REPUBLICANS ARE NOT WILLING TO

MURKOWSKI INCLUDING ONE WHERE HE

PROMISED TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST HER

WHEN SHE COMES UP FOR

RE-ELECTION.

>> I MADE THE COMMENTS THAT I

MADE.

I STAND BY THEM.

AND, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S

IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A

PRESIDENT WHO'S WORKING TO BRING

PEOPLE TOGETHER, BRING PEOPLE

TOGETHER, AND TONE AND WORDS

MATTER.

I CANNOT LIVE IN FEAR OF TWEETS.

THAT'S WHERE I AM NOW.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S THREAT TO

CAMPAIGN AGAINST SENATOR MURKOWSKI CAME AFTER MURKOWSKI

ALSO SAID SHE IS GRAPPLING WITH

ALSO SAID SHE IS GRAPPLING WITH

WHETHER TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT

IN THE COMING ELECTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST LOVE THE

IDEA OF PRESIDENT TRUMP

TRAVELING AND TRUDGING THROUGH

THE SNOWS OF ALASKA TO CAMPAIGN

AGAINST LISA MURKOWSKI IN A

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN A COUPLE

OF YEARS.

BUT IT'S SUCH A MEASURE OF OUR

TIMES WHEN IT'S AN ACT OF

COURAGE TO SPEAK OUT AS A

REPUBLICAN AGAINST PRESIDENT

TRUMP.

WE HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF

SENATORS IN THE WAKE OF WHAT

HAPPENED IN THE CLEARING OF

LAFAYETTE SQUARE, BEN SASSE

AMONG THEM.

THE FEAR IS THEY FEAR THE

PRESIDENT'S TWEET, THEY FEAR A

PRIMARY IF THEY'RE VIEWED AS

GOING AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP.

I POINTED OUT A FEW WEEKS AGO,

BEN SASSE WON HIS PRIMARY BY 50

POINTS, SO PERHAPS REPUBLICANS

SHOULD SPEAK THEIR CONSCIENCE

AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE TWEETS

OR THE PRIMARY.

>> WILLIE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY

RIGHT.

SENATOR MURKOWSKI SAID SHE CAN'T

FEAR A TWEET.

WE SAW LAST WEEK MILITARY

GENERALS ACROSS THE BOARD REJECT

DONALD TRUMP'S THEATER OF DICTATORSHIP.

WE SAW THEM REJECT HIS CON

CONSCRIPTION OF THE MILITARY AND

WE ASKED THEN, WHERE ARE THE

STATE MEN AND WOMEN AND THE

REPUBLICAN SENATORS?

WE SAW THAT WONDERFULLY

DISTURBING, THAT'S A BETTER WAY

OF PUTTING IT, THAT DISTURBING

IMAGE OF THE SENATORS WALKING BY

KASIE HUNT WITHOUT SAYING A

WORD.

HERE WE HAVE IN SOME WAYS A

SENATOR SPEAKING HER MIND.

LET'S HOPE SHE ACTS ON IT IN

CONCRETE WAYS IN SOME WAYS TO

PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY FROM WHAT

DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN DOING AND

CONTINUES TO DO.

>> WE'LL SEE IF SOME OF THOSE

SENATORS ARE EMBOLDEN AS THE

PRESIDENT'S NUMBERS GO DOWN.

YOUR LATEST PIECE IS ENTITLED,

DEMOCRATS, STOP WORRYING WITH

LOSING.

FOCUS ON HOW YOU'RE LIKELY TO WIN.

WHAT IS YOUR ARGUMENT TO THEM?

>> LOOK, POLLS ARE A SNAPSHOT,

BUT WE GOT POLLS OVER THE

WEEKEND THAT SHOW JOE BIDEN WELL

AHEAD OF DONALD TRUMP IN THE

COMING ELECTION.

IF THE ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY,

I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY

QUESTION BIDEN WOULD WIN

OVERWHELMINGLY.

THE DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING IN

IS NOT A GOOD DIRECTION FOR

DONALD TRUMP.

NOT BEING OVERCONFIDENT, NOT

TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED, I

THINK DEMOCRATS SHOULD FOCUS ON

THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING SS TH

WILL HELP THEM WIN THIS ELECTION

INSTEAD OF HAND-WRINGING, WHICH

IS A NATIONAL PASTIME.

THEY SHOULD FOCUS ON, NUMBER

ONE, THE ENORMOUS PROTEST

MOVEMENT GOING ON IN THE STREETS

RIGHT NOW.

SOME HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO VOTER

REGISTRATION DRIVES.

ALL OF THEM SHOULD BE TURNED

INTO VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES.

AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OUGHT

TO BE BUILDING -- NOT JUST

REGISTERING VOTERS BUT A GET OUT THE VOTE MACHINE FOR ELECTION

THE VOTE MACHINE FOR ELECTION

DAY.

THAT MEANS VOLT BY MAIL, HAVING

ENOUGH POLLING PLACES ON

ELECTION DAY.

THAT MEANS DEFENDING OUR

DEMOCRACY.

THAT'S TO BE THEIR FOCUS AND I

THINK THE POLLS WILL TAKE CARE

OF THEMSELVES.

THEY HAVE BEEN DOING PRETTY WELL

NOW.

>> IT'S VERY EARLY, FIVE MONTHS

OUT.

THE POLLS AT THIS MOMENT LOOK

GOOD FOR JOE BIDEN.

LONG WAY TO GO.

I WANT TO PLAY FOR YOU WHAT

WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY WAS

ASKED YESTERDAY, IF SHE AGREES

WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SUPPORT

OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER

MOVEMENT.

HERE'S HER RESPONSE.

>> YEAH, MITT ROMNEY CAN SAY

THREE WORDS OUTSIDE ON

PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, BUT I WOULD

NOTE THIS, THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP

WON 8% OF THE BLACK VOTE AND

MITT ROMNEY WON 2% OF THE BLACK

VOTE.

>> YES, PRESIDENT TRUMP DIDDEN

WIN 8% OF THE BLACK VOTE IN THE

2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

ACCORDING TO EXIT POLLS, MITT

ROMNEY WON 6%, NOT 2% AS THEY

SAID.

MITT ROMNEY WAS RUNNING AGAINST

BARACK OBAMA IN THAT ELECTION.

WHAT AN UPSIDE DOWN WORLD WE'RE

LIVING IN WHEN YOU'RE BRAGGING ABOUT LOSING 92% OF THE BLACK

ABOUT LOSING 92% OF THE BLACK

VOTE IN AN ELECTION.

>> IT IS A BIZARRO WORLD FOR ALL

THOSE D.C. COMIC FANS.

WHENEVER DONALD TRUMP AND HIS

MINIONS SAY SOMETHING ABOUT

RACE, WE AUTD TO CLOSE OUR EARS.

THEY HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER IN

THIS DISCUSSION.

WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A NEW

AMERICA.

THEY'RE TRYING TO HOLD ONTO AN

OLD ONE.

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT FOR

WHAT IT IS.

>> MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN

OPPORTUNITY TO EMBRACE SOME OF

THE PEACEFUL MOVEMENT HAPPENING

IN THE STREETS INSTEAD AN ATTACK

ON MITT ROMNEY AND BRAGGING

ABOUT LOSING 92% OF THE BLACK

VOTE IN 2016.

>>> STILL AHEAD ON "MORNING

JOE," MORE ON THE BIG STORIES, AN ECONOMY RECESSION, ONGOING