that is that the system a book but new york times robert draper who's meticulous reporting shows it is towards the gop in congress over the past 18 months. as much as the elected republican party has shifted towards greene, who's closer to the republican base than probably anyone else. just look at our fund raising record, with more than $3 million in her first quarter in office, a staggering sum for a freshman. look at how everyone in the party wants their seal of approval, robert draper tweets that earlier this week, kevin mccarthy was fundraising with marjorie taylor greene. she will be on the campaign trail with kari lake and j.d. vance later this month. in fact, if republicans take back the house, she expects to be back on committees having been stopped by democrats of her committee assignments, for extremist behavior, and often antisemitic rhetoric. but she often expects a lot more, power and influence or else, i think to be the best speaker of the house, to please the base, mccarthy is going to give me a lot of power, a lot of leeway she predicted in a flat unemotional voice rob

because the maga base is going to be insistent that you do so. >> robert draper's new book is weaponsthe republican party lost its mind. you know, whenever i hold a great book like this, robert, i always flip to the acknowledgements to see if the magic name is there, and it, is scott mayers as the editor of this book who worked on my last book. and, this is just a beautiful and brilliant piece of work, full of insight. thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> my pleasure, thank you for having me lawrence. >> tonight's last word is next. last word is next and automatically adjusts to help keep you both effortlessly comfortable. our smart sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleep per night. and now, save 40% on the sleep number 360 special edition smart bed. only for a limited time. covid-19. some people get it, and some people can get it bad. and for those who do get it bad, it may be because they have a high-risk factor. such as heart disease, diabetes, being overweight, asthma, or smoking. even if symptoms feel mild, these factors can increase your risk of covid-19 turning sev

joining us now is robert draper, contributed to the new york times magazine, the new book as weapons obert let's go to the subtitle, the line on the cover of your book, and put a question mark on the end of it. when did the republican party lose its mind. >> i'm gonna kind of allied that question, lawrence, because they're very subtitled it when the republican party lost his, mind rather than how. it's supposed to be an 18-month snapshot in time, begins on january six 2021, i was inside the capitol when the riot was breaking out, managed to get outside and watch or from the outside going in, i thought of that trunk sure that at that moment of madness, surely the party would take stock of itself and come to his senses, we know what happened since then. and the ensuing 18 months, basically, is what i sought to chronicle. but to get your question, but though trumpism exacerbated, their symptoms, those symptoms were present well before 2016. >> one of the characters in this book, why is quite an arc, is marjorie taylor greene, who enters the house pretty disgraced, as it were. she ends up

i know you will talk to robert draper about some of these things.ot of the substance that biden brought up can resonate with some voters but it is not a top-tier issue. voters will tell you what they care about. they are not shy with that. overwhelmingly, we see it is the economy and specifically inflation. what biden did last night regardless othe substance and i thought he deliver the speech fairly well is he said to voters, here is what should be important to you when voters are saying, what is important to us is inflation and getting it under control. judy: what is your sense of why this issue may be motivating democrats but it is not with the people in the middle and not with republicans. >> i think elections are always about the values of people and their lives and that is what democrats have to do. we know that inflation is high. we also know corporate profits are up higher than they have been in a decade. hiring has been high and we hear about supply chain shortages. some of those numbers do not jibe when you think about it from the economic

i'm joined now by robert draper writer for new york times magazine and author of the new book weaponss delusion: when the republican party lost its mind. robert, i do think this is underappreciated. i think you are one of the few people focused on this appropriately. we have watched what happened in the uk with their craziness at leadership turning over and proposing things that cause financial markets to go -- the level of chaos a house republican party is going to bring is really underappreciated by most people. i think you have a beat into the fact that this is going to be utterly unwieldy. >> yeah. unwieldy on multiple levels, chris. for one thing, the chaos that will ensue will be intramural, i think. >> yes. >> you do have plenty of republicans eager to see power because they want to have certain classically republican things done, more tax cuts, stripping away obamacare protections, things like that. then you have marjorie taylor greene who wants a far-right agenda and will push at every turn against something that looks -- milquetoast to them. as you put a very excellent we, t

robert draper, thank you so much.ss delusion when the republican lost its mind." >>> still ahead on "morning joe," america's youngest voters played a big role in this year's midterm elections. crediting that age group with stopping what could have been a red wave this week. he joins us ahead with more on that. >>> and also on this veterans day, we'll be joined by the executive director of operation mend, a program that helps wounded u.s. veterans and their families. >>> also ahead, a look at the damage left behind in florida from what is now tropical depression nicole. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. before we begin, i'd like to thank our sponsor, liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. and by switching, you could even save $652. thank you, liberty mutual. now, contestants ready? go! why? why? only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪ my asthma felt anything but normal. ♪ ♪ it

an author, robert draper discusses how republicans embrace conspiracy theories and pose a threat to democracyls a stark number of alcohol deaths especially among younger americans plus much more. ♪ >> this is a pbs "newshour" from weta studios in washington and from the walter cronkite school of journalism. judy: democrats and republicans are hitting home key messages in the final push before election day. the economy, crime and abortion are major issues for voters. president biden continues to warned of threats facing democracy something top of mind for democratic voters in particular. to weigh in on how the political messaging is resonating with voters, i am joined i long-term republican strategist and former republican national committee communications director, doug hein. and joel, a democratic strategist who worked on barack obama and hillary clinton's presidential campaigns. we welcome you both act to the newshour. thank you for being here. let's look at the issue president biden raised last night in his speech before a democratic audience. he spoke about the number of election deniers

arizona, i'll say that robert draper, a great writer that wrote about the group of conspiracy theoristsout that. he made a great piece about arizona, a warning piece of few months ago. he texted me the other day, and i don't hear mind me saying this. i said, what happens if all of the election deniers win in arizona? he says this ominous thing, he says i think that we're all going to have to take a long hard look at where we are in america if that happens in arizona. that's how important it is, and i think he's right. >> coming up, we'll take a closer look at record number of of candidates running for office in the 2020 election results -- with that means if they win. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. does it worry me? absolutely. sensodyne sensitivity & gum gives us the dual action effect that really takes care of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. there's no question it's something that i would recommend. first psoriasis, then psoriatic arthritis. even walking was tough. i had to do something. i started cosentyx®. cosentyx can help you move, look, and feel b

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