MSNBC's Morning Joe calls out GOP's willingness to shut down the government over unfounded claims of noncitizens voting
Scarborough: “Donald Trump is trying to push them to shut down the government to say in a bill that something that's illegal is still illegal”
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Citation From the September 20, 2024, edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe
WILLIE GEIST (CO-HOST): That's Republican Congressman Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin admitting he has no evidence of his voter fraud claims after suggesting voting by undocumented immigrants will influence the outcome of federal elections. Joe, this is something we've heard right from the top, from Donald Trump all the way down through the party, that preparing themselves for some kind of a protest if Donald Trump loses this election, because it will be that undocumented immigrants voted for Kamala Harris.
JOE SCARBOROUGH (CO-HOST): Again, no evidence of it, at all. And they are now willing to shut down the government. Most Senate Republicans, I think, believe this is crazy, but willing to shut down the government to say that something that's illegal is illegal -- it just makes absolutely no sense. And Elise Jordan, I've got to say, on top of that, throwing in the Replacement Theory. That oh, these illegal immigrants are being brought into America because they want to get them to vote and replace us, basically, is again, the overall argument. And they are — and, by the way, they're split in their own party over this, too. They are willing — or Donald Trump is trying to push them to shut down the government to say in a bill that something that's illegal is still illegal. Again, it's just — they are looking for a fight. They're looking for an excuse to shut down the government when, actually, people that understand in the Republican Party what's best for them knows that Donald Trump is once again leading them down a dangerous electoral path.