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'Very, very sad': George Conway urges 'intervention' from Trump family after latest posts

George Conway questioned Donald Trump's mental health Monday and wondered why his family hadn't stepped in to get him the help he said he apparently needs.

The former president and current Republican nominee claimed in a Truth Social post that Kamala Harris had shared a fake photo showing throngs of supporters greeting her at a Michigan airport, and the conservative attorney Conway expressed alarm to MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

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'Sad trombone': MSNBC's Mika laughs that Trump is now 'yesterday's news'

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski punctuated a scathing analysis of Donald Trump's election chances with a "sad trombone" sound effect.

The presidential race has been upended since Joe Biden stepped aside and endorsed Kamala Harris, and Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler told "Morning Joe" the vice president's ascendance took away Trump's advantage against the 81-year-old president's age — and made his own fitness a liability.

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'Exceptionally generous' Jenna Ellis plea deal may be ploy to force Giuliani flip: expert

Conservative lawyer Jenna Ellis has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in the Arizona "fake electors" case involving 11 allies of Donald Trump, and a legal expert said her testimony could put new pressure on Rudy Giuliani to flip against his former boss.

The former Trump campaign lawyer signed a cooperation agreement Monday after prosecutors agreed to dismiss four pending felony charges against her. MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin told "Morning Joe" that the favorable terms offered by state attorney general Kris Mayes could be an ominous development for Giuliani.

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'Wow': Morning Joe reacts to brutal fact check of Trump's economic record

Donald Trump tried to blame Vice President Kamala Harris for a global downturn in financial markets, but MSNBC's Joe Scarborough turned his questioning on the former president's own economic record during his four-year presidency.

Markets seemed to stabilize early Tuesday following the biggest drop in Japan's Nikkei 225 index in more than 35 years. Trump had spent much of the previous day trying to pin the plunge on his newly ascended Democratic rival, but the "Morning Joe" host pointed out that Trump had presided over some of the darkest days in stock market history.

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'He is rattled': MSNBC anchor says Harris has completely knocked Trump off his game

Donald Trump chances of election success in Georgia were jeopardized when he attacked the popular Republican Gov. Brian Kemp at the weekend, according to several experts — and MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire argued Monday that the former president's personal grudges could cost his party a shot at regaining a Senate majority.

The former president lashed out at Kemp during his rally in Atlanta, where he appeared in the same arena that Vice President Kamala Harris had packed a few days earlier. Lemire told "Morning Joe" that Trump has been knocked off his game since Harris took over as the Democratic Party's presumed nominee.

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Judge may have 'surprises' up her sleeve in Trump's Jan. 6 case: expert

A federal judge rejected Donald Trump's attempt to make his charges go away in the Jan. 6 case, and a legal expert predicted a few surprises she could have up her sleeve.

District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued her first substantive order Saturday after the federal criminal case was returned to her following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Trump's immunity claims. MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin identified some potential surprises to watch for going forward.

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'Y’all got played': Joy Reid issues 3 reasons Trump attended NABJ in scathing fact-check

MSNBC's Joy Reid issued a blistering fact-check to Donald Trump following the ex-president's Q&A session with Black journalists in Chicago Wednesday.

During the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) annual convention in the Windy City, a hostile Trump claimed he was unaware that his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, is Black, and spewed baseless claims, such as that Harris is a "border czar."

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Trump 'senile moment' at rally grasped by Harris fans: 'Losing his cognitive abilities'

Kamala Harris supporters are seizing on a slip-up by Donald Trump as a "senile moment."

The former president referred to Republican Senate candidate David McCormick as Pennsylvania's "future governor" while speaking about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during a rally in Harrisburg Wednesday, and he pointed to him later in the speech and referred to him twice as "Mr. Governor."

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Morning Joe panel mocks GOP senator after Fox News shuts down 'ding dong' insult

Panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" ridiculed Sen. John Kennedy for getting pushback from a Fox News host over his insulting attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Louisiana Republican appeared to be caught off guard when host Neil Cavuto took him to task for repeatedly calling Harris a "ding-dong," which he claimed was based on polls showing voters don't think the vice president is intelligent.

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'Dump him': N.Y. Times reporter warns 'political headaches' could spell end of J.D. Vance

J.D. Vance has caused nothing but headaches for Donald Trump since he was added to the Republican ticket, and it's not out of the question that he might get swapped out for someone else, a New York Times reporter warned Tuesday.

The Ohio Republican senator has been widely criticized for his remarks about "childless cat ladies" that have prompted Democrats to refer to him and other conservatives as "weird." Reporter Peter Baker told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Trump's history suggests he might dump his running mate.

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'Scared and weak': Conservative tells Morning Joe Trump's 'all over the place' on Harris

Donald Trump suddenly seems "scared and weak" now that his Democratic opponent appears to be Vice President Kamala Harris instead of President Joe Biden, a "Morning Joe" panelist said on MSNBC Tuesday.

Biden dropped out of the race last week after his performance in the first debate raised serious questions about his ability to win the election and serve a second term. But MSNBC contributor Elise Jordan, who was an advisor to Sen. Rand Paul's (R-KY) 2016 presidential campaign, told "Morning Joe" that the former president doesn't seem to know how to run against his new opponent.

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Trump rally veteran issues warning after seeing alarming shift in opening prayers

A reporter who has been to more than 100 rallies for Donald Trump has noticed an alarming shift in tone in the opening prayers at these political events.

The former president often makes news with outrageous, insulting or authoritarian remarks during his rallies, but The Atlantic's McKay Coppins told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the prayers offered by various preachers are noteworthy in their own right, and he described how those invocations have changed over the years.

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Trump buried for 'grievous error' that could put J.D. Vance 'a foot away' from presidency

Donald Trump was vilified for potentially putting Sen. J.D. Vance a heartbeat away from the presidency.

The 78-year-old Republican nominee tapped the first-term senator as his running mate earlier this month, and the Rev. Al Sharpton told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that voters were repelled by the 39-year-old Vance's extremist views and off-putting persona.

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