED A LITTLE DICEY. AS SOON AS THEY START LEAVING,
HE ATTACKS. >> IT'S VERY STRANGE, AND JOE,
YOU BRING UP PAST PRESIDENTS. IF WE COULD LOOK AT THE TWEET,
THIS IS NOT ABOUT HOW OTHER POLITICIANS ACT.
YEAH, THE FLAKE ONE. THIS IS NOT HOW YOU WOULD WANT
KIDS TO ACT. THIS IS CYBER BULLYING.
THIS IS CALLING PEOPLE NAMES. THIS IS --
>> IF ONLY THERE WERE AN INITIATIVE FOR THAT.
>> IF ONLY THERE WERE A PLATFORM OR INITIATIVE FOR SOMEONE IN THE
WHITE HOUSE WHO COULD TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE OF CYBER BULLYING AND
MAYBE TEACH THE PRESIDENT THIS IS NOT NICE.
IT'S WRONG. >> I THINK THEY

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