>>> HE IS CHOKING LIKE A DOG, BECAUSE HE'S LOSING SO BADLY. WE HAVE TO PUT HIM AWAY TOMORROW. >> THIS MAN IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR. A NARCISSIST AT A LEVEL I DON'T THINK THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN. >> HOLD THAT BIBLE HIGH, PUTS IT DOWN AND THEN HE LIES. >> DONALD IS A BULLY. THE MAN IS UTTERLY AMORAL. LEAVE HEIDI THE HELL ALONE. >> SHOULD WE SUPPORT HIM AS THE NOMINEE? >> I'M GOING TO BEAT HIM FOR THE NOMINATION. >> THAT'S NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION. >> I AM. DONALD TRUMP WILL NOT BE THE NOMINEE. >> HE'S LEADING RIGHT NOW -- >> DONALD TRUMP WILL NOT BE THE NOMINEE. >> WILL YOU SUPPORT HIM AS THE NOMINEE? >> DONALD TRUMP WILL NOT BE THE NOMINEE. IN 2020 DONALD TRUMP WILL BE OVERWHELMINGLY RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN LETTING DEMOCRACY PLAY OUT, WELL, LAST NIGHT IT PLAYED OUT, TRUMP'S VICTORY WAS ACROSS THE BOARD, HE WON 98 OF THE COUNTIES. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT DOMINATING VICTORY. AT THIS POINT I BELIEVE THE RACE IS OVER. I AM PROUD TO ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING HIM ENTHUSIASTICALLY. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR US TO UNITE, TO COME TOGETHER. >> SO -- >> SENATOR TED CRUZ, ONCE AGAIN BACKING TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, MAKING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT ON FOX NEWS. NOW HE'S THE 25th SITTING U.S. SENATOR TO PUBLICLY SUPPORT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN. >> HE GOES FROM BEING A BULLY AND A SNIFFLING COWARD, SOMEONE WHO ATTACKED HIS WIFE, MORE THAN SUGGESTED SHE WAS UGLY. JUST HEINOUS PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST HIS FAMILY. TED CRUZ RIGHTFULLY CALLED HIM A BULLY, RIGHTFULLY CALLED HIM A SNIVELING COWARD, AND THEN WENT ON TO ENDORSE HIM AND NOW SAYS HE'S A PROUD, ENTHUSIASTIC ENDORSER AND SUPPORTER OF DONALD TRUMP. WILLIE GEIST, WHAT SAY YOU? >> WELL, AGAIN, THAT'S THE 25th REPUBLICAN SENATOR, BY THE WAY, SO NOW WE CAN SAY A MAJORITY OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS ALREADY HAVE ENDORSED DONALD TRUMP, MANY OF THEM WERE IN THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6th. MANY OF THEM BRIEFLY CONDEMNED WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6th BEFORE COMING BACK AROUND. AN ENDORSEMENT NOW IS AN ENDORSEMENT OF EVERYTHING WE KNOW FROM THE LAST FEW YEARS OF DONALD TRUMP, AN ENDORSEMENT OF EVERYTHING HE'S DOING, ON TRIAL FOR IN PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN FEDERAL COURTROOMS IN GEORGIA, NEW YORK THIS MORNING, AS WE SPEAK. THAT'S WHAT THESE SENATORS, THAT'S WHAT THESE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE ENDORSING, INCLUDING A MAN WHO LED AN ATTEMPTED COUP AGAINST THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. I LOVE, JOE, HE SAYS I SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, AND THEN AFTER THE COMMENT, HE SAYS, BUT NOW THAT 14% OF REPUBLICANS IN IOWA HAVE VOTED, I THINK IT'S TIME TO CALL THE RACE. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, MOTHS TO A FLAME OF POWER. THEY FEEL HE'S THE GUY, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO CROSS HIM. THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR JOBS, HIS SUPPORTERS AND THEIRS. THEY'RE SO DESPERATE IN WASHINGTON TO CONTINUE TO SAY THEY WILL SUPPORT HIM. WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING, BY THE WAY, ESPECIALLY FROM TED CRUZ. >> OF COURSE. >> JOINING THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE THE HOST OF THE PODCAST ON BRAND WITH DONNY DEUTSCH. PROFESSOR AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR MIKEPALMEIRI IS STILL WITH US. >> HOW DOES SOMEONE HAVE THEIR SPOUSE INSULTED, THEIR FAMILY INSULTED. MY GOD, WE FORGOT, TRUMP ACCUSED TED CRUZ'S FATHER OF KILLING JFK. >> RIGHT. SO HE ATTACKED HIS FATHER. HE ATTACKED HIS WIFE. I'M JUST TELLING YOU, MOST -- I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF -- MOST MEN I KNOW IF SOMEBODY ATTACKED THEIR FATHER AND ATTACKED THEIR WIFE, GAME OVER. >> YEAH. >> GAME OVER. JUST DON'T COME BACK. >> THEY WOULD SPEND THE REST OF THEIR TIME GOING AFTER THAT GUY TO TAKE HIM DOWN POLITICALLY. IN THIS CASE, HE'S PROUD AND SUPPORTING A MAN, WHO SAID HIS FATHER HELPED KILL JFK AND HIS WIFE WAS UGLY. >> SO WHAT A THING LIKE THIS REVEALS IS NOT JUST -- FIRST OF ALL, JUST A LACK OF SELF-WORTH, BUT TED CRUZ KNOWS HOW DANGEROUS DONALD TRUMP IS. OBVIOUSLY, HE SPOKE CLEARLY ABOUT THAT IN 2016. HE MUST NOT THINK ANY OF THIS REALLY MATTERS. HE MUST NOT ACTUALLY BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LONG-TERM HEALTHY AMERICAN DEMOCRACY OR FIND IT THAT IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE THERE ON JANUARY 6. HE KNOW WHAT IS A THREAT DONALD TRUMP IS. HE SPOKE ABOUT IT IN 2016, AND THEY CONTINUE TO PROP HIM UP. I THINK IT REVEALS SOMETHING CYNICAL ABOUT THE REPUBLICANS THAT HOLD ON TO HIM, THEY DON'T THINK THIS REPUBLIC ACTUALLY MATTERS. >> YOU KNOW, DONNIE, WE HEARD FROM SENATOR MIKE LEE OF UTAH WHO ENDORSED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO DONALD TRUMP, SAYING I'LL TAKE THE, WHAT HE CALLED, MEAN TWEETS FROM DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE JOE BIDEN IS THAT BAD. THE MEAN TWEETS, WE HAVE A RECORD OF WHAT HE CALLS MEAN TWEETS WHICH ARE AN ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, TRY TO FLIP THE ELECTION IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. HE'S IN A COURTROOM TODAY FOR DEFAMATION FOR WHAT A JUDGE SAID WAS RAPE. SO THAT'S AN ENDORSEMENT OF ALL OF THAT. THIS ISN'T MEAN TWEETS. THIS IS A MAN WHO HAS SHOWN US WHAT HE IS AND WHAT HE WILL DO IF ELECTED PRESIDENT. IN THEIR MINDS THEY HAVE TO DOWNPLAY WHAT HE IS AND WHAT HE REPRESENTS TO GET TO THE ENDORSEMENT. >> JOE, I WANT TO PICK UP ON SOMETHING YOU JUST SAID AND THE SEXIST POLICE WILL COME GET US. THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE COPS ARE ALWAYS ASKING ME ANYWAY, THAT HIS MEN, HOW DO THEY LOOK THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HISTORICALLY HAS ALWAYS HAD MORE TESTOSTERONE IN IT. THEY'VE BEEN THE LAW AND ORDER PARTY, THE HAWKISH PARTY. HOW MANY HAD THEIR LUNCH MONEY TAKEN WHEN THEY WERE KIDS? HOW DO THEY LOOK THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR? HOW DO THEY LOOK AT THEIR WIVES, AT THEIR CHILDREN? WHERE ARE THE MEN IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO HAVE ALL BECOME SNIVELING LITTLE WEAK, SNIVELING LITTLE DOGS. >> JANUARY 6 THIS WAS AN AWFUL DAY. LINDSEY GRAHAM GOT ON THE FLOOR, I'M DONE. ALL IT TOOK WAS NOISE FROM TRUMP SUPPORTERS, OH, THE PEOPLE WHO ELECT ME, THE PEOPLE WHO PUT ME IN POWER, THEY'RE ON HIS SIDE, SO I'D BETTER JUMP BACK OVER. THESE AREN'T LEADERS. THESE ARE PEOPLE FOLLOWING ALONG. THEY'RE STILL GOING ALONG FOR THE RIDE. >> IT SHOWS US THE PROBLEM ISN'T JUST DONALD TRUMP, THOSE WHO ARE CYNICAL IN THEIR PURSUIT OF POWER. THERE'S A CHARACTER QUESTION, WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE HILL WHO REALLY HAVE NO BROAD SENSE OF THEIR OBLIGATION THAN TO THEMSELVES, THEIR SELF-INTEREST. THEY MAKE POSSIBLE THIS PERSON, THIS PRESENCE THAT THREATENED THE VERY FOUNDATION OF DEMOCRACY
