Columnists David Brooks and Eugene Robinson join Morning Joe to discuss Brooks' book 'The Second Mountain,' which he says is about 'going through hard times and coming out better on the other side.' The panel also discusses Robinson's new column. Aired on 05/26/2020.
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How The Pandemic Could Change America's Identity | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Birx never gives a straight answer…she fits into the scheme of things
Gwen, you have to try to interpret her words, she is under pressure by the idiotic Orangeutan. She can’t speak freely.
Democrats are trying to spread Cuomo-19 from New York!
@Bud Fudlacker LOL
@Bud Fudlacker I’m asymptomatic, so let me cough on you real quick old man. I’m being a good Samaritan and giving the people what they want: Corona time!
Like Biden?
*America’s identity has already been changed… until November 2020 hopefully*
@R L T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Donald_Trump
@R L T Don’t call me hon..and it’s a fact..it’s the truth..
@#j G That’s why I am NOT voting rump or gop this time around,The most corrupt useless party of today!
@diane frady What has the GOP or the President done that was a federal crime ? I dont care what they did before they were president, that does not cause harm to America or Americans. , This is going to be good. Lets hear it ! I wil prove you wrong very quick !
@#j G wrong. The mayors of just a few of those cities are Dems. The vast vast majority are Republicans, particularly the smaller cities and towns. Looking up the 2 biggest cities and using it for your argument isn’t adequate.
BRIX & AZAR are just puppets fast losing any credibility… what about the hypocritical oath???
I think you mean the Hippocratic oath..
@Derps McGee Eh, he said what he said…
@Derps McGee he said it right.
I would NEVER trust a word out of that birks witches mouth now
You are a miserable sack. Who do you believe honey?
will you vote?
@Killroy was here None of your business.
Whatever happent to ” full and frank advise”. Something that used to valued.
Now anyone who expresses a view contary to Donald Trump’s view is removed from their position.
Sounds like a great way to get the best advise.
Then again, I forgot that the “Dear leader” is beyond challenge.
All powerful, all knowing.
Silly me!
“Dear leader”? Are you a traitor. It is “Highest, Nobles, Bestest Leader of the Universe!”
You know ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, If you all keep talking trash like this about Dearest Leader, you will end up in re-education camp. You’d better watch what you say.
@mangalores-x_x – I took the OP’s comment to be sarcasm. Anyone thinking that tRump is doing ANYTHING GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY is obviously a brainless moron.
Sounds like a great way to behave like a Dictator….
Top five dictator run countries have the highest rate of disease ,he got a lot of old folks now he wants the children both are expensive,
Those that don’t care for the weakest and youngest will fail as a society.
@L D Masks define American, your words not mine! I can’t help it if you don’t comprehend what you are writing. Remember==>
“Actually tRumps administration is telling everyone to wear a mask to protect other Americans!! Apparently you are not in the category of Americans?”
@L D I’m for anything that minimizes the death count including masks. What I am not for is MSM / Fauci’s inconsistent message. Science is not based on what day of the week it is.. The left has poo poo’d HCQ since March and failed to offer anything else as a solution.Meanwhile, Italy, France, UK, Thailand, India are all providing HCQ to healthcare workers. U of Minnesota has a study underway for both healthcare and first responders. 10+ other HCQ studies underway globally.
truth this pandemic isn’t over yet… besides, your President didn’t want lockdown and social distancing. He wanted the virus to wash over everyone…
@Teresa S Funny cuomo and newsome sang Trumps praises at Trumps ability to provide everything they asked for… Including the Comfort / Mercy and a 1000 bed hospitals built it two weeks. Shame none of them were needed or used above 10%. You not saying cuomo and newsome are liars? Are you? Cause we all know Dems NEVER lie. Just ask unmask quid pro quo joe
@Teresa S keep up with the science? Like the left has with HCQ? Left slams it as worthless without any testing and fails to offer any other suggestions. Right says try it it may work it may not but study it before its to late. So I guess you need to practice what you preach.
His make up would be ruined, it takes a long time for his hair and make up.
That’s the best you’ve got? How come these people never ask how China had 70.000 infected people in March then in April 0 infectious people. Where are these experts getting there information??? Everything keeps changing now masks are going to reduce your chances really. I don’t believe in half these people. Now WAHUN China claims there having a second wave seriously 😂 I don’t trust them to watch my dogs 😂😂 😂😂😂 😂 but MSNBC clearly does
The mask would be more fashionable than that 50s look he’s stuck in! ELVIS PRESLEY WANNABE?
That’s makeup?
@Marcia Wilso Blame China? Is that the best you’ve got?
@Michaela Francis where did this virus first start???? WAHUN China what’s your point??? The WHO and China both dropped the ball and it’s costing deaths everywhere. So in your opinion where should we place blame??????
It’s a yes or no question Birx. Just stand tall and tell the dam truth
She doesn´t tell the truth, because the truth will make her lose her job.
“I know the president has worn a mask ONCE for a very short time. I don’t know what he does the rest of the time, because I cover my eyes and ears. You know, science.” – Dr. Birx
I know he claimed he wore a mask for a little while. He “didn’t want to give the media the satisfaction of seeing it
” Therefore, I don’t know if he wore the mask at all or not
Melody Nolan Trump 2028 Keep America Great
She dissembles with the best and will be a rising star in Donny’s universe of dishonesty.
birx is hostage to bloodless statistical modeling…offers no hard information and no help
Sounds like the scarf lady signed Trump’s loyalty pledge.
Ivanka speads for Quincy Jones
Very true! I’m starting to lose confidence in anything she says now. She has allowed Trump to poison her expert reputation!! I’m not going to listen to her anymore because she might tell us the wrong thing to do. 🙁
I would rather her stick around as one of the sane minds in there that
has a chance to control this disaster. as a result she has to step
lightley.
@zencat999 Yeah, she’s in a precarious position. Trying to inform the public
but not antagonise the manchild POTUS who destroys anyone he feels has disobeyed him.
I had more confidence when Dr Fauci was ALLOWED to speak.
nobody is stopping him
Trump is threatened by Dr. Faucis popularity.
Yeh, like when he said:
Americans are at a low risk then ITS A PANDEMIC!
Don’t ban travel, oh oh oh ban travel
Don’t take HCQ, now FDA EUA approved ,
Don’t wear masks, oh oh oh wear masks
Stay at home, come outside.
We need a vaccine, created using Fauci’s vaccine patents developed with taxpayer dollars and comes with pharma royalty payments to Fauci.
DNC/Clinton/WHO/Wuhan Lab contributor fauci
Speak_the_ truth again recommendations change as more is known about the virus. The recommendations have changed throughout the world. It is you job to adjust to the changes.
To bad Birx drank the Clorox koolaid, she lost all credibility
Show me the Clorox????? You made the statement now back it up!
@John Hillman I am. That is why I asked for proof…Duh! Guess you read like schiff.
@John Hillman Why you crying? Mommy help you with that artwork?
No, she’s just treading very carefully. She knows the thin ice that she’s on. She has no intention of sinking
This Dr. Is very weak she,s not a leader she,s enabler such a shame
I thought so too until I heard Al Franken interview Dr. Leana Wen from Baltimore who went through a similar situation. Go listen to the podcast of that interview and it may change your mind in what she is trying to accomplish.
She’s a puppet…
That’s obvious. But she’s on the payroll – just like the Senators and esp. now-mega rich McConnel: a crook.
She is worthless and willing to sale her soul to this inept, criminal and corrupt president.
She’s a scientist though …… not a politician …
Brix is another one to add to the list of people who end up with a brown nose after contact with the “president”.
This woman is actually a joke. She can’t get another job? Trump said NO to world wide agreement about sharing and pricing of an eventual vaccine. Just read about China’s progress. I’m old and will probably die because of the great white Trump. I hope the Chinese “charge us” $1M a dose. We deserve it. P.S. David Brooks has NEVER been interesting. Eugene Robinson is THE MASTER of the obvious. Less relevant? Twitter troll heckler in chief? Okay. P.P.S. Make it $2M a dose. We, the collective, were warned about Trump. We, the collective, didn’t care. Shake it up? Good. Wait for that RNA synthetic. Trump and the boys are all in on that one. “I refuse to disassociate myself from the evils of the world”.–Bob Dylan. So don’t say.. I didn’t vote for him. Please. Don’t say it. Just get up the $2M. The insurance companies not paying for it. And the synthetic RNA shot going to cost $2M, too. THE RICH WILL LIVE.. AND GET A WRITEOFF. How do you get “herd immunity” from the Herd?
Sue Jack Dorsey for his failure, start holding Social Media to accounts.
Twitter is clearly spreading misinformation so much that it’s use has become the source of conspiracy theorists hurtful junk
If you want to email Jack and tell him your opinion you can find him at jack@squareup.com. I just did!
Her credibility is shot covering for this guy
TRUTH
Is she really a doctor? Why she afraid of him to tell the truth this woman. I heard her couple time she cover up for him either by not answering a question or simple co written up for him it is very sad what is happening with rich people they be same really greedy. God won’t let you take that million or billion. Sooner or later they are going to birrief with them. God help innocent people.
That’s the truth. As a physician, she vowed to do no harm and not cause a person more pain. By covering for trump, she’s basically allowing people to suffer in ways they shouldn’t have had to. I can’t help but think that if we had the Obama administration instead of trump, how many less than the 100,000 lives that have been lost would still be with us. And how many of the over 1 million lives would have never had to go through having the disease itself.
Then there are the countless millions of us who have suffered job loss and the anxiety of wondering how bills are going to be paid. I lost both of my jobs and while I just recently went back to work with one of them, I spent almost 2 months without working at all. I’m luckier than many people to have gone back to work, but the business that I own is probably going to take a very long time to recover. I’m thankful I don’t have any employees that would have been permanently let go. That would have been horrible for them and myself. But the sad fact is trump could care less. We have a president who has been negligent all along in his duties as president. This time is the worst because of all the death and adversity this has caused nation wide. Sitting on his fat butt in the oval office is a person who thinks it’s more important to send out a constant stream of ridiculous Tweets that name call his opponents and point the finger of blame everywhere except where it really should be, at himself. He’s like a 10 year old bully who makes life miserable for everyone and he gets great pleasure out of it. But if someone dares to stand up to him, he throws a temper tantrum like a 2 year old and stomps off while calling someone rude or nasty or some other adjective describing his displeasure. trump is a total disaster and failure as president. He needs to go before he does anymore damage. And thus ends my rant at least for now.
Jane Forst 👏👏👏👏
Birx has lost all credibility. I am amazed what people will do to keep their job. Sell their soul to the most corrupt POTUS in US history.
We all know that…Look Dr Fauci..say like it is. I feel pity for her.
She’s basically sneaking around live grenades. Say something g wrong and she knows she’s history.
Everyone who aligns with Trump loses credibility in order to keep their job.
She had lost all credibility !!!
I suspect she’s trying to stay in touch with Trump with the idea she can still help him to manage the crisis better than he has. She’s foolish to think she can. I don’t really see any cynicism in her, just a deep naivety or dedicated hopefulness against the odds.
Oh stop it Ms Birx, you wanted to crawl under a table when trump was asking you those questions about injecting disinfectants “into the body”.
I’m seeing children with mask on. Maybe Trump can learn from them.
I agree. After all, children learn best from other children.
You all have to hate this country to want this country to fail so badly and this plandemic is a hoaxes of hoaxes and we will win and President Trump will get this economy back and break you Hateful Fake News Backs. You want to eliminate the Electoral College is idiotic and the only way you can win since the fake collusion with Russell as that was Killerys doing.
Jane Forst there National Socialist Democratic Party parenting are training for there’re Socialist future. We wil not let SLO Corn pop Joe out of his basement.