>> lyin' ted and little marco. as i say, crooked hillary. crazy bernie. he's a crazy man. i was being hit by pocahontas. that's elizabeth warren. i said, mitt cannot run. he choked like a dog. and he walks like a penguin onto the stage. have you ever seen -- like a penguin! >> well, let's divide this. a person's character, i guess, in politics today certainly is fair game. you can talk about, if you want, lion's head, crooked hillary. to get into these things about the guy being short like little marco or the guy having a physical defect, or, you know, even the penguin. i have to tell you it's hilariously awful, but it's awful. he's gaining political strength by bullying people with their sort of birth defects, if you will. >> like i said before, it's so perplexing. >> why would people vote for a guy that's a bully? >> they're drawn to that. part of it is our primitive -- going back to our primitive instinct of heirarchical power and that's why it's so upsetting to so many people. >>> we're going to look back at the republicans' cynical strategy of just saying no. now demo

it's not crooked hillary or lyin' ted -- >> i do know chuck schumer and he does should tears. >> so no acting. >> no way. >> i heard about a case this morning, the mom was able to get legal permission after years to come to our country with two daughters. she was pregnant at the time so she couldn't apply for the third. she had the baby, it had to be left in the refugee camp. she it finally gotten permission to bring the child, who is now 4, that child is now stuck in uganda because of the executive order. that child is stuck in uganda. >> that does it for us this hour. we are going to toss it over now to a quick break and we'll be back. thankorder. thankthanksorder. thankthanks. >>> another incredibly busy morning here on capitol hill and it is only tuesday. we have much more ahead on msnbc live with my colleague tamron hall in new york. >> thank you very much. speaker of the house paul ryan and republicans leaders are taking heat on president trump's decision to fire the acting attorney general. president trump said sally yates, quote, betrayed the justice department. and jeff sessio

when he said this, my favorite trumpy truth about lyin' ted's father. >> he was with lee harvey oswalden talk about that. that was reported and nobody talks about it. >> zo bad. it is so bad. he said his father may his fathn involved in the shooting of jfk. and he was still elected president. and then met with senator ted cruz for a lovely conversation. which is pretty gutsy for donald trump, given that ted cruz comes from a family of assassins. how does he manage -- okay, that's a pretty big lie. how'd he get away with that lie? >> i don't know, but it is a truly abusive relationship. and think about this, ted cruz came into this election, he played the game better, he thought through every angle. he was going to be nice to trump until everybody was gone, and then he was going to run in and deliver the kill. and he winds up -- what wound up happening is, he played everything so badly, he got beaten so badly, he is the one republican of all 17 who can never run again. >> no, no. >> he got destroyed. >> he got exposed for who he was. which is a climber who actually decided to become bes

when he said this, my favorite trumpy truth about lyin' ted's father. >> he was with lee harvey oswaldor to the thing being shot and nobody even brings its u. they don't even talk about that. that was reported and nobody talks about it. >> zo bad. it is so bad. he said his father may his fathn involved in the shooting of jfk. and he was still elected president. and then met with senator ted cruz for a lovely conversation. which is pretty gutsy for donald trump, given that ted cruz comes from a family of assassins. how does he manage -- okay, that's a pretty big lie. how'd he get away with that lie? >> i don't know, but it is a truly abusive relationship. and think about this, ted cruz came into this election, he played the game better, he thought through every angle. he was going to be nice to trump until everybody was gone, and then he was going to run in and deliver the kill. and he winds up -- what wound up happening is, he played everything so badly, he got beaten so badly, he is the one republican of all 17 who can never run again. >> no, no. >> he got destroyed. >> he got exposed

. >> i've given my answer, lyin' ted.'re moving over further and further, pretty soon you're going to be off the end. he hit my hands. nobody has ever hit my hands. i've never heard of this one. look at those hands, are they small hands? greg: now, they're not, and that's why you are our president. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] greg: welcome to the year in trump. or the year of trump. which is it? weea took a poll and asked the year in trump or the year of trump? year in trump or the tally of 4-2. asked six people. well, actually, seven, but lou t dobbs just shouted, mayonnaise! and then he punched me in theo face.ix [laughter] of course, jill stein isus demanding a recount. but it really is the year of trump. 2016 like it was one of his gold-plaitedch buildings on the upper east side. his trumpy year some valuable stuff. one, the more you dismiss something the more you exalt it. rather than be persuasive the media became a withering insult machine as did hillary directing bile not just at trump but those for fell for him. an

wholeheartedly support whoever the republican nominee was, even if it was somebody like low energy jeb bush or lyin' ted or little marco? the republican party was very worried about that, because initially the answer from trump was that he would make no such pledge. >> is there anyone onstage, and can i see hands, who is unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the republican party and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person? again, we're looking for you to raise your hand now. raise your hand now if you won't make that pledge tonight. mr. trump. mr. trump, to be clear, you're standing on a republican -- >> i fully understand. >> the place where the rnc will give the nominee the nod. >> i fully understand. >> just to be clear, we're going to move on, you're not going to make the pledge? >> i'm not going to make the pledge at this time. >> that was august 2015. major point of contention in the republican party. major point of contention at the republican debates. lots and lots of drama around that issue. all the other candidates say, yeah, i'll make t

. >> i've given my answer, lyin' ted.ving over further and further, pretty soon you're going to be off the end. he hit my hands. nobody has ever hit my hands. i've never heard of this one. look at those hands, are they small hands? greg: now, they're not, and that's why you are our president. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause]

it's little marco and lyin' ted and crooked hillary all over again.ed about this before. anybody who thinks he is going to change after january 20th, they're nuts. >> what is the advice for chuck schumer. he wants to cut deals. he sees possibilities of deals with infrastructure or things. you have to internalize he i going to call me names one day ani can call him up the next day and pretend it didn't happen? >> one of the strengths of bill clinton when he was president, that he could knock a guy around and call him up on the phone and say, get over here and we'll make a deal. we have to hope that that's what's going to happen here and that schumer will be the grown-up in the room when deals have to be cut. >> also there is an element here, these guys are both new yorkers, they speak the same language in a certain way, don't they? >> yeah. it sounded like schumer demured a little bit when it was suggested he and trump were buddies. he said it's not like we were playing golf together because i don't think he wants that on his personal record. he had to

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>> take a shot at me, if you want to, dr schum -- schumer go >> lyin' ted! now hillary clinton is trying to make -- >> is tdoesn't roll off the tongue. >> you can't have a single syllable nickname like clown schumer. >> schumer the clown, maybe? >> or chucky the clown. >> you just don't do that. don't do that to the senate minority leader who you're going to need to strike deals. we are going to show you the democratic leader's response and joe biden's classic react straight ahead on "morning joe." >> funny how? funny like i'm a clown? i abuse you? >> make me a bicycle, clown! >> mitchell. >> no! >> what have i said about you sneaking up on me? >> why so serious? >> you're going to die, clown! >> ha ha. ♪ send in the clowns ♪ what are you doing? getting your quarter back. fountains don't earn interest, david. you know i work at ally. i was being romantic. you know what i find romantic? a robust annual percentage yield that's what i find romantic. this is literally throwing your money away. i think it's over there. that way? yeah, a little further up. what ye